The ID3 looks super cool, I really want to go test drive one. If you ever do a test drive, post about it.

I miced up a drummer for home recording using cheap Fender conference mics that came with the fender PA. It’s all she had. It technically worked but I ended up having to overlay the kick and snare with samples in the DAW to make it sound decent. I’m the sound and recording guy for a few local bands as I’m their only free option (I’m in them). One of these days I swear we are going to have something worth “real” recording and use a studio. Until then, I improve slightly every time I work through these things.

I also can’t believe I forgot VW. Pretty sure they’re are OK minus the whole Dieselgate thing.

Alright, now I’m back to my original Toyota opinion. What a roller coaster.

I did not realize it was the former CEO of Toyota and that really makes me feel a bit better.

I’m pretty sure most major brands are aligned with maga at this point. Toyota has gone maga with their (I think) CEO putting on trump merch for photos. Stellantis and GM contributed to trump, and ford seems to be going in that direction. Tesla is obvious. Seems like what remains is expensive brands (BMW, Porsche, Mercedes) and Hyundai, Rivian, and Subaru. Not sure where Nissan sits in all this.

Someone needs to tell the justice department that the justice department is in violation of the law and should dispense justice.

I’m not particularly good at micing up cabinets but with the 57, my guitar tone sounds good no matter how bad my placement seems to be (slightly off center damn near touching grill). I tried so many ways to get bass decent on it but the 52 just worked without effort. I’m sure an expert could probably get the 52 to sound decent/good but for the rest of us, just use a 52. Don’t have a 58 so can’t comment on that but I doubt any Shure mics are bad.

All of those yes but not the kick and bass mic. Had to buy a beta 52 for those.

Like really what are they gonna do, start invading the Bayer company? They dropping bombs on Walgreens?

IIRC there was a whole part about the Israelites heading towards the Land of Milk and Honey which was to be Israel. Pretty sure they called it Israel…I am confident they called their people Israelites. There were a significant number of parts in volume one that called their destination their “promised land” kinda like how Mormons and others have done. so I think it’s a common thematic format across different religions.

Jiminy Cricket I can’t believe this is where we’ve ended up and it’s not constant pressure from all politicians to fix this. Obligatory Onion:

https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-2/

I’m not religious but I went to Catholic schools growing up so had to take classes like Theology and Dogma. The entire bible centers on that region and the Jewish faith as Christians are basically the next version of the Jewish people in the storyline. So, the books has like two volumes. The old and new testaments. The old is about the Jewish people basically making their way to Israel and their history of kings and rules. The second volume is basically “be good to others” written across hundreds of pages. That’s obviously distilled way down and I found it a dry read. Anyways, that’s my summary, I’m sure people will comment that it’s overly simplistic but yeah I ain’t writing anymore.

LOL I just pictured someone surrounded by wrappers of Metamucil and not a veggie in sight. “I’m getting all the fiber”.

She can have them.

For those who may not watch the video, the premise is that smaller grocery stores are dotted throughout car free areas of Amsterdam which means it’s easier to pop in conveniently for groceries and do smaller grocery runs rather than having to turn grocery shopping into one big haul (and being a pain to carry). That seems pretty amazing to me.

Not sure who these people are due to paywall but I personally would love to live in a car free city. Carrying groceries home would be a challenge as well as hardware store trips but those minor inconveniences are more than made up by quality of life improvements

And it’s so ironic that those are the same people who were the most vocal about focusing on Epstein.

What dilemma is he facing by not voting for the politician actively hurting him and his community??? These people are ina cult.

If only there was a way to prevent this from happening. Something easy to administer and providing protection against such a dangerous and transmissible disease. Alas, we may never know.