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Andrew Bird -- Armchair Apocrypha

Played golf for the first time in a year or so. Estimated I'd score 100 and ended up with 89. My friend the actual member of the country club said he'd shoot 90 in his sleep and carded a 102. Ha ha. Probably the last invite I get, though.

That makes me really happy.

Fleet Foxes -- Sun Giant EP

Presumably this will also give you time to file the personal-injury suit?

Don't even think about it, Nate. If you think the Stax mafia are bad, just try crossing the Mac mob.

The amp appeared to require it. Curious.

Kate Bush -- The Dreaming

You prefer pee and puke?

The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Electric Ladyland It is roughly at this point that HF-2 > HD800. As Jack sez -- cain't beat 'em for crunchy guitar goodness.

Iron Maiden -- Live After Death

He's edging out on the ledge. Jump! Jump!

DB SVP KTKSBAI. Metallica -- Ride The Lightning DCC Gold.

Nina Nastasia & Jim White -- You Follow Me Very cool. Thanks Ian or Nate.

You, sir, are toast.

Happy Birthday!

How is the stream quality?

I blame society.

Mmm, emo twats. Somebody, stop me!

Ryan Adams -- Heartbreaker It's OK I guess. PS: I would be so up for a needledrop of the limited edition vinyl.

Not that that isn't occasionally inconvenient for the parent. "Daddy, why does that lady have such big breasts?" That's what you get for teaching them the correct terminology.

I think it's OLED, which has been about to be the wave of the future for quite a while now. Hopefully this will help push the technology into the mainstream.

The Stone Roses -- The Stone Roses

I emailed Craig about this when I heard about it a little while ago. He said it'll be called the ECPP and will be a two-stage passive pre using three 12AX7 tubes. Cinemag trafos for MC and selectable loading for MM. Final version will apparently have a separate tube-rectified power supply. Sounds like it'll be priced toward the top of that range -- which will still likely be a stone bargain for what you're getting.

Build quality is very good as far as I can see. Packing was excellent. I thought the price was pretty decent, too, given that the raw parts total is close to 85% of the assembled cost. They make a bunch of them in different configurations that folks might find useful. See here.