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by Xenu
Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:05 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Illinois's Continuing Indignity
Replies: 2
Views: 7732

Illinois's Continuing Indignity

What the fuck, Illinois? Are you absolutely unable to have any governors who aren't major screwups?

That is all.
by Xenu
Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whole Foods purchase tonight.. and tough ecconomic times....
Replies: 2
Views: 7224

Re: Whole Foods purchase tonight.. and tough ecconomic times....

One of the terrible things about living in Manhattan is that Whole Foods is actually sort of reasonably priced compared to local monstrosities like Food Emporium and (vomit) Gristedes (/vomit). Additionally, for "dry" hippie goods--i.e. not produce--it's hard to beat their basic prices.
by Xenu
Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:36 pm
Forum: Audio Technology
Topic: Multichannel FLAC demuxing?
Replies: 0
Views: 19783

Multichannel FLAC demuxing?

Hey all, So to my great delight, I've been fooling around with that charming DVD Audio Explorer utility, and succeeded in ripping the MLP tracks from the "Rough Mix" DVDA. They ripped successfully and everything, but my poor understanding of the options available in DVDA Ripper meant that ...
by Xenu
Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: General Music Discussion
Topic: The Who - Something's Coming mixes
Replies: 17
Views: 17320

JWB made a great transfer on his Singles disc, IIRC.
by Xenu
Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:36 am
Forum: Going Underground
Topic: Brian Wilson concerts?
Replies: 4
Views: 8635

There's a blanket Beach Boys prohibition. Presumably, someone affiliated with the band made a request.
by Xenu
Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:08 pm
Forum: Going Underground
Topic: Brian Wilson concerts?
Replies: 4
Views: 8635

A few sites prohibit them...I know Dime does, at least.

I might have a few lying around. Lemme see if I can find some.
by Xenu
Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:06 pm
Forum: Religion
Topic: Gays versus Mormons
Replies: 7
Views: 11852

Gays versus Mormons

So yeah, I know that African American turnout in CA was really a larger factor in passing Prop 8, but I couldn't be more pissed at the LDS church right now if I tried. In the words of Bill Maher: they already have their own state (and, in the spirit of Jon Stewart: it seems a bit odd that the Mormon...
by Xenu
Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:45 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: PollWatch '08
Replies: 113
Views: 128518

Y'know, I told myself I'd attend class today, and have promptly spent the entire time looking at polls. I have never been more distracted.
by Xenu
Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:37 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Palin? Really?
Replies: 175
Views: 158120

Going rogue, but, uh, where? This feels like some sort of odd campaign to convince wavering supporters that Palin's merely been poorly stage-managed, and that she's really fearsome and independent.
by Xenu
Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: So we're at war with Syria?
Replies: 0
Views: 16431

So we're at war with Syria?

Thoughts?
by Xenu
Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:37 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Computing frustration
Replies: 0
Views: 18984

Computing frustration

Hey all, So now that the crashing economy has forced me to dial back my plans of totally replacing my aging computer's innards, I've decided that a mere processor swap--to get the most out of my also-aging AM2 socket--is probably in order. To that end, I have been confronted with this conundrum: htt...
by Xenu
Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:32 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate #2
Replies: 6
Views: 6379

McCain seemed to start off strong, but lagged badly by the first half-hour. Town hall events are as Stephen Colbert described them: opportunities for the candidates to pretend to answer questions before using them as pretexts to launch into stump speeches. At least initially, McCain did a better job...
by Xenu
Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:03 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The October Surprise 2008 Edition
Replies: 32
Views: 36712

Clearwater. Scientology and Sarah Palin...and I thought my day couldn't get any better.
by Xenu
Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: General Music Discussion
Topic: Some Michael Jackson in honor of the debate
Replies: 0
Views: 17063

Some Michael Jackson in honor of the debate

So after an entire year of looking, I find the 258P disc of "Off the Wall" in Book-Off. Good news: it does seem to have the LP mix of "Rock With You," at least. Bad news: preemphasis (ugh!). The file below was put through WaveEmph (do I trust this program?) and was then normalize...
by Xenu
Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Palin? Really?
Replies: 175
Views: 158120

Biden's damn good at what he does.

Palin's responses were reasonably coherent sentence by sentence, but there was nothing holding them together. No sinew, no anything; her points never coalesced into anything. A true indication, in my mind, of repetition without knowledge.