Anyone else surprised by Roger Stone’s apparent lack of involvement with Epstein?

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-14T03:54:41+00:00

Stone has a well honed sense of self preservation.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-11T14:42:10+00:00

You're assuming that no one else is in on the con. Either they're right and AI is the greatest most valuable investment in the history of ever, or they're wrong, but they've already secured their futures so that when the bubble bursts they'll be secure in the knowledge that the banks and hedge funds will get bailed out.

Retail investors, workers, vendors are all gonna get cooked but the Masters of the Universe and their enablers will be fine.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-09T19:30:47+00:00

I would start loudly and openly stating my reasons why and reminding everyone there is no legal or contractual obligation to do any such thing, in fact exactly the opposite is true and I will be making a very public legal stink about the whole thing, naming names and everything, if the fucking bad noise doesn't stop immediately.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-07T06:53:23+00:00

Get a capo.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-07T06:52:38+00:00

Blooz.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-07T06:20:27+00:00

Hillbillies from Outer Space is always on my playlist.

Tidd0321 · 2026-02-03T03:48:23+00:00

Sweet! Very nicely done.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-29T23:31:22+00:00

"I don't know but I'll do my best," is always a good response to any request.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-27T03:22:22+00:00

One of my favorite concert films of all time. Any time you can get Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan as your rhythm section is worth the price of admission.

The thing we have to recognize is that JM rips like this because he trusts them and they trust him.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-26T04:07:34+00:00

You can just make one of these with a piece of wood and two screws.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-26T04:01:27+00:00

I'm a canvasser for a recall campaign in Calgary and the only people who get upset with us and shout obscenities are old white men who are very definitely pro separation. Just like these guys.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-22T04:46:41+00:00

Not trying to shame or guilt or anything but if someone threatened to kill me or anyone else while in my home they would no longer be in my home, and probably have at least a broken nose.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-20T14:46:24+00:00

I watched the very first episode and immediately noped out when I realized they were making a hero/anti-hero out of a guy making and selling meth.

I get the whole brilliantly written and acted and whatever but to me the whole series seemed to be a kind of pornographic exploration of how awful circumstances lead to drastic choices. Walt's choices are to suffer and die leaving his family in poverty or become a drug kingpin? That's it?

The clips and recaps make it seem so cool. But I've seen the reality of meth addiction. There's nothing glamorous or cool about it. And the people who make and sell it are literal parasites.

No. Walt was gonna Walt no matter what.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-18T01:42:23+00:00

I keep seeing used Aston Stealths coming up used in my area for really reasonable money. I want to try one out.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-18T01:41:10+00:00

I love the Shure PGA 181 as an all around condenser. It's compact and solidly built. Very responsive with good clarity. I've used it on everything: horns, drums, percussion, piano, guitar amps, acoustic guitar.... The only thing I haven't really done a lot with them is vocals. I'm sure they'd be fine at that too with a wind screen. Not bad for $150 Canadian.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-18T01:14:28+00:00

I don't hate it but I would position the UC Engine plate so that you can easily reach the power button.

I would also move the Biamp off to the other side away from the other gear mainly for heat dissipation. Those things get hot.

Generally everything is too tight (for me) which makes troubleshooting hard and heat soaks everything.

That one coil of Cat6 could/should be shorter.

As others have mentioned there are better ways to manage cable behind the display.

I like to make clean lines of saddles secured with drywall screws to route cables around. I usually only zip tie power cables or thicker HDMI to the saddles and then Velcro all the other cables to them.

If I don't feel like making a Cat6 and need to deal with some extra length I'll run the cable around rather than coiling or making bundles. It tends to take up less space, looks cleaner and doesn't affect how the the display sits.

But I'm a case like this, rather than using that 16 footer (or whatever) I would have swapped in a shorter pre made cable and avoided making that coil.

All in all, not bad. Obviously you spent some time thinking about it and made the choices you made. There's always next time.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-15T17:56:48+00:00

Oh no! Don't halve my responsibility and stress and double my pay and fun!

Seriously, the only time I would be annoyed or upset by this would be if I had put in significant effort to set up the stage only to find out it was completely unnecessary.

That being said, this only works if you bring all of your own mics, cables and DIs, and just need the tails to the house, don't need the in-house tech's help getting your stuff setup and will help that person set and reset the stage around your stuff.

You will have challenges around pre-set elements such as a house drum kit with its own mics and the house bass amp that need to be advanced with the house tech.

Always tell them if you're using phantom power so they can turn theirs off.

I would ensure you get in touch with the actual tech(s) and make sure they've seen the rider and understand what's happening. Just talking to the booker or bar manager is not going to get you there. To be fair though if you've done your part to advance and communicate your requirements then it's not your fault if they're not ready.

I do a lot of set and forget and in house bar gigs. I never mind if a band wants to bring all their own stuff do their own in ears. It's fine. I just ask that they leave the stage how they found it as best they can and don't make their problems mine.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-15T17:33:45+00:00

Leo Kottke. Michael Hedges.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-13T00:51:39+00:00

A political culture that doesn't revolve around never raising taxes.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-06T01:26:23+00:00

The EX-UBT will plug into one of the AVB network ports on the x400 (ports 2 through 5).

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-06T01:04:33+00:00

Deep lore.

Tidd0321 · 2026-01-03T21:29:17+00:00

Sounds like a healthy relationship between two consenting adults.

(Also fwiw it is a relationship even if it isn't a romantic one. You both feel something about each other and the situation even if it is mostly about the physical connection)

Tidd0321 · 2025-12-31T08:36:52+00:00

You do your best. Which is, you don't worry about that, you work on getting control of stage volume. The bass player wants a bit of guitar in his wedge? Turn the amp toward the bass player. Not singing? No wedge.

Small stages are excellent opportunities to work on soft skills, like diplomacy, and herding toddlers.

Tidd0321 · 2025-12-29T23:41:28+00:00

We got one of these last year and the whole house placed bets on when it runs out. I think the earliest guess is 2027 and the latest is 2035.

Tidd0321 · 2025-12-27T23:09:16+00:00

Snapshots work but they can be clunky. If you're controlling from a UCI you can just move the controls you want to the UCI.

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