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.

 

[Warhawk]

What a great concert up at Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland tonight! Definitely got our rock/punk rock fill with Billy Idol and Joan Jett.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Spent the evening listening to some recent new wave and punk rock pickups before challenging myself a bit with some jazz.





Have really been loving these Rhino HiFi repressings. I have about 5 so far. Very low noise floor and nice packaging. Best version of the Sex Pistols I've ever heard though I have not heard a UK pressing.



I'm not really fluent in yazz. But it did give my system a little something different. Big wide soundstage where I could feel piano hard panned right and the bass on the left with the drum situated behind it. All while ambient sounds really gave the feel of being in a smokey supper club. I bought a book that is jazz for punks and I will experiment more. My partner and cats seemed to be happy.

 

[Warhawk]

Some great Stevie Nicks last night at the G1C. Picked up a last minute ticket and decided to go. Glad I did!

 

[SLAB]

Trivium released a new 3 song EP and it harkens back to the days of Ascendancy. It’s fantastic and I want more.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Trivium released a new 3 song EP and it harkens back to the days of Ascendancy. It’s fantastic and I want more.

If the songs were not called "Grammar", "Rhetoric", and "Dialectic" I will be very disappointed

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Gonna try to make it through my backlog of recent LP purchases this weekend. Probably T Rex's Electric Warrior (2018 reissue, inspired by the Rhino Reel to Reel release) and Mr. Bungle tonight.

My brother and I did a Sex Pistols gig on Halloween so that was all I listened to in lieu of proper rehearsals (we had two, beginning the Wed before the gig, when I introduced everyone ) so I'm happy to be moving on.

And my son's birthday was two weekends ago, I had COVID so gave him his presents last weekend.
Settled on Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden plus Pennywise's debut and Bad Religion's Generator as albums that came out when I was 17, and then I got him Teenage Bottlerocket's release from his birth year plus Paramore's Riot which was pretty big that year, Jeff Buckley which he has been listening to a lot of, and the Smith's Hatful of Hollow. Oh and from concerts we'd been to I gave him my used copy of the Pistols record, Mustard Plug and the recent Milo Goes to College reissue. He texted his friend that he has jammed with all excited about his haul so I think I did alright.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Gonna try to make it through my backlog of recent LP purchases this weekend. Probably T Rex's Electric Warrior (2018 reissue, inspired by the Rhino Reel to Reel release) and Mr. Bungle tonight.

My brother and I did a Sex Pistols gig on Halloween so that was all I listened to in lieu of proper rehearsals (we had two, beginning the Wed before the gig, when I introduced everyone ) so I'm happy to be moving on.

And my son's birthday was two weekends ago, I had COVID so gave him his presents last weekend.
Settled on Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden plus Pennywise's debut and Bad Religion's Generator as albums that came out when I was 17, and then I got him Teenage Bottlerocket's release from his birth year plus Paramore's Riot which was pretty big that year, Jeff Buckley which he has been listening to a lot of, and the Smith's Hatful of Hollow. Oh and from concerts we'd been to I gave him my used copy of the Pistols record, Mustard Plug and the recent Milo Goes to College reissue. He texted his friend that he has jammed with all excited about his haul so I think I did alright.

That sounds like a hell of a birthday for him!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

That sounds like a hell of a birthday for him!

He pulled them out today to show to a girl. haha. I figured that would happen sooner or later just assumed maybe not so quickly.

His year has been off to a bit of a rough start, so I'm hoping now that football has ended he'll get in a good groove.