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Alice in chains, "Jar of flies" (1994)

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Hoo boy, has it been a week! We went to my sister in law's last Monday to prep for her wedding, so I haven't had time with my own music.

Also, at the wedding I had the pleasure of throwing a dude out of the bar for helping himself to drinks (which were already symbolically priced). So he spent the night hovering threateningly after that, until he joined the dance floor, taking off his shirt to flash crypto-Nazi tattoos.

Totally normal behaviour for a wedding, right? Needless to say, he didn't get to stay long after that :no: The second his car went down the driveway somebody put RATM on the stereo for an antifash dance party:beerchug::rockon:

Today, I'm in need of a chiller mood ;)

 
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@Mr.White told me the Japanese version sounds better.
This CD says Japan. Sleeve and runout says Printed U.S.A.
Sounds good.

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Contract pressing made in Japan for US distribution. Different, superior mastering to the ones manufactured here in the US. Some early US Wind and Wuthering CDs also have a made in Japan by Sanyo variant, again a superior mastering. Supposedly these rival the Japan for Japan 1st press CDs though I personally have never compared them. I can say that when I discovered this one I felt that it bested both vinyl pressings that I owned. These being the UK 1st press and original US MFSL records.
 
Ærkenbrand, "Hedenfarne æventyr" (2024)

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This is a lovely, genre bending underground sleeper from Denmark. It's proggy, psychedelic, with hints of more adventurous doom rock/metal. Most of all you can tell the band members are terrific musicians that may have indulged in certain substances while putting this record together.

AFAICT, there is some roster overlap with other, harder Danish bands like Arkæon and Múspellzheimr? On Bandcamp they're all published under the Kolbitr moniker, but I'm unsure how they're actually connected.
 
Had a bit of an electronics scare last night.

Wife and I were having "Music & Margaritas Night" in the music room. Probably had a couple too many and wasn't paying attention when a small thunderstorm popped up in our area. Was jamming to KISS via the WiiM when a gargantuan thunderclap hit and the room went silent (except for sound of storm outside). Didn't see the lightning but there's no thunder without lightning so I guess it was VERY close. But I don't think we had a direct strike.

Looked over at the brand new Marantz integrated amp (bought around July a year ago) and the display was blank . . . except for a tiny blinking orange LED at the bottom of the display. Couldn't get the Marantz to respond to any input including the power switch. Ended up pulling the power cord from the unit and let it sit for a bit and reset internally. Luckily when I reconnected the power the amp started up normally and seems to be operating normally.

The satellite system was also knocked off line and reset itself when restarted.

So today I am in the market for a "real" surge suppressor instead of the cheapo power strips with surge suppression that I currently have powering most of my audio pieces.
Tripp Lite Isobar is what I’ve used for decades at work. All laboratory instrumentation. Never had a power surge eat an instrument. Of course, YMMV.
 
A Question Of Balance - The Moody Blues
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I’ve got that one ultrasonic cleaned and ready to go. BS&T somehow got in the way of my Poco/Moody Blues binge.
 
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