Jay Farrar

Wow, did you take a page from the Wilco board? This question has been going around there for a while now. In the order I discovered them (roughly...maybe more than 5 too): Kiss - Alive! (hey I was like 10, okay? ;)) Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (still in my classic rock phase) Pink Floyd - The ...

Uh...Sticky's post prompted me to ask a really embarassing question (sort of): for those of us who seemingly possess no musical talent, intruments, time, desire or a combination of all, what does "clean" guitar versus "dirty" guitar mean? Are we talking acoustic versus electric? Or does it refer to ...

I just waisted $35 on Roxio, and I don't want to shell out the big money for Nero. Really? I've used it for about two years and haven't found a home stereo or car stereo that won't play them. Data CDs get horked sometimes, but that's usually due to file naming restrictions or exceeding directory de...

was thinking that this evening talking with friends. Notice the left and right coasts bare the intelligence of this so called nation. We could ban together and crush middle amerika. Drive all them "moralistic" primitives into the sea and take back America. Change the national anthem to DHTBTW! Sing...

Hey, music related content! ;) Wow. Just...wow. On one hand I wonder what could've been so bad that the supposed "agreement" wasn't enough for the Boquist brothers and Mike. The fact that the same lawyer is representing all three of them tells me that they either felt screwed by Jay or felt like scr...

I just want to apologize for perpetuating this thread. I know better than to argue things I care and feel deeply about when I can't formulate my opinions in a constructive way, not to mention formulating them poorly (i.e. no examples to back it up). I just don't get the hatred and general lack of to...

How on earth could you ever say the media is pro-kerry, or generally liberal? At best their centrist, at worse they're conservative. Oh my fricking God...you really believe that? I would like to put a compound theory to everybody here that has proven to be true by a combination of exit polling and ...

Yes, both sides are corrput. I agree completly. But the Bush empire thing is no theory - it is fact. The book I recommended documents all of the Bush family businesses and their connections to Iraq and Saudi Arabia. To dismiss it as theory is ignoring fact. And when you start reading about the guy ...

Regardless of who wins, I am hardly seeing a "mandate from the people". Either way half the country is going to be pissed.

Great TV though. Daily Show is hilarious!

-gk-

I am assuming, dangerously perhaps, that a tree could/will be formed once the final cut is in place.

Am I right?

-gk-

Damn, here I am doubling my political commentary of the last four years in a mere two days time. I don't have a problem with JT voicing his opinion and encouraging people to get out and vote. What I would be interested in is how he would react if the same people he is encouraging to vote don't vote ...

I categorically reject the entire concept of "a vote for so-and-so is a vote against yada yada". If you don't like Bush or Kerry, then fine. However, if your sole reason for voting for candidate X is because you hate candidate Y, well that seems a little immature and irresponsible to me. You know, y...

Errr....yeah. I think secretly Jay has more of a Spongebob sort of philosophy, with a touch of Strong Bad. Seriously though, I don't know anything about the philosopher's you mentioned, but Jay definitely has recurring themes in his music. While some of his lyrics are what I would call quasi-cryptic...

You're way beyond me on sound compression. Apple's .AAC format is supposed to be lossless. I'd be interested in your thoughts, because I don't like proprietary software, it always turns into a hassle. Storage is cheap though, a dollar a gig? Not sure I quite follow you, Sticky. If anything you shou...

Hey there LFan, iTunes has always supported .AIFF format on the Mac side, but you have to set it as a preference. Doesn't it support .WAV on a PC? Okay, you got me on a technicality. :) Yes, .wav files are lossless, but I was referring to flac or shn files, which are compressed AND lossless. The on...