The Lucinda Williams auto-biography is great, and she reads the audiobook version of it, which is a delight. Highly recommended!

BrendanK wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:28 am Do you have any more (or planning to make) of those decathlons (and how much do they cost)?

Seconded...

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED!

Now the fun begins - listening to over 80 bands! More details soon...

DAMN Y'ALL. We've gotten a whole bunch of submissions so far, but guess what? It's not too late! Throw in! Band submissions for PRFBBQ 2024 close on April 8 (11:59pm CDT). See PRFBBQ.com for more info on the BBQ (July 18-21)—and email Chicago@PRFBBQ.com to receive a link to the band submission Goog...

DAMN Y'ALL. We've gotten a whole bunch of submissions so far, but guess what? It's not too late! Throw in! Band submissions for PRFBBQ 2024 close on April 8 (11:59pm CDT). See PRFBBQ.com for more info on the BBQ (July 18-21)—and email Chicago@PRFBBQ.com to receive a link to the band submission Googl...

For some reason I never viewed Saccharine Trust as an "underdog." Maybe it's because the Minutemen connect, but to me, Paganicons is an absolute "SST Classic."

Always loved Tom's playing in Slovenly, something to truly aspire to.

I visited FM Garth this weekend and had a chance to play through his Sunn Beta Bass. I hadn't really thought too much about these as I figured I was pretty set on solid-state bass amps w/ my GKs and TS-50b. That said, I ripped some Rush basslines through it and it sounded awesome. Flash forward to a...

Garth wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:53 pm
Please play them w/ a bow and send me samples. Or bring em w/ you for your next Kzoo trip & I'll do it while you rehearse

Oh you have to know that I bought a new bow and rosin just for the occasion!

Got a good deal on a "low octave" set of crotales. Stoked.

I've never bothered with an M88 live for a lot of the reasons you described, Garth. That said, for the studio, I love the ribbon pairing that mdc mentioned and it's a great mic for loud vocalists when singing. Jim used an M88 on the 2nd and 3rd Hungry Man records and that was the mic JJ used for the...