Dusty Chalk

Nice! Balloon sounds epic.

https://twitter.com/RealMattLucas/status/1218193761668337665?s=09

Kengan Ashura

This is the best song interpretation I've ever read. Bernard.

No, I’m saying the opposite, it’s the least weak link in the chain. You can get away with a bog standard HDMI cable (and transport!) and still get great picture quality.

That’s actually pretty good synopsis. That said, I was laughing at her not with her when she said, “can I post that?” ...so I can’t relate to it neither. Unrelated (I doubt you’ll be able to relate to this one either) :

I did, in fact, die from my pupils overdilating, but I am reincarnated. Unrelated: worth a revisit: https://neal.fun/deep-sea/?fbclid=IwAR00LxXPsOU-COCfkDU4aIi9q8smJZuItys2sYNjm_l_HeshqYRbrHqBPyw

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Why does it look like you snorted a line? Aye keed, aye keed...

I listened to a lot of crap in the 90s. (Barbie Girl is probably my biggest sin, although there are many others.) That said, I was pleased to see Vangelis there for 11 freakin’ weeks. My hero.

If you’re using HDMI or any other digital cable, you don’t even care about picture quality. My friend who used to be in the biz uses a PlayStation as a transport. Or an Xbox.

Go back through the thread. There's actually been some recent discussion of exactly that, like within the last couple of pages. I would also add -- how old are your eyes? My eyes have been deteriorating something awful lately. Just a few years ago, I was craving as many pixels as I could afford, but now I'm perfectly happy with 1080. I can't really see the difference.

Yeah, I understand that, and I’ve cut way back on the drinking, so I cut way back on the buying as well. Instead of having 8 1lb. bags going, I only have 3 or 4 1/2 lb. bags going, and only buy two at a time. (I don’t ignore all y’all’s advice.) So two of those four are usually almost done. The older coffee is going to my sister for composting.

I think you exaggerate. It probably starts losing its flavour immediately, but you think you can taste the difference at ten minutes? I call bullshit.

Moving Pictures side two is one of my favourite sides of any rock record ever. The only reason I don’t cite the whole album as my favourite is because classic rock radio kinda wore out —to me—all the big songs (including “Tom Sawyer” and “Limelight”), but “Red Barchetta” and “YYZ” are superb still. 2112 is another which is considered by many to be their best. A friend of mine recently Tweeted that it was their best “...full stop”. I love a lot of their albums—Hemispheres may be my current favourite. Although All the World’s a Stage still holds a special place in my heart because it was my first. I still want to cover “What You’re Doing” because of the version on that live album. “YYZ” and “La Villa Strangiato” are both worth a listen if you haven’t heard them.

My roastery of choice will grind my coffee beans for me. I have to remind them that it’s coarse for French press, otherwise they grind it fine for Chemex (they sell Chemex) and the like.

RIP Neil Peart. I was never inspired to play the drums by Neil Peart -- I mean, seriously, what's the point? He had already demonstrated that he's on another plane. But I was inspired to pursue things _thoughtfully_ -- he put so much thought into everything he did, that he was zen master/another plane/next level. Meticulous craftsman. I want to be that, I still do, and I am reminded of that by his passing. I will strive to better myself. New not-quite-new-year's resolution, in all pursuits.

I love the sound of analog and modulars, but the flexibility of the Wavestation/K2000 powerhouse class of synthesizers provides a nice complement. (wanders off to look up Novation Summit)

It's a good time to be alive. https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/korg-arp-2600-fs

Totally dig that Wucan. Going to be listening to their albums on repeat over the next couple days. Right now, listening to a 20-artist dark ambient collaboration:

Ok boomer

It's a good time to be alive. https://www.musicradar.com/news/namm-2020-korgs-wavestate-synth-is-a-next-gen-wavestation-for-the-21st-century

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, New Year's Eve set -- right in the middle, they play a mashup of Evil Woman and All Along the Watchtower that ... is surprisingly smooth (I think I have it linked correctly so you should go to about a minute before the song starts):