Dusty Chalk

Castle -- thanks for the reminder, Nate.

Yup. That's why I used the past completive.

Sweet.

I don't know, man, I'd think about getting an Oppo and spending the rest on SACD's. No, wait, you already did that, too. Does NuForce still have their magical upgrade to the Oppo?

Devin Townsend Project, By a Thread

You really should post. They have a "members-only" type room in which they have a "hot babes" thread. Tell 'em Dusty says, "hey!"

Happy Birthday! (party favor noise)

Oh why the fuck not!

turntable.fm is virtual crack.

Holy shit, that stuff was addictive as hell.

Okay, to follow up: Stolen Babies physical copy doesn't come out until 10/16. Digital copy is out now. Will probably wait on the other two until then. Maybe. Couldn't find the current Unexpect on Spotify. So maybe not.

Stolen Babies -- t'were awesome, exactly as entertaining as I expected. Short concert, but they played everything I wanted except Lifeless, which would have dominated the short set too much to be appropriate, which I understand. Paradise Lost -- t'were awesome, but short set does not benefit this legendary band. And they didn't get a very strong reaction, so I doubt I'll ever see them headline. Alas. Katatonia -- I've seen them several times now, and Jonas always starts out not even trying to sing -- it's almost like a spoken word version of some of the songs. I don't think I'll see them again, my earlier memories are better than they are now. Devin. Fucking. Townsend. Fucking. Project -- unholy carp, he was ridiculously more entertaining than I expected. Total highlight of the night. <plays some proggy metally stuff> "Okay, that's the shit you play if you never want to get laid. Now here's a ballad. <starts ballad> No no, don't cross your arms, that intimidates me." Also: "I made out with a wolf. And now I'm angry. Because that shit was disturbing." End of tour shenanigans are the best. Amazing stage presence. And quite easily the highest fidelity metal concert I've ever heard -- you could understand every nuance of everything he said.

Happy Birthday! (party favour noise)

Lollers. Agreed. Unholy carp, that's really douchey. I mean, does he really expect to make a difference in a campaign? How fucking stupid..."Oh my gosh, what was I thinking, promoting Obama with a bumper sticker?!?!? I will change my ways immediately!"

Kerrygold Dubliner Reserve -- this is my favourite cheese, evar. And rather easily obtainable, too. If someone who is familiar with cheddars and dubliners and the like, would appreciate input on any other cheeses that are close to this one -- this is just the right amount of everything -- gaminess, aging, earthiness, dry, etc.

Me neither, I'm a gonna have to put in an order for all three ASAP. (I think I might have Sing-Along Songs..., but it might be one of those that I listened to once and then buried and forgot about.) EDIT: physical copies of Stolen Babies doesn't exist on Amazon yet, will see if they're selling them at the show tomorrow, otherwise will wait and see for that one, perhaps order the other two earlier.

And since they were under "related artists", catching up on Diablo Swing Orchestra -- Pandora's Piñata and Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious. Unexpect, Fables of the Sleepless Empire, is up next.

Stolen Babies, Naught -- via Spotify -- I forgot to pre-order it.

Caught up on my fax subscription, bunch of Anthony Rother in there.

Annie, Don't Stop -- poppy as shit.

I understand the theory, but it's not entirely valid. You're basically trying to make a Faraday Cage with a hole in it at one end (which is not entirely invalid -- it will still attenuate the induced noise). Whether or not you want to connect the non-hole side on one end or the other is entirely up to you. There are other brands that do this. (Offhand, my Outlaws had the directional arrows.) But most do not, correct. As someone once told me, "last I heard, electricity flows both ways".

(shudders) Yah. Don't ever do that again. And if you do have to, for much less time.

Sweet, appreciated. Stickied.

Liquid cooled!