Because, uh..... That's not natural. In fact this 2007 mastering of "This Year's Model" I got yesterday is often downright painful to listen to.

Yep, it's that time again. It's the WFMU fundraising marathon, so everyone who pledges $100 or up can make Yo La Tengo attempt to cover your favorite song. Too bad I'm $70 short, but it's fun anyway Linky, with web stream: WFMU-FM 91.1/Jersey City, NJ; 90.1/Hudson Valley, NY

(This may get a little nerdy, but my name's goldenratiophi for cryin' out loud!) Anyway, first some background information. This will probably sound pretty brag-y, but I can't really help it: The American Mathematical Competitions are a chain of high school math competitions. Out of all...

Stanford drops tuition for some students This is so awesome. Pleeeeeaaaase MIT follow suit!

I've pondered this question forever and can't come to a definite conclusion. It seems that 65% of the time I find Unknown Pleasures easier to listen to than Closer, but sometimes I find Closer infinitely more beautiful than Unknown Pleasures. That's why I'm making you decide to see what all...

For fellow lovers of indie pop: Somehow I managed to dodge the hype the first time it went around, but the name popped into my head today and I decided to Google it and found out that Black Kids' debut EP is free. And it's insanely addictive. It's only 4 songs/15 minutes, but it's extremely...

It came out yesterday. I haven't heard it yet but that's got to be the greatest album cover redesign ever.

Listen to "Women as Lovers" at Xiu Xiu's myspace! In case you had any doubts, Xiu Xiu still sound like Xiu Xiu and are still slightly creepy.

Just wondering... I practice 1 - 1.5 hours of piano almost every day, but I'm wondering if I should start practicing more if I want to major in piano.

I was expecting the 2003 Ghost in the Machines CD to be an uber-compressed mess like most other remasters, but look at the first minute of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" in Audacity: The top track is a rip from the old vinyl (SP-3730), and the bottom is the CD. The CD is slightly...

Okay, so I think it's finally time for me to start cleaning some of my records. So logically I search on MD for a record brush, and some look like this: Musicdirect - AUDIOQUEST - CARBON FIBER RECORD BRUSH and others look like this: Musicdirect - MOBILE FIDELITY RECORD BRUSH (EA)...

* COMING SOON * The Pixies - Doolittle Ultradisc UHR™ SACD (Shipping February 2008) - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc. As an owner (and lover) of the Surfer Rosa MoFi but an even bigger fan of Doolittle, I'm extremely excited!

As you might expect, bi-polar teenager + mom who must win every argument just don't mix. So after a long, shouty, petty argument (climaxing with him throwing and breaking his cellphone) about something not even worth wasting words on, I guess she finally had the last straw and kicked him out...

Just got mine finally! Critical Reading: 70 Mathematics: 80 Writing Skills: 66 () Selection Index: 216 Percentile: 99 I'm pretty disappointed in my writing skills score. I think I made a bubbling mistake, because the four I missed were all in a row and they were all wrong by one...

I had started writing a review. I have deleted it and replaced it with: "Holy ****." Untrue is the most immediately impressing electronic album this year. And I'm only on track #5.

I must say it took me a long while to get into Blueberry Boat. I mean, not only is it 80 minutes, but it's so all-over-the-place that it's hard to listen to the first few times without getting a headache. But it suddenly clicked yesterday and I can't stop listening! Every track is simply...

'cause it's that time again! I just made the stupid mistake of drinking eggnog with an already-upset stomach. Ugh....... this is terrible

Just wondering: I always see people spinning up their turntables and then dropping the needle on the record. Why don't people do it the other way around? Just asking because I've got a big box of 45s and it's easier to put the needle at the beginning while it's not spinning. Using the lever...

This is what GEMM has to say about the Source Tags & Codes LP: http://www1.gemm.com/item/AND--YOU--...GML1414103933/ "ULTRA, BEYOND BELIEF RARE, OUT OF PRINT - ON VINYL, STILL WRAPPED, FIRST RELEASE, ONLY ONE ON THE INTERNET!" Price: $274.98 This is what I have to say about Source...

Okay, so my mom complains all the time that I don't get enough sleep and that I need 8 hours blah blah blah. So I tried going to bed at 10 and getting 8 hours for a few days and it totally didn't work; I was far more tired in the morning spaced-out during school than usual. So now I'm back to my...

While I rarely agreed with their reviews, I'll miss the largest library of random Top 10 lists in the universe. Seconds and Playing God were always pretty interesting too.

1500th post. WOOT. I still swear I have the smallest headphone worth to post ratio. $50/1500 posts = 0.033. lol, me=cheap Anyway, shamelessly increase your post count by congratulating me like you do in all those other threads EDIT: GAH!!! WRONG FORUM. Move plz?

So I came home from school and put my iPod on the table like I usually do. While sitting down I reached for a paper and underestimated the height of my hand and knocked my iPod off the table. It dropped 3 feet 3 inches onto the tile floor and now won't boot. Time for a flash player....

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Any Faming Lips fans going to any Zaireeka parties? I just sent an email to my local(ish) indie record store to see if they're holding one. To the uninitiated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka