What are you listening to?

[L.A. Brian]

For 1991, Laughing Stock by Talk Talk is a must; especially on a nice stereo system. I also second Spiderland by Slint.

Spirit of Eden seems to be a little more loved, but Laughing Stock was the crown jewel for me. But I can only really listen to it at home without any outside noise bleeding in. I tried playing it in my truck during my commute this week but I just wasn't vibing with it. Not a good fit with traffic noise!

 

[whitechocolate]

Definitely a record with a lot of subtlety. Dig these original pressings.



Bonus point if you recognize the turntable. 100 bonus points if you know what's in the frame.

 

[Warhawk]

A friend and I went to see FireHouse and rock/guitar legend Lita Ford last night at Feather Falls Casino.

FireHouse (one of my low-key favorite bands) played a great set of their hits/favorites and still sounded very good with their new vocal lead (after the unfortunate recent cancer death of CJ Snare). Lita Ford is still up to her guitar shredding ways although the vocals seemed to have declined a little; part of that may have been the mixing as her mic seemed just a tad quiet.

I've never been to a concert there before - they basically just threw up a small stage/sound/lighting under the casino porte-cochère with temporary fencing around it, set out some portable seating, and let it rock. It was a very intimate environment - maybe 200 people there, max? We were on the back row of a set of short bleachers (better view than those down low and had the chain-link fencing to lean against) and we were maybe 60 feet from the performers.

I first saw FireHouse live in Sacramento back in October 1991 (when they and Trixter were opening for Warrant) and they were the best band that night. My friend who went with me to that 1991 concert also went tonight and we both had a great time.

Edit - and as I get older and have some hearing loss already (20-30dB in one ear according to the audiologist), I want to again recommend using high-quality earplugs when at the louder concerts (and this one was definitely on the louder side). I have a set of Eargasm earplugs I bought a long time ago that work great, but I am sure there are others.