something to listen to: Gillian Fisher Stabat Mater Salve Regina In Coelestibus Regnis


in case you do get the turntable, here’s one of my favorite albums of all time.  simply divine… if there is such a thing to begin with, its in this recording. the irony of it all, is that  religion (and that of all sorts) was always the one purveyor that had the funding to support the arts.  ironically, religion today is the one discipline that suppresses the very thing that it had helped build. sad indeed. by dd

bergmann belt drive sleipner danish turntable: a record player you can fall in love with

while the U.S. still kicks ass on the turntable hall of fame, the danes are not doing so poorly either. i think the problem with U.S. audio industry, is that they simply have no clue about the fact that we have to stare at ‘their’ ugly contraptions on a daily basis while we listen to our  beloved music. the danes on the other hand, are perhaps more used to beauty as a part of life. for one thing, everyone there weighs a fraction of those in the U.S. so streamlining is a part of cultural engraine-ment (sorry that’s a new word i just invented). second, the danes must have discovered material beyond the readily available and disgustingly common natural oak. now of course, the sonic capabilities are to be judged by discerning ears everywhere; but, at approx $4,800 bergmann sleipner sustem gets an “a” for aesthetics in our book. well done… turntable: airbearing design. vacuum hold down or clamp. high precision digital controlled DC motor. belt-driven. tonearm: linear tracking airbearing tonearm. carbon armtube and headshell, moulded in one piece, for optimum stiffness. armtube damped inside. counter weight decoupled from armtube. adjustable in all angles. by dd

aircraft carrier size astroid slips inside the moons orbit and misses planet earth: asteroid 2005 YU55

keep an eye on the sky this thursday night… “asteroid YU55 orbits in a trajectory that regularly brings it close to earth, venus and mars, as it cruises our solar system. but, according to NASA, an asteroid has not been this close to earth in at least 200 years. at its closest approach, which was expected around 6:28 p.m. eastern time/3:28 p.m. pacific, it will be no closer than 201,700 miles (as measured from the center of the earth). that’s about 85 percent of the distance between earth and the moon. if you miss it tomorrow night you can keep an eye for its return orbit in 2028. the calculations suggest that an impact is not possible this time round but, in theory, the earth’s gravity will perturb the asteroid’s path, possibly leading to an impact in 2039. astronomers stress that a collision is only one of a range of possibilities for this kilometer-wide chunk of rock. if it did strike, it would cause continent-wide devastation and alter the earth’s climate beyond anything george w. bush could have ever done”. by cm

that’s how life is…


“life is a big sea of lava, morphing and melting, turning and twisting, and i am but a pebble despite the rock, my destiny melting away into a sea.” – werner davrak  by dd

crisis is upon us


great picture of the 70’s anti-nazi brit punk rock band, crisis. glorified here are lester jones, luke rendall, douglas pearce, and tony wakeford. rock on. by dd

lindsay lohan after 4 hours in jail


i actually don’t really mind lindsay, as lame as she is, she is naughty enough to get away. what i can’t believe is the lameness of the courts that can not even commit to what they say themselves, and then they expect this retarded girl to do what they tell her to do. go figure. by xy