I recently bought Raising Sand, the collaboration between Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, and it's, well....pretty wonderful. I can see why it won a Grammy for Album of the Year. And it's available as an LP!

If it's not a record to die for, it should be....certainly is in my book. One of the best albums I've bought all year, along with Melody Gardot's Worrisome Heart.

Along with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" helped define a musical generation. According to the band's siteMarch 24th will see the re-release of the album in no fewer than FOUR editions. Anyone who considers themselves a Pearl Jam fan that isn't excited by the Super Deluxe Edition should check their pulse, because there is a good chance they have died and no one has bothered to notice yet:

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Also, I find it very unlikely that Klipsch ever produced over 200,000 units of any one model of loudspeaker; do you have some actual figures from them?

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Why would you doubt a speaker line that's been around since the 1940's would not have sold 200k of any one model? No one is disputing the popularity of the Vandersteen but there are several speaker models that have been around far longer than the 2C.

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Understaffed Geithner "The Tax Evader" can't keep up, critics say

By DANIEL WAGNER
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 5, 2009; 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON -- For five weeks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has battled the worst economic crisis in generations with no key deputies in place. That's made for a rocky debut for the man President Barack Obama put in charge of addressing the financial crisis.

We can solve this Detroit mess in 15 minutes.

Instead of bankrupting GM and Chrysler, just sign them over to the UAW. Time to get everyone on the same team.

End of problem!

Hola,

For myrtle wood block users, have you guys noticed any block to block variation?

In the pic, there is that one piece in the back that seems like it would be very different from its bretheren.

Besides block to block variability, how about variation based on the orientation of the block?

Lots of variables: Long axis aligned with long axis of the gear, or perpendicular, or with the block 'laid flat,' on it's side, or 'tall wise.'

Well, here she is(one room anyway) of my studio.

We have had the fortune of being able to aquire some nice gear over the years, some of which is in the photos. Noteables are

Mixing Desk-http://www.sytek-audio-systems.com/products/consoles/elan2-tt/ Neotek ELAN II (16 trk) (that thing you see in one of the pictures with the "NEOTEK" name on it is the Mixing Desk Power Supply(weighs 50lbs!)