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Here's another HUGE list of RSD releases: http://sounditoutrecords.com/2010/03/rsd10releases/

FINALLY!

Just remembered that the Debut doesn't have a built in VTA adjustment (just like Music Halls and Regas) - and since the cart was pre-installed, I definitely think you have no reason to worry. If you are not using the stock felt mat, go back to using it. Thicker mats can affect VTA slightly - besides causing the cart to ride closer to the record surface, it can also cause inner groove distortion. I really think you have nothing to worry about.

Is there a free online Premier league streaming site? Live or archived is fine.

You set the tracking force to 15 or 1.5? Big difference there…

Besides, the only thing a thicker slipmat does is effect the VTA - not the tracking force.

Thought some people would like to know about this… From Because Sound Matters (WB vinyl site): So, you have 1.5 hours to head over to the site to log in and enter to win.

My fave is definitely the Nickelback one - especially the backing vocals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehuyXOmkRs&hl=en&fs=1

This. Very nice, clean cuts.

Now that's a solid nominee for the glass/oven DIY flattener!

Pecans and dried cranberries + a mild balsamic vinagrette. Thinly sliced pear, walnuts, goat cheese. Basically - fruit and nuts (especially candied pecans) in salad is my favorite. Try anything.

http://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge-alignment-protractors.shtml

Haha! Yes it does - listen to the lyrics carefully and you hear Tom paraphrasing Springsteen, almost word for word in some parts. Edit: Overall, I am torn. There are two killer songs on this album; not killer AM! songs, just killer songs - as in, if Bon Jovi wrote them in the exact same way, I'd listen to them and like them. The rest of the album is growing on me, I'd say there is only one song that I can't really get all the way through. I can understand the comparison to Green Day's trajectory, the key difference being American Idiot still sounds pretty much 95% like their earlier songs, while White Crosses sounds almost (~20%) nothing like what came before it. That is an important factor to consider, before assigning AM! to the waste-bin. At the very least - even though I may not like White Crosses as much as …Clarity - Tom and the guys are trying to expand their song-writing, and not just employing their earlier "formula" while applying a glossy veneer. As the saying goes, you can polish a turd - but it's still a turd. That said, I would have loved to been a fly on the wall while they were recording and engineering this. Of course we can ask Tom how he came to decide when and where to employ studio tricks, but to have been there the moment the decision was made would be much more telling. I think the song writing still sounds top notch - it's just the production that is throwing me off here. The excessive compression (well, that's nothing new), the multi-tracked vocals everywhere, the auto-tune, the gate, etc. - I know Butch Vig can be a royal pain in the ass (he is known for taking weeks to get a floor tom to sound "right"), and he seems diametrically opposed to the very nature of AM!. He's the guy that gets called in to "make a hit" - and that right there is the biggest difference between AM!–present and AM!–past. My impression is that AM!–past chose the producers they were going to work with based on something much more organic and honest than "making a hit". If that's what Tom wanted for AM!, fine - who am I (or any of us, really) to question his plans for his band - however, if it was the label's decision to bring in Vig… I think that it's a shame if the band gave up creative control. Last night I pulled out a few Vig produced albums to listen to and my first thought was: He is the unofficial 5th member of Against Me! on White Crosses. He definitely leaves a sonic mark on everything he touches, and sometimes that is exactly what seems to be needed, but I'm not convinced it was the right sound for Tom's writing. Asking Tom about this now will most definitely garner a response much different than if I'd been a fly on the wall, as he has the advantage of hindsight, and I don't doubt a fair bit of hubris as well. What it comes down to is, for me, if this is how they wanted their album to sound, if it is the end result they dreamed about during writing, rehearsing and putting it on tape, then good for them. Luckily, it's not coming out on 8 track, so listening to only the songs I like will be a piece of cake! I just wish it wasn't compressed to fucking hell - I still like dynamics in my music. One last thing - who else thinks the intro to High Pressure Low was lifted straight off of a New Order single?

Track 2 sounds like it may as well be Kelly Clarkson singing. Or whoever else won American Idol.

Cross Beats off your list then.

The Beats are a fucking joke. Unless you want to only listen to low frequencies. What kind of sound are you looking for? Accurate reproduction? Grado AKG Sennheiser You can get A LOT of headphone for $300 if you go Grado.

