Moe_Syzlak

I have a Dell desktop PC (originally came with Windows ME, but I upgraded to XP Pro) that I've had for almost 8 years now. It seems to be on its last legs. I basically use this PC for media (I run iTunes through an Airport Express to my home stereo) and surfing the Web. I.E. I don't use it for work (I have a laptop for that) and I am not a gamer. So it seems to me that a Mac might be more suited to my needs. I'd also like to START using this computer for basic home studio use, nothing fancy. My questions are these: a) if I have all my photos and music stored on an internal hard drive (in MP3

Lost in Translation is unwatchable and borderline racist.

Than how about an E! True Hollywood Story where they use bad re-enactments in lieu of real footage. Anyone ever see the Jerry Garcia ETHS? Hilarious!

My statement: I have severely overrated this board's collective taste in music. Seriously though, I must say I'm impressed with the civility of this thread. These sorts of things often spiral into flames. Nice job, VC!

We went to Santa Catalina, Panama for Thanksgiving last year and loved it. It takes a bit to get there from Panama City, but it isn't too expensive, it has great surf and there is terrific diving and snorkeling, particularly out at Isla Coiba. We also loved the fact that is relatively remote. We were there at the tail end of the rainy season so it wasn't crowded. I'm nit sure what it would be like during high season, but there are probably less than 50 hotel rooms in the entire town. I can send you some pics if you're interested. BTW, I'm assuming you didn't mean to exclude Central America a

Cool, well 90 minutes is better than 60, but I still thik they could do a longer show at this point. Any new covers?

My brother lives in Austin and has a cab driver he knows who he calls on his cell when we are leaving Zilker. He picks us up outside the grounds and we're back downtown for the late shows in plenty of time. I'd bet that even if you're from out of town you could talk to a cabbie when you get to town, tip him well and get his cell #. ETA: So apparently Brian Eno is touring with David Byrne. I assume he means he'll be with Byrne for his ACL appearance, making what is already my most anticipated show of the festival even MORE anticipated-ier.

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I think it's still too early to say what will be typical for this tour. I have seen them twice (once was one of their first shows and the other was at a festival) and both were just over an hour. But now that they have a whole 'nother album of material, I'm hoping the shows are a bit longer. P.S. there is a pro-shot DVD up on DIME right now. Pretty good stuff.

I'm going to this as my brother lives in Austin and my brother-in-law is playing the Festival, but I have to admit being a little let down by this line-up. Bands that were rumored to be playing that aren't that I was really looking forward to: Wilco Radiohead Flaming Lips Super Furry Animals Bands that ARE playing that I'd be interested to check out: Foo Fighters Spiritualized Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Beck Manu Chao Alejandro Escovedo David Byrne The Raconteurs Gnarls Barkley Man Man Robert Earl Keen Jenny Lewis M. Ward Iron and Wine Mason Jennings Antibalas Silversun Pickups Gogo

Do you have a finished product yet? If so, please share what you came up with!

Hammered dulcimer is used prominently in the recent Super Furry Animals album Hey Venus, particularly on Into the Night.

Oh that reminds me that this Thursday is the 25th Anniversary of my first Dead show! I will be celebrating by going to my first Sandra Day O'Connor show.

Cool. I feel as though this discussion should have been in its own thread so there was no confusion. I LIKE this matrix and was never complaining about anything (other than, perhaps, the reading comprehension skills of those that insisted otherwise). Your point above about preferences is all this is about for me, and curiosity about those preferences and what exactly people hear. Because, as I have said, my hearing is somewhat unique and I'm sure that influences my preferences for sbd only. Anyway, I listened to that GD sample 3 and I do hear Jerry louder in the mix in the matrix, but I have t

Well, huh. I guess all the disclaimers I posted didn't work. Once again, I think this matrix mix is very well done. I was NEVER criticizing the job that was done with it. My discussion points were merely that I tend to prefer straight sbd over matrix mixes. Period. I concede that I haven't heard this sbd so I have no way to do a straight comparison, but I have heard MANY sbd sources and their matrix mix siblings and, to my admittedly unique ears, I always prefer the sbd. The sbds that exist that have poor mixes are never "fixed" enough with aud mixed in for me. In those cases I simply do witho

It's nice to have the collection and the packaging is great, but there isn't a noticeable increase in sound quality over the DATs I've had for years of this run. I haven't compared the setlists, but there may be some tunes on this that didn't previously circulate. And, although I haven't popped it in yet, the Cincinnati bonus disk is new to me.

My mom has the original vinyl for Sticky Fingers with the working zipper. Is that rare?

Still....

I think there is a big difference here though (although as previously stated, I generally would prefer no aud mixed in at the SBD either). First, most the time, the audience will be tracked up in between songs and tracked down during the songs. This gives crowd reaction without the crowd cluttering up the sound during the songs. Two, having a mic at the soundboard or on stage facing the crowd is very different from an audience member recording, IMO. In an aud recording you are recording FOR the music and the room/crowd is "in the way" (for lack of a better phrase) of getting the cleanest soun

I don't know how rare it is, but someone recently told me it is VERY rare and selling on eBay for a mint, but I have in a box in my folk's attic an original cassette of Phish's album Junta that I got from the band way back in the late '80s.

Yes, but as was mentioned earlier, in smaller rooms you will have a lot of the amps' sound mixing with the PA, so often things like vocals will be high in the mix to compensate. This doesn't happen as much with larger rooms. Also, I know many live bands whose sound guys WILL mix the sbd feed separately (sometimes mixing in crowd noise) for archival purposes. The Dead did this and as a result I think many live bands that have followed the Dead's lead with regard to live recording do too. As I mentioned earlier, I have heard many sbds that are unlistenable due to mix issues, but I'd rather not l

When Water Comes to Life - Cloud Cult Star

Speaking of Zappa and the SG, The Dweeze was playing an (the?) SG in '06 when I saw ZpZ and his tone was phenomenal.

Again, I was not trying to knock the matrix at all. But it sounds like you and me are on the same page. It seems to me that it isn't improved "sound quality" that the matrix mix provides, it is a different feel. It sounds more like it did in the room. That's fine, but my preference would be for the room to sound better and not for the recording to sound worse. But, maybe it is my unique hearing patterns and I'm just missing out. Also, FWIW, I have been collecting live music since my first Dead show in '83, so I have heard plenty of all types of recordings.