Dusty Chalk

Fuck you. Quit passive aggressively negging me and I’ll quit responding.

Happy Pride Month to all my LGBTQ+ friends and allies! Love, acceptance, and a desire to live together as a community will conquer hate, fear, and ignorance. May we eventually come together in peace.

You obviously don't understand "mood" and "suspense", so please just fuck off.

I was talking about you semi-spoiling it.

For those of us in the U.S., today is reserved to commemorate the fallen, those who have put themselves in harms way and paid the ultimate price. Spring is usually a time of celebration, and with things slowly turning back to normal, spirits are high, and I don't wish to take away from that. But take a moment, and remember someone or multiple someones, and remember them well. Celebrate the good things about them. I have multiple extended family members who are or were in the military, but the one I was closest to and miss the most is Greg, a splendid specimen of a motherfucker. To Greg! (I will raise a glass and have a drink to him later, as it is way too fucking early in the morning to start drinking.)

Thanks for saving me from wanting to watch it.

Same. Fuck those people. I actually buy locally any more, at Microcenter.

Thanks, now I have that The Fixx song stuck in my head. XD

That said, if there's a mic that you must use, that does not require phantom power, and does not state explicitly that it is safe to do so, there's probably a device for that. Either that, or it might be an example of an actual useful application for a cheap transparent preamp. I have a Grace Design M101 that I could send you, but I doubt I could get it to you in time. Maybe call Sweetwater?

Finally watching stuff again, Love Death & Robots season 2. So far, so good, as good as season 1.

I don't need another pair of headphones I don't need another pair of headphones I don't need another pair of headphones...

It’s best to look at each mic individually. For example, my Shure KSM313 does not require phantom power, but it would be fine. I explicitly looked it up, and it says right on the page, “However, properly supplied phantom power will not harm the microphone.”. It also warns against plugging and unplugging, so definitely don’t do that.

Oh, cool, a local Thai place I haven't tried yet. How was the food?

https://www.macworld.com/article/229528/lgs-5k-monitor-doesnt-work-near-wi-fi-routers.html

No, Phelios/Martin Stuertzer, on Youtube. It starts in 9 minutes:

It's gonna take a lot to top Graham's line "Less Destiny's Child, more Destiny's Inappropriate Aunty".

Did you see that about the livestream of the new album tomorrow, @Knuckledragger?

A friend of mine who isn't Knucks also does a weekly radio show, albeit on Tuesday nights and oriented towards contemporary and all the way back to the 80's darkwave/shoegaze/post hardcore/etc. that I think a lot of you lot might enjoy almost as much as I do. It's all in the name: Delightfully Depressing

I know that song! That was my best friend’s theme song back when I was a kid.

Yeah, I watched some of the preliminaries (thanks to nice British people on the internet) -- was more subdued, less over-the-top than previous years. Think I'll save my 7 day free trial for something a little more rewarding.

And I immediately got this in my email:

Easiest to arrest? I don't know, I'm not surprised by Virginia, Maryland, and so on, 'cause they probably just drove, but Montana's too far not to fly? I don't know, just a theory.

Waves Retracted, because it turns out Waves is a shady company.

Happy belated birthday (party favour noise) 🥳

Most Waves plug-ins are $25 today only.