Dusty Chalk

Anthony Rother, Popkiller -- electro-nectar

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Amongst other things, met Shelly for a bit -- that was nice.

Now you tell me.

I'd be lying if I said that the album cover had nothing to do with my giving that album a listen.

Beep boop.

Um...it's actually not so new anymore, not by Steven "Mr. Prolific puts out 5 albums in a bad year" Wilson standards. Here's the setlist:

Cynthia Witthoft, The Mortal Fishzilla -- this is really rocking my world right now -- instrumental progressive/power metal. Probably a little too wanky for those of you who are sensitive to wankiness, but to those of us who enjoy a good show-off, this is fairly sweet. Just to give you an idea of the kind of music it is, Dio gives a spoken-word intro (as in, "this is Ronnie James Dio from the band...Dio", in the same tone of voice as "and I approve of this message"). And she apparently has quite the discography.

Porcupine Tree -- was wonderful. They didn't play The Incident straight, they played it broken up over the course of the night. Except for "The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train", and that whole "Circle of Manias" section (yeah, I know, the best parts). But they started with "I Drive the Hearse" and went into ...uh, one of the songs with the video that had the same characters as the one in "The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train", so I thought they were going to play it "backwards" (by section, more or less), but alas...no. They started with a stripped down set, and played -- amongst other things -- "Futile" (which was weird [deliberately -- he introduced as "the least appropriate song to be played in this fashion"]). That was cool. Then they took a break and did the main set. Amongst other things, parts of my fantasy set list -- The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1 (more or less) being the highlight for me. At about 10:40, he said, "we only have time for one more song, but it's a fucking long one", and then played the full version of "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here". Lots of space rocky period stuff, but lots of metal period stuff (they did play the middle section of "Anesthetize", at least, but not the full version, and no "Russia On Ice" intro, alas). And they played the full 15 minute version of "Even Less" from Recordings, which was pretty cream-worthy. So, all-in-all, a very special night, indeed, but not at all what one was led to expect. Which was fine by me -- I was one happy boy. I did not realistically expect my fantasy setlist, so by getting as much of it as I did, I was pleasantly surprised. And having heard The Incident 3 times live already, I was perfectly happy with the choices they made in that regard as well. Oh, and they fucked with the videos, too. Changed the colors and stuff, and added a whole bunch of psychedelic sections. I bet they burned the tapes for those, after that, so it was a one time thing.

I would just like to remind the esteemed albeit insane Dr. Gilmore that I was, indeed, kidding. But thanks for taking the time to amuse us -- it's actually been very educational! (At least, for me.)

Abercrombie-&-Fitch-ian hate, methinks.

Nope, the pastrami did not fail to satisfy...me, that is. My friend was not so enamored, but then he isn't a pastrami nor corned beef fan, so it wasn't the best choice for him. That said, he loved the pickles, as did I. Very generous, crisp, and delicious. I am not distracted by all the negativity here, I still managed to enjoy it, and my memory is that I enjoyed it. And yeah, we basically established that there really isn't any good ramen around DC.

Partly through Spellbound.

Ironically, I did these things as well. Of course, in my case, "packing for DC" meant going shopping for beer that I can't get in the DC area.

That's too bad, we were on bleecker st on & off throughout the day yesterday. Sent from mah Droid

Jin -- dave passes along his thanks, as well; 'good noms'. Sent from mah Droid

Tan tan men & onigiri from menKui ten Sent from mah Droid

People. Mostly hot chicks. Sent from mah Droid

I disagree with aerius. While road & engine noise is a major (stifling) factor, I can still hear the difference between the way my head unit used to sound -- which was great -- to how it sounds now. Which is not as good. Sent from mah Droid

I think the streaming was a really thoughtful addition to a lot of people. Me for one -- no longer need a htpc. Sent from mah Droid

It's not technically the pinout that changed, but they are not entirely compatible. Did you try ignoring the message to see if it still worked? Sent from mah Droid

I've been finding bb absolutely impossible to find. Me: a cat t-shirt from bleecker st records Sent from mah Droid

Didn't die, was delish. Now: samich from Katz's Sent from mah Droid

In about 37 minutes, Porcupine Tree Sent from mah Droid