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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    Day 6: Groups like the NRDC are more important than ever, spin something by an artist that promotes or has played for charitable reasons. Various Artists - Good Music to Lift Los Angeles A Bandcamp compilation to help those affected by the wildfires... and a nice soundtrack to my work this...
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    The Dark Side; Digital audio equipment recommendations and setup.

    He's saying that categorizing a hurricane as a 5 is politically correct, I think.
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    Thought and prayers for the X servers.

    Thought and prayers for the X servers.
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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    And my autocorrect changed scenes to scones, which just makes it even better so I'm not fixing it.
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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    Either custody is an autocorrect error, or the Decemberists have much more interesting behinds the scones drama than I was aware of.
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    2025 Reading Challenge

    Getting ready for the Bong Joon-ho movie... so far, this is a fun, breezy chunk of sci-fi.
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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    Day 5: Play something from a band with shifting lineups or that continued on after a founding members death. Built to Spill - Untethered Moon Lineups change. Doug Martsch is eternal.
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    Photos of where you live

    The SF gardens are lovely, and I also recommend the one at UC Berkeley.
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    Photos of where you live

    Every now and then we do a day where we spend the first chunk of the day at the Academy of Sciences, then spend some time at the De Young.
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    I lucked out, it's a Friday, and Santa Cruz is only a 45 min drive, whereas San...

    I lucked out, it's a Friday, and Santa Cruz is only a 45 min drive, whereas San Francisco/Oakland (where most shows are) is 2 hours.
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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    Day 4: Play some Bluegrass / folk or something that features spoken word. The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore Folk-tinged tunes, with several spoken-word interludes.
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    Tickets to see Stereolab in Santa Cruz secured!

    Tickets to see Stereolab in Santa Cruz secured!
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    March 2025 Challenge Thread - Live Music (Really) Is Better!

    Day 3: Play an album from a band that has faded into obscurity. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast His career went on, but I expected it to be a lot bigger and more successful back when this debut album came out.
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    Pre-Order Thread

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    Pre-Order Thread

    The only pre-order I have headed my way is from 2023 (loooooong delay), and so far this year I have only bought three albums on vinyl, with the only online purchase being a nice $15 on sale, and then two from my local, with one being a $5 find in the banged-up discount section. Everything else...
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