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Shane MacGowan and the Popes -- The Snake

Isn't it? Feel obliged to point out they were Massholes. Holyoke/Northampton represent!

Thanks guys. We were very lucky. It was a strong microburst, but didn't make it into a tornado. If it had, given that it went straight down our street ... We have a couple of trees down, my neighbor's gazebo was blown away taking his back deck with it and all the houses are absolutely plastered with shredded leaves, which I imagine will take power washing to remove. Could have been a lot worse, though I think we got hit the hardest in our area as all the local news trucks are setting up down the street. Some more pictures attached.

Fake Steve was pretty good on this today. I'm glad he's back, with the new organs and all.

Just watched a very short, very powerful thunderstorm buzz-saw my yard to pieces with grapeshot hail. This has been a great summer so far. Front. Formerly nice, clean pool. Pool deck. EDIT: THis just came in after the fact. Guess where I live?

You actually Googled "H.R. Giger dicks"? I would not have dared.

$10 says we're shortly going to start hearing from Microsoft again about those alleged patent violations in the Linux kernel.

Lloyd Cole -- Love Story Marvelous.

Well, if nothing else, I'm glad this little contretemps has drawn you out of hiding. You seem like good people.

How much did you have to pay her?

The Lemonheads -- It's A Shame About Ray

Hee hee.

Except on the HD800ssssssssssssssss.

HF-2, Head Case edition.

Eels -- Electro-Shock Blues

Pure evil. Now where's my super-limited edition, I want to fondle it? Oh...

Ding ding ding. We have a winner. Todd has been royally hosed here and it's pretty obvious who the hoser is.

I think it's time to officially rename these the Head-F1 edition and pay vast sums to recover and destroy the first 20. Then let's all pretend nothing ever happened, mmmkay?

They're moar yellow. Also, I think, the consistency of the foam.

He will not.

The Cranberries -- Gold The first two albums were really something. And then ... pfft.

The main benefit of an upgrade to the new Outlaw would be to get Trinnov room correction -- which is reportedly absolutely outstanding, though how well it will be implemented in these new processors remains to be seen. The first new Sherwood-Newcastle receivers (which Outlaw's model is based off) are just trickling in to dealers now, so there should be some reliable reports soon.

+5 is the new zero.

Looks like someone needs to mash it down the drain in Chekhonte's shower with their foot.

^^^ An interesting test for the 800s, in fact. An "intentionally bright" album and yet it sounds really superb. No excessive sibilance (OK, maybe a trace on "Just Like A Woman"), no gratuitously splashy cymbals. Riveting, honestly.