From: http://www.indiewax.com/pages/Record-Store-Day.html Asteriods Galaxy Tour - Fruit [LP] Bird And The Bee - Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates [LP] Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball / The Ghost Of Tom Joad [10” vinyl] Buddy Guy - A Man And The Blues [LP] Cage The Elephant - Live at Grimey's [CD] Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension/ Long Island B [7'' vinyl] Coheed and Cambria - Guns Of Summer / Pearl Of The Stars (demo) [7'' picture disc] Cypress Hill - Rise Up [2 LP] (includes CD) Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Squirm / Lying In The Hands Of God [7'' vinyl] Doc Watson - Doc Watson [LP] Drive By Truckers - Your Woman Is A Living Thing [7'' vinyl] Elvis Costello - Live At Hollywood High EP [7'' Vinyl] (3 unreleased tracks in numbered sleeve) Elvis Presley - That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky [7'' vinyl] (repro of Sun Records debut, includes mp3 download card) Fear Factory - 91 Demo [7'' vinyl] (Clear Vinyl) (** this release is not yet confirmed) fun. - Aim and Ignite [LP] (Limited Edition Deluxe Embossed Metallic Gatefold Etched Picture Disc - Full CD Included) Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch! / Whiskey Hangover [7'' vinyl] (Orange Vinyl) Gogol Bordello - We Comin' Rougher / Transcontinental Hustle [7'' vinyl] (Green Vinyl) Goldfrapp - Head First [LP] (contains CD of album and exclusive poster) Great Lake Swimmers - The Legion Sessions [CD] Infected Mushroom - Killing Time Remix [LP] Jacob Jazz Fred Odyssey - The Sensation of See [7'' vinyl] Jakob Dylan/Courtyard Hounds - See You In The Spring / Everybody’s Hurting (feat. Neko Case) [split 7''] Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion [LP] (new 2010 release feats. Joss Stone) Jimi Hendrix - Live at Clark University Worcester MA, 3/15/1968 [12'' colored vinyl] Joan Baez - Joan Baez [LP] John Fahey - The Yellow Princess [LP] John Lennon - Singles Bag [3x7''] (LIMITED EDITION, in numbered Kraftpak envelope with custom plastic adapator, poster and postcards) Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension / Long Island Blues [7'' vinyl] Fela Kuti - Fela Kuti [10” vinyl EP] La Roux - Bulletproof Live & Remixed [7'' Vinyl] Lacuna Coil - Shallow LIVE: Acoustic At Criminal Records [7'' vinyl EP] Let's Wrestle/The Love Language - Split 7'' [7'' vinyl] Manchester Orchestra - Live at Park Ave [CD EP] Mary Onettes, The - The Night Before The Funeral / The Benefits of Being Young [7'' vinyl] Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Deluxe) [2 LP] (45RPM 180 Gram Vinyl) Mastodon - Blood Mountain [LP] MGMT - Siberian Breaks [12''] (Blue Marble Colored Vinyl with one etched side) Mississippi John Hurt - Today [LP] Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica [2 LP] (re-issue of 2000 release) Nirvana - Insesticide [LP] (Blue & White Colored Audiophile Vinyl) Owl City - Fireflies / Vanilla Twilight [7'' vinyl] (Clear Vinyl) Pantera - Cowboys From Hell [2 LP] Pantera - Far Beyond Driven [2 LP] Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power [2 LP] Passion Pit - Little Secrets [7'' vinyl] (Red Vinyl, includes remix by Felix Da Housecat) Peter Gabriel / Stephin Merritt - The Book Of Love / Not One Of Us [7'' AA SIDE] (Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields) Phoenix - Fences [12” single] (Pink Vinyl, includes remix, LIMITED TO 3500 pieces) Plants & Animals - La La Land [LP] Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer EP [10'' Picture Disc in numbered sleeve] R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP [12'' Blue Vinyl in numbered sleeve of their debut release] Rodriguez - Inner City Blues / I'm Gonna Live Till I Die [7'' vinyl] (Both tracks are live, limited hand-numbered gatefold jacket, LITA CD sampler, fanzine) Royce Da 5'9'' - Street Hop [LP] (prod. by DJ Premier) Sick Puppies - Live and Unplugged [CD EP] Sex Pistols - The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle [2 LP] (LIMITED EDITION 180 Gram, 24 tracks, in Gatefold)** Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex [LP] (White Colored 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl) Sonic Youth - EVOL [LP] (Pink Colored 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, includes 'Bubblegum') Sonic Youth - Hits Are For Squares [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in numbered gatefold, 15 track collection plus one new exclusive song) Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever [LP] (Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters) Telekinesis - Dirty Thing [7'' vinyl] Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser [10'' Picture Disc] TV On The Radio - Dear Science [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl, includes download card with bonus Hot Chip Remix) Various Artists - B-Music: Bird Songs [10''] Various Artists - B-Music: Radio Galaxia [LP] Various Artists - RSD High School Battle Of The Bands [LP] Velvet Underground - Live with Lou Reed Vol.1 [LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl) Velvet Underground - Live with Lou Reed Vol.2 [LP] (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl) Weezer - Raditude Happy RSD [CD] White Rabbits & Antlers - Live From Daytrotter [7'' vinyl] Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons [7'' Vinyl] __________________ ** Just what the world needs - an audiophile pressing of the Sex Pistols…

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gonna assume you're talking fahrenheit yeah? Ha - yes, that's what I meant. I need to check the exact temp I used last time - have notes I took somewhere…

Here's a horn from 2007: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/69680-95-year-old-woman-gets-the-horn

Thanks for posting that Kirby.

And she knows how to party…

A head's up: tomorrow's Fresh Air (NPR radio program w/ Terry Gross) will be discussing the identity of Jesus Christ.

Hey, it works! You put the oven on for 100-150º F (a decent oven thermometer from a kitchen supply store helps get the temp perfect) and let it warm up for an hour or so. The other way to do it is place the record between two pieces of glass and put lots of heavy items (books for instance) on top of the glass and leave it for a month or longer. But the oven and glass is pretty much what record flattener machines does…