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Downtime lasting days is a fairly substantial fail. Jay-Z is going to have to choke a bitch.

Just to aggravate you tossers, I'm going to get my old one fixed and put that back to work ...

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I need* a new iMac. Opinions solicited as to whether the 5K display is worth paying for if I don't watch anything (other than funny cat GIFs) on the computer? Also, how much RAM is enough and all-flash memory or Fusion Drive? Much obliged! (* Yeah yeah.)

Mark Knopfler -- Tracker

Enjoy! I'll be back to steal your bandwidth one of these days ...

TIDAL desktop client is down today. Currently listening to Qobuz FLAC 44.1/16 stream, which also sounds very good. Last I heard they were pretty much bankrupt, but any port in a storm!

Twin Shadow -- Eclipse There are some CHVRCHES-calibre bangers on this that definitely make it worth a listen. Very different from the last album, which I loved, so still processing that.

Nice! Still think the Opus 21 is one of the best-sounding players around.

Ben Clymer had a great article on Rolex earlier this week. http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/inside-rolex

Twist my rubber arm! Blue on a bracelet is a probable sale to me. Need to see the color in the metal.

I don't have any watches over 40mm either but have certainly been tempted by the Pelagos a couple of times. Currently noodling over getting a Breguet Type XX, as I'd like to try a Lemania-based chrono.

Think Jeff is just saying that a Mk. 2 Pelagos with an in-house COSC movement would be an insta-kop.

I like the size and the case and bracelet designs. Not wild about the yellow accents or dial layout and the crown looks a bit bulbous.

Modest Mouse -- Strangers To Ourselves

Yo La Tengo -- Extra Painful

And that's part of the thing, isn't it? These guys flew back there in a helicopter, they're not exactly being dragged through the mud by their heels at the end of a trying day. James May drank a bottle of wine (God bless him) on the chopper, but who could imagine him flying completely off the handle because the hotel chef has had the temerity to go home at 10 o' clock? The Beeb spin doctor may be slimy, but he or she is right about Clarkson being well off the reservation.

Rilo Kiley -- rkives (Big because it's fun to look at.)

It's all still more than a bit unclear, innit? Press says Clarkson called the producer a "lazy fucking Irish cunt" and punched him in the face, causing a split lip that required a trip to hospital. Producer (who'd presumably like to still have a show to work on in future) says no it's all fine on Twitter. Both have retained high-powered media lawyers. Bubble bubble toil and trouble ...

Happy Birthday! Sounds like a good excuse for a new watch!

Very nice. Hope it brings you lots of pleasure!

Well, as the third-party reports start to come in, he certainly behaved like a complete arse. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2992920/I-ll-fired-Clarkson-ranted-Gear-producer-30-minute-f-word-tirade-emerges-turned-hotel-fracas.html

Robbie Robertson -- How To Become Clairvoyant

Who indeed?