^^^heh, must be something in the water at Oberlin -- two of my best clients are from there, happily married too!

This is a funny topic for me, because it puts into contrast what I think versus what I did: I went to Brown as an undergraduate, did an exchange program to Paris with Columbia, and went to graduate school at Harvard. My wife attended Yale. The virtues of such schools are well known, and I...

I voted New York, but my heart's in Minneapolis.

Soft Bulletin > Yoshimi ; although, the highs are higher w/Yoshimi (while the SB is more consistently excellent).

That movie inspired me to visit Japan with my wife. She used to work in Asia a lot and she found LiT very evocative of her experience in Tokyo. Our trip was magic. :thumbsup:

I see a lot of the classics are already represnted. I'll add, for more recent stuff: The Arcade Fire: Funeral Gordon Downie: Coke Machine Glow The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball Low Christmas :thumbsup: Low...

Hello, Goodbye Your Mother Should Know Please Please Me I Feel Fine Savoy Truffle

I personally put The Soft Bulletin a cut above Yoshimi, and both several cuts above Clouds. The Soft Bulletin is a greater record, but there's no doubt Yoshimi is more fun.

Quote: Originally Posted by loveheadphones nothing better than listening to "screenwriter's blues" on the hollywood freeway this was my favorite soul coughing track too, although "St Louise is Listening" is also great I've been happy with Doughty's new record as well

$32 per post. Damn.

I know SunByrne in RL, and he really is that smart. I made my own run at over-educated: A.B., Brown University, Art History, Urban Studies M.Arch., Harvard University Graduate School of Design I also spent a year at Columbia, and a year at the University of Helsinki as Fulbright scholar...

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisfromalbany What was the single from the album before this one. called maybe "3am".. It's 3am and you are listening to the sounds of Los Angeles.." "Screenwriter's Blues" -- my favorite part of Ruby Vroom, which I think was a much better effort than...

Another vote for a CORDA amp. I run Senn HD650s with a PREHEAD. It's nice.

1. Great post by Jan. Seriously, folks, he's a pleasure to deal with (but you do have to provide your own power cord). 2. Sunbyrne, I don't get the same anti-marriage vibe on the boards as you -- maybe folks are just jealous of your hobby-supportive wife? 3. I bought a CORDA w/o an...

Quote: Originally Posted by SunByrne If your goal is to impress her with your audio gear, you don't deserve to have a girl over at your place to begin with. If your goal is to set the mood, then you want Roxy Music's Avalon. Good choice. The (somewhat) updated analogue is...

Got my Corda PREHEAD during the tsunami relief drive. Great amp.

I'm up all night right now to finish my work and chores before a long trip. It sucks. I used to pull all nighters all the time in graduate school. However, the amount of quality time spent on projects dramatically decreased as the night wore into the day -- it was always a mixed bag to stay...

FWIW I thought the picture was terrible. I didn't care at all about the characters or the problems of their own making. Apart from some very funny scenes the whole thing was a desert of self-indulgence. Just my opinion, of course -- among my friends I'm in a distinct minority with this view.

Sharper Image went after Consumer Reports for saying much that has been said in this thread, but lost in court and paid CR's legal fees: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=business Sounds like an outfit to stay away from.

nice story and your english is not a problem

Quote: Originally Posted by lan Wow, I must be in the boonies in upper west side manhattan since i only have 149 in my radius. Yeah, come downtown. 175 within 5 miles of my office. Only 63 near home, though. I think at Astor place you can actually see four or five at the...

very cool

Quote: Originally Posted by scrypt The Saragossa Manuscript, by Jan Potocki. God I loved that book.

Quote: Originally Posted by bLue_oNioN Something most similar to Anna or Radetzky would be best =) Radetsky? Get a hold of Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities and prepared to be blown away. No question.

1. Sure undergraduate is about learning, but it is also like camp, and at a certain point you're too old for camp (there are important exceptions that prove the rule). Repeating undergradutate might make sense for a segue into medicine, but business? 2. Pyschology is one of those "could mean...