This is breathtakingly awful. Love to all who were close to him. I barely got to know him and still I feel sick and robbed of a friend and a gigantic presence in my life and of years and years of art and laughter and learning from him. He built a thing and created a space and allowed for the univers...

There’s a lot on NPR that is worthy of vaporization, but my top three lately are: Reporters greeting each other with hey . “Hey, Ari!” An interviewee discussing something thoughtful or somber and the interviewer replying with “Mmmmm…” Pundits starting their opening sentences with “Look…” Dave, I ha...

If we're talking underdog, unsexy, utilitarian items: - Masking tape, sharpies, notebooks and pens that are easy to write with I love these for both live and studio applications. Hell, for any event that is a session; meetings, grocery shopping, international assassin's task list, etc. Inexpensive,...

four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:53 pm Nah, but I do think my comment was pretty amusing.

Not wrong! But I think that's the hydraulic line. Actual lube between two layers.

B&W DM 602 s2 speakers. I am very happy with them. I sold a pair of Paradigm Monitor 3s to a nice man from Scotland and bought these from a nice Australian. The imaging is terrific; it sounds like a center speaker is on.

Evans UV1 14" Drum Head This head fucking sucks . Certainly if you go in expecting it to sound and feel exactly like an Ambassador then yeah you're going to be disappointed. There is A difference. But to me it's slight. I've been an Ambassadors guy for 20+ years and this is in the ballpark so ...

Vintage Pearl w/f for $599, free shipping: https://www.hawthornedrumshop.com/shop/p/v0j5iz6egeothjsd0s29br9qjy0fxg Sold out. WAS IT YOU. It's probably the Export Series disdain. And that's likely not even fair because I didn't know a GD thing about tuning a set of drums when I was playing that kit ...

We have had J-M drums in the studio for a couple of years now and I have a pretty good bead on what they sound like, related to other drums. I fucking love them, for what that's worth. They are extremely lively, resonant drums, with a strong note and interesting overtones. Most drums, if you rap th...

The Xist 22" has a clearer bell than the GB, probably due to the B20 alloy, but it's still not going to work for a Primus cover band. I think it just takes more mass to get that sound, and those rides are going to be only rides. The shoulder of a stick shall not meet its edge, and it shall shi...

This kicks ass. Good job! Though I haven't ridden on the bus I have spent the last twenty years being everything-tech for my bands, clubs, and a 650-seat auditorium, and to DFTR's list I would add only: A head lamp. Don't look anywhere near the stage with it on, during the show or when talent is abo...