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I'll second "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by the Allmans...

deerhoof - the runner's four just saw them last night, awesome show

ladytron - witching hour

Heh, I don't think I've ever seen an NP thread here that didn't have this album mentioned at least once. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I only listened to this album in its entirety for the first time a couple weeks ago. Good stuff, though. My first thought was, "ohhh, so this is where the Decemberists got their sound." Which is not a bad thing, mind you.

Foobar2000 can be used to convert FLAC to mp3, and can also do various other audio conversions; you'll need to download the various audio codecs, though. It's also a standalone media player. I've recently started using foobar and I've been pretty satisfied with it. This seems to be the app of choice for a lot of hardcore audiophiles out there, from what I've seen (granted, I'm not a hardcore audiophile). Also, as has been mentioned above, dbPowerAMP is good too. I've heard reports that it may have some issues converting FLAC's, but I don't know how common this is. I used to use dbPowerAMP f

Scary, this is exactly the song that came to mind when I saw this thread

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band - "Horses in the Sky" Looks like they've steered away from the super-long post-rock album title and opted for a super-long band name instead.

Thanks for sharing that article. This is ludicrous. The only way the publishers' claims are valid is if: 1) High-quality scanned reproductions of published tabs are offered by these tab sites 2) Similarly, if tablature e-books are shared on torrent trackers / p2p networks 3) Published tabs are transcribed directly from the book, in their original format Given that most tab sites host ascii-based tabs, #1 and #2 are out. Even if someone were to directly transcribe a published tab, note for note, it still wouldn't be the same as the published version (#3 is out). As someone who has writt

A friend of mine told me about this recently, but haven't tried it out yet. Sounds like a great idea, though.

Another thing to think about when you do get your deck: If your stereo/receiver doesn't have PHONO inputs, you may need to get an external pre-amp through which you route your turntable outputs (you can get them pretty cheap, usually). If your deck has a built-in pre-amp then you won't need to worry about this.

After hearing all the discussion here on this one, finally checked it out. Loving it so far. Nothing groundbreaking IMHO, but still enjoyable and quite catchy. Although after listening to Roscoe, I had Rhiannon stuck in my head for the rest of the day [edit: typo]

I stumbled on the new Sparklehorse on Oink today, and then less than an hour later it was gone. Unfortunately didn't grab it in time.

Flotation Toy Warning, Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck Good stuff.

Just listened to this for the first time and it rocks!

This album is a bit overproduced for my taste, but has its moments. They're a great band, though, especially live. Angelina Moysov (vox/keys) has a great voice, and her Russian accent is charming. Totally RSGF worthy.

Kylee Swenson from Loquat