Dusty Chalk

Happy Birthday, Dr. Gilmore! (a distinctly undergraduate party favour noise)

You know, like a phono stage.

Yes, exactly. This is exemplary. Literally. If it had happened in the other order, I would have pointed (not literally [well, maybe literally, but since they can't see my finger over email or phone, I would have had to virtually point]) to this incident and said, "this is an example of how it should be handled".

"...inventory error..."

Acknowledged.

And one of the girls here at the office immediately proclaimed that she liked my haircut.

Electric clippers and a mirror -- technically I didn't shave shave, I just clipped it down to 1mm or so.

I shaved my head. [Newt]Mostly[/Newt]

I'll send you my pair of AKG K550's. I'm not smitten with them, but you wanted to try them at one point. I think you'll like them -- they're like the closed equivalents of the 580's. And as comfy.

I laughed. "No description available." I don't know why I put that in quotes.

A pillow? For the Shures.

Michael Shannon was simply a beautiful choice for casting, and a real mensch for doing it and doing it right.

^ Need Me: Phoenix, Bankrupt! -- pretentious self-indulgent twaddle -- it's almost prog, I like it

Exactly. "But it didn't go anywhere..." ...with precision.

I don't think I knew that.

Those Rotrings have a nice heft to them.

Juno Reactor, The Golden Sun of the Great East -- you know, it's really sad -- "Juno Reactor" is such a great name, and yet I know that like me, mentally, a lot of people lump him in with all the other instrumental electro artists, but he really is one of the best. And I would have no idea how to "rebrand" him so that he stood out more. He's so much more melodic and lyrical than 99% of all the other stuff, which to me is what it's all about.

Precious metals are still precious metals.

It's like a family name -- the families in Dune, for example, were House Atreides, House Harkonnen, etc. Seats of power. But it doesn't have to be a family name, it can be tied to a place or a thing.

It's even easier to marathon the second season. Alas. Want more Luther. Every once in a while, I walk with my hands out at my sides, swiveling my entire upper torso. It's my grieving. Me: Spy -- this is awesome. It's over-the-top silly, like Get Smart or When Things Were Rotten, except it's British. Not quite Archer good, but there are spots that are better. Yes, I said it, 'better'.

You Won't -- pleasantly entertaining. Example of some of the between song banter: "So we're touring with Blood Red Shoes and Joy Formidable, both from the UK, and we're from MasNoNoNoNoNoNosetts, the birthplace of liberty...and we had some difficulty with the UK before, I don't know if you remember, so you're probably wondering, 'why are you touring with them'...well, we've worked out our differences. We've found a middle ground that we can all be happy with..." The music was highly entertaining, too -- I would say the 'drummer', but he played so many other instruments I'm hesitant to understate just how much of a multi-instrumentalist he is. Album is worth hearing, but really does not capture how entertaining they were live. See 'em if you get a chance. A note to the ladies (and...uh...others) -- they're both extremely handsome. I was the only male asking for an autograph at the merch stand. Blood Red Shoes -- Visually it's like one of the Bangles is playing with Seth Green, but couldn't be further off -- I hope they maintain this dichotomy between presentation and music, because I found disturbingly enjoyable. The music is more like White Stripes meets Black Mountain meets the Kills, with that Sabbath-y guitar, with some definite punk leanings. I particularly liked "Black Distractions" which is currently a free download. They didn't have vinyl on sale at the show, but I'll be ordering what I can (not sure what that consists of besides The Water EP). Joy Formidable -- totally love these guys, they make a nice huge sound for just three people, but I actually kind of liked the opening acts more. Not sure they did anything wrong, I may just not have been in the mood for their brand of upbeat power-rock. EDIT: Lollers @ auto-edit of MasNoNoNoNoNoNosetts.

Well at this point I'm just recreating the list from AudioStream, so I'm going to stop doing that based on mere mentions. But being fond of Fostex, I'm curious why you brought up the Fostex, Ric.

Helped continue to clear out my mother's apartment. Missed Record Store Day. Missed Steven Wilson (was on the Metro towards him when he finished at 10:18). Found US$3K in bonds in my name. Woo-hoo, I'll probably spend more in keeping them around until they mature. Weather was nice.

A Whisper in the Noise -- loudly

Oh, okay, upon further review, Ric meant what he said -- the MPx5, meaning either the MPD5 or the MPS5. So it's in a different league (pricewise) as well as being in a different league (sound quality wise)? Hmmm...