A couple of years back, I started listening more and more to indie music, despite my previous aversions to it (primarily because of a radio station called The Current, but that's a story for another time). Nowadays, I find commercial radio unlistenable, and I never quite understood why until now. I had heard of the dynamic range loss phenomenon before but hadn't put 2 and 2 together until now.
It puzzled me, since there's a wide spread of instrumental talent in both the mainstream and indie scenes, and I would say more vocal talent in mainstream music. I don't usually pay to much attention to the lyrics, so that wasn't the problem either. Plus, I had never been a big fan of the lo-fi sound (I still prefer a well-polished sound). But now I know.
And Jimbo -- you're totally right. I read a wikipedia article on prunes the other night that was so disgustingly socialist that I immediately went out and bought a new electric toad de-warter, single-handedly saving capitalism!
Sure it's half-assed, but it was pretty half-assed of the resident to move to the development near the farm and expect the farmer to spend his own money to make it more pleasant for the resident.
I think it's hilarious, and a great way for the farmer to say "shove it!"
I'll take the side effects over cancer.
A couple of years back, I started listening more and more to indie music, despite my previous aversions to it (primarily because of a radio station called The Current, but that's a story for another time). Nowadays, I find commercial radio unlistenable, and I never quite understood why until now. I had heard of the dynamic range loss phenomenon before but hadn't put 2 and 2 together until now.
It puzzled me, since there's a wide spread of instrumental talent in both the mainstream and indie scenes, and I would say more vocal talent in mainstream music. I don't usually pay to much attention to the lyrics, so that wasn't the problem either. Plus, I had never been a big fan of the lo-fi sound (I still prefer a well-polished sound). But now I know.
And Jimbo -- you're totally right. I read a wikipedia article on prunes the other night that was so disgustingly socialist that I immediately went out and bought a new electric toad de-warter, single-handedly saving capitalism!
I think it's hilarious, and a great way for the farmer to say "shove it!"
Homer J: 9000 g of cholesterol would be impressive, seeing as how the burger only weighs 6000 g to begin with...