Yah. Pearl Jam spent years in limbo because they thought everyone would join the fight. But no big name artists ever did because no one wanted to rock the boat. During COVID ticketmaster / clear channel/liveNation/ iHeartRadio whatever have continued to consolidate. They own the tickets they own the resell websites they own most of the big venues they can demand merch sales at the venue. If you refuse they can remove you from playing their venues.
At this point it would take 10+ huge artists to final kill this beast. We are talking Taylor Swift / Beyonce big that actually have complete creative control. I don't even think most top artists have that. They would have to organize everything and they would probably lose union contracts for stage craft and audio, lights, transportation. Basically they would have to start their own ticket & touring companys that outdoor fields and sports areas? and would have to stick it out for years and convince a good majority to stop buying tickets from any place using Ticketmaster.
Lol. Yes the apex of Aphex. Thanks.
Thought people might want to know it's the 30th anniversary and Aphex Twin is releasing SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS VOLUME II LIMITED* BOX SET | VINYL | CASSETTE | CD *box set pre-order window open until 24th June, 10am BST https://aphextwin.warp.net/ $50 seems ok for a 4LP pre-order
What about rclone? I've found it to be amazing for cloning or copying.
Classic album. Metropolis, The Model. Robots!
Kanto stands are pretty good Imo.
Amazing LPs
Ok two ideas. 1. Listen to a record you know very very well with headphones. Take the same record/headphones to a local record shop that has a turn table setup or a friend's house and listen 2. Buy a new needle because eventually you are going to new a new one right? Try it out and if the old one isn't that bad then you have a backup. Remember needles seem expensive 100-300 but how many records is that? Maybe less than 10 and it is the one thing that really determines how your collection sounds.
Holy Shit is that White Reaper does it again?! Setup looks good. If you can get stands for the speakers. I highly recommend it. You get a lot more clarity just having the tweeter up a bit closer to ear level. I did this a few years back and it was night and day.
I've found Trump's hatred of windmills fascinating. It all goes back to a case against the Scottish government. He expressed his concerns about the wind farm in April 2006 stating that "I want to see the ocean, I do not want to see windmills."Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
I'd like to know as well. Amazon pays artists and book author pennies. Books are easier to find or order local but there seems to be a complete Monopoly on audiobooks by Audible (aka Amazon)
Morphine - French Fries and pepper