Dusty Chalk

For some reason, that image of them both leaning slightly to their right brings to mind "Cubik" by 808 State.

sorry.

I've got the most bizarre medley stuck in my head: Porcupine Tree, "Anesthetize"/Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf"

Yeah, that "Nessun Dorma" is always a crowd favorite, innit?

Glee (Joss Whedon's episode) -- a little weak, Neil Patrick Harris really can sing better than any of the cast. Plus, only one new song (?). But I'm not sorry I watched it. Favorite line:

Holy shit, that would rock. (And I haven't really been following this thread religiously -- was having a hard time seeing past it as a big spoon. Also, not in the budget.)

Wait, what? They have an app for that?

No, it was recorded digitally, so I don't even know why they remastered it to HDCD -- sounds exactly the same to my (admittedly jaded) ears. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if you do not intend to decode the HDCD, stay away from it.

I'm not a religious person, so I didn't appreciate the religious aspect of this, but I enjoyed the rest of it. I wonder how much of it is true (both the data presented as fact, and the suppositions that he honestly admitted were still theory and being looked into)?

Mike Oldfield's Amarok has some of that. (Of course, that goes all the way back to Tubular Bells, and he actually lost the one sudden dynamic shift when he re-recorded it.) Also, less so, Jeff Beck's "Star Cycle" from There & Back (I blew the speakers in my dad's Mercury Cougar back in the day with this track, but I did have it cranked pretty high.)

I was more curious how it "looked" on the iPad. Also would be curious what the "lighter" app looks like on the iPad -- does it look like a napalm, or just a really big lighter (cf. spoon/shovel debate).

From memory -- so (a) don't hold me to it, and ( don't ask for which performance -- Also Sprach Zarathustra and 1812 Overture are both pretty dynamic.

Has anyone tried the flashlight app on it yet?

Jesus! And sweet! Fear, awe, and a bit o' thrill. Remind me never to get on your bad side.

Castle -- grrr....

Actually, it wasn't aggression -- they were locked in with him, and he didn't leave them enough food for two weeks, so they resorted to...uh...the last resort, so as not to starve. So the moral of the story is, if you're going to commit suicide, try to arrange for your corpse to be found quickly.

It didn't even register that by "warmer clime" he was referring to Chicago.

Mm-hm.

Just to answer my own question, I'm thinking about getting a Pelican 1080, and a larger bag that will incorporate the 1080. The whole point is, I don't want a bag just for the Kindle, I have a few other things I carry around with me regularly (second pair of glasses, cell phone, drugs, iPod, etc.). Haven't confirmed that it's the best fit yet (lot of overage). But thought I'd throw it out there if anyone else likes that solution for their iPad -- does the iPad have the same problem as the Kindle DX (feels flimsy, is flimsy, will break too easily if thrown in a duffle/backpack/knapsack/murse/manbag/purse/briefcase/satchel/whatev)? Any reports of broken iPads coming in yet?

It's too bad Zappos doesn't ship internationally.

Unmodified, I believe the consensus is that the earlier model is preferred -- the II's have a bass hump that most non-rockers don't like.

'Season'?

I listened to Porcupine Tree the entire way down to Richmond and back...you know, that sequence of "Anesthetize"/"Sentimental"/"Way Out Of Here" may be my favorite half hour of any of their records, excluding anything off Sky Moves Sideways or Stupid Dream.

Wouldn't it (it==any PLL) phase-lock to the jitter-ridden signal?