Hell yeah, I remember listening to The Dollop about this dude and realizing he was part of the reason for all the POW/MIA flags when I was growing up lol

Link to the first part on YT: here

I’m sure the OED has the correct answer, but here’s a a source about a similar aphorism.

Came here to say this. moisturizer is great!

I love TBOI, and intend to pick this up today.

This looks awesome! I haven’t had boudin in so long, and it never occurred to me to just make my own.

Absolutely nothing wrong with supplementing or replacing drums with samples! I have a friend who’s a very accomplished engineer and musician, and they do it for pretty much every project.

Weird microphone tricks (e.g. a 57 on a kick drum) are just stopgap solutions when there are no other options, kinda like replacing a bad kick drum sound — the most important part is to trust your ears and have fun!

Slightly off center and almost touching the grill is pretty standard placement for micing a cabinet, I think! I usually try to make a tangent line between the 57’s capsule and the cone of the speaker.

I’m right there with you about the B52 on a kick drum — that’s definitely my preference too unless the kick drum doesn’t have a port, in which case I usually go for a D112.

One could mic an entire band using just 58s and 57s, if push came to shove. Live sound can be a weird thing lol

Two or three inches up from the bottom-center of a non-ported kick drum works in a pinch, but never tried it with a ported head.

I believe I’ve seen a bass cab mic’ed similarly as well, though I for sure saw a Beta 58 (not a 52) used for this purpose quite a few times by pointing the center of the capsule directly at the bottom-center edge of the speaker ---- looks like partially mic’ing the wood, but I remember it worked really well!

Edit: jfc I keep fat-fingering my phone today, posting before finishing my thoughts. Here’s what I intended:

I also really enjoy Christmas in Jail from that same album!

Found it a few years ago after discovering the Omnibus podcast that John Roderick co-hosts with Ken Jennings.

I thought the same and then got a recent-ish car that had an “automatic” setting to dim or engage the high beams. It’s terrible. Taking tight corners on a dark rural road, they dim because the sensor detects the car’s own headlight reflection off of the trees, defeating the purpose.

So, I think a bunch of dipshit city folk leave the high beams on (in the city where they aren’t fucking necessary) and let the “automatic” setting handle it, poorly.

I learned how to drive in a rural area where using the brights is normal when you get out of town, with the caveat that you have to pay attention and switch back when cresting a hill or coming around a corner.

Edit: “creating” -> “cresting”

Former smoker — don’t try it, but trust that it’s awesome.

That whole album is excellent!

Also, his compatriots from NW Arkansas — Nick Shoulders, in particular — seem similarly-minded, and are definitely worth a listen.

You’re in luck!

Not a dad, but an ex that wound up with three after the split many years ago — OP’s meme strongly channeling the current girlfriend, but holding strong that my one remaining old man doesn’t want a cat friend lmao

Well, I use spotify lol

I mostly listen to albums and podcasts (when I’m not using it to check out bands for work), and hilariously, I think the 80s-90s Dead playlist is the only one I’ve ever made. Got tired of skipping around random albums for specific songs, with the added benefit of being able to download for in-flight use.

No shade at all for hanging on to what works for you! Your setup is probably more future-proof than mine, since you actually own your own copies of the songs.

Thank you for posting this (and the others by this poet), I love the Ginsburg influence

Informally, leaving that preposition hanging at the end is fine, but for formal writing, you’d be locked away by the grammar cops:

“She lost her job because of the person to whom she is married.”

Same here — one old head I know tried to rope another old head friend of mine on a huge road trip, but my friend turns his nose up at events like this since Jerry died.

I see it as a send-up to something unique and wonderful that ended 30 years ago. I’m sure it’s fun for the artists involved to recreate the magic, and for some fans, it’s an excellent way to relive it. Let em do what they want, and I’ll keep my 80s-90s Dead playlist on rotation!

Good idea on just homebrewing a baffle!

I normally just ask them nicely to turn down, if they can do so without sacrificing tone, and otherwise encourage them to point their amp towards the curtains.

I’ve definitely seen some folks prop their amps to angle them toward their heads from time to time — I’ll start working that suggestion in for sure, since every little bit of db decrease will help in that small room.

I also want to get a set of ClearSonics or similar for cymbal wash. May not be able to use them all the time (stage real estate is at a premium), but they would be nice to have.