Dusty Chalk

Well, that's one way to look at it. The other way to look at it is that hearing something in context is a lot different than hearing it at all. Dither, for example, sounds completely different than, for example, road noise, or thermal noise, especially in the context of a digital recording, but at the lowest levels alone, they all sound the same to an untrained ear. If you overdrive your ADC at the recording point at very low levels, it might sound tolerable, but put it on top of a recording and it will sound awful. There's also the nature of the distortion -- that whole even-order harmonics vs. odd-order harmonics thing.

Wow. Clearly thought-out and lucidly stated.

You know, that particular shade of yellow goes with just about anything. The slight bleached-out-ness to it makes it look almost the same hue as raw carbon fiber.

There's a tequila joke in there somewhere.

So you have heard more expensive crap?

Except he made exactly that claim to the contrary: I mean, I understand working a niche ($100 range, in this case), but then don't make the other claim if you have little or no experience in that area. That's what head-fi is for.

Agreed, it's pretty intense, and I mean that in a good way.

Because it's the best thing that has ever happened to me since ... well, since the last best thing that has ever happened to me. I mean, really, Greatest Meme Evar. Also, not entirely honest -- I have yet to get through an entire album paulstretched -- I only got through "God Bird Change" and most of the title track of Electric Rendez-Vous, and "Slow" and "Chocolate" from Kylie, but I could tell the entire album would have worked in both cases. It's interesting what doesn't work: "Blue Monday" really didn't work -- the fast drum beats just turned into this long noise, and I think anything with too much obvious simple repetition doesn't work. "Autobahn" didn't work. Killing Joke's "Change" didn't work. On the other hand, Nitzer Ebb, "Fun to be Had" and "Getting Closer" both worked surprisingly well. NP: Alison Moyet, "All Cried Out", paulstretched Also, I haven't gotten laid in way too long, so not so much "bored" as "restless".

I think the only two I've seen are Cellar Door (which doesn't seem like a good "starter" and the Stateside Saison. I really want to try Existent or A Saison Darkly or one of those. Will keep looking. Last night: Washington Hills gewurtztraminer and Graffigna malbec

The only Stillwaters I've seen are the farmhouse ales. :\

"You'll have to excuse me, I've got something stuck in my teeth. I think it's ...I don't know what it's called (I'm a dog!), but it's that flap of skin between the thumb and forefinger."

paulstretched Electric Rendez-vous, Al Di Meola. Up next: Kylie Minogue's Body Language, might stop and listen to "Blue Monday". NP: "Stairway to Heaven", LZ, paulstretched.

(squints)

No, because that would be necromancy.

You ever heard Cypher 7? They have a track called "Dead Drop" which is just outstanding. "Ladder of Lights" is pretty great, too. "Dead Drop" takes over 2 minutes to "get started", your comment is what made me think of them. Dead Drop would be over a hundred and forty-one minutes in paulstretch time... Oh, and yes, I listen to that sort of thing all the time at work.

Space Boogie didn't work so well. Neither did Shriekback's "This Big Hush". Now on: "Kagirohi Ha Yomi Ni Mata Muto" (the 10-minute finale of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence with heavy drumming) -- all 71 minutes of it.

Al Di Meola, "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway", slowitupped -- fucking creepy as hell. Up next, "Space Boogie", Jeff Beck. Any other suggestions for ridiculously extremely fast songs would be appreciated.

You misspelled "dumbasses".

He does sound overly civilized for a stray. I would keep an eye out for postings in the neighborhood. If he's that young, he might be from a litter, in which case he may not be missed, and I wouldn't worry too much about keeping him. Is that you in the background? As Justine, of course.

Dude, that's the definition of stray. No, srsly, cats don't need much training, and if it's really young, it's probably naturally overly trusting of humans. And quit feeding it milk, it's probably lactose intolerant, and all the mewling means, "I have a tummy ache!" And congrats! Kittens are cute. If only they'd stay that way... And if anyone should name their cat, "buyer's remorse" (aka Babu), you should. (In honor of the most recent episode of Archer on Hulu.)

Alas, I did not. :\

Want.

Beer & Wine: New Holland Dragon's Milk Left Hand TNT La Posta Cocina Blend a couple other things

Joy Formidable, "Whirring" through Paulstretch, x8.04 -- all 39 minutes of it. I tried putting Shape of Despair through it, but it sounded the same. I am from this moment forward playing all my tracks through paulstretch. Sure, it might take me 6 hours to listen to a 45 minute album, but it's better than 'ludes, man. Guaranteed to have a lower heart-rate by the time it's done. And lower blood pressure.

Last night -- tried Alma Negra -- mostly black bottle, 70% malbec, so I had to try it. Not bad, but there are still other malbecs I prefer. Will try to let it breathe more.