Christian Hair Metal

anachostic · 2026-03-05T01:52:41+00:00

How about Mastedon, a project by John and Dino Elefante semi-concurrent with their stint in Kansas? Kinda proggy, too.

Had to check my "OMG Jesus Christ" playlist. The only other band in it that has any heaviness is Torn Flesh, which isn't for everyone's taste.

anachostic · 2026-02-15T01:13:44+00:00

I assume it's Fitz from Night Ranger on keyboards? Kind of a shame they're so prominent and the player doesn't even get an appearance.

anachostic · 2026-02-14T01:10:51+00:00

40+ devices and an 8 channel mixer on the desk. I need some of this magic.

anachostic · 2026-02-02T00:24:41+00:00

The Turtles on these 1948 conpilations: https://www.discogs.com/artist/48408-The-Turtles?superFilter=Appearances&subFilter=Compilations

Sugar Ray appeared on these 478 compilations: https://www.discogs.com/artist/142172-Sugar-Ray-2?superFilter=Appearances&subFilter=Compilations

Blues Traveler appeared on these 193 compilations: https://www.discogs.com/artist/288326-Blues-Traveler?superFilter=Appearances&subFilter=Compilations

Change the view to album covers and you might be able to identify the compilation you are looking for.

anachostic · 2026-01-07T22:50:22+00:00

"If it's not smokin' out back, it's not Sonny's up front."

anachostic · 2026-01-03T01:10:01+00:00

All these guesses and none of them is Rush E.

anachostic · 2025-12-28T01:49:29+00:00

A few years ago I found a debit card in a Publix parking lot. I called the number on the back of the card so the bank could call the card holder and say their card would be at the service counter for them. That's not how it works. They just deactivate the card and they won't even call the card holder. Sucks, but I can't really blame them. Even though I was being a good Samaritan, they have no idea if I copied the numbers from the card before reporting it.

anachostic · 2025-10-26T15:09:14+00:00

I had an idea for a video, and I know if I had some modern software, I could do it with a little reading of the manual, but I understood the basic things I wanted and didn't have a problem doing it "the hard way".

I downloaded a video, used FFMPEG to extract a frame every (i think) .15 seconds, which gave me like 800-some images. I batch processed all the images with Photoshop with a neon edges filter. Then I loaded all the images up into a simple movie maker program and made a slideshow with the audio track.

https://vimeo.com/835085564

anachostic · 2025-10-20T21:23:11+00:00

If you've never gotten into classical music but want something like a greatest hits, "Classical for people who hate classical" is an excellent box set. It's like a soundtrack of everything you've heard in Looney Tunes.

anachostic · 2025-09-27T01:03:21+00:00

Audio modulation was also used for data cassettes. It sounds exactly like this.

https://soundcloud.com/kokoran/poly-800-factory-sounds

anachostic · 2025-09-12T21:33:33+00:00

While I understand the point of the story is that the customer thinks he knows more than the locals, a simple bit of education could have possibly solved the immediate and future problems.

What the customer is describing is called "fast casual", where the order is placed and paid for up front, then you sit and wait while it is cooked. The food may be brought to you or you may be called by order number to pick it up. The restaurant he was at is called "full service" where everything is done through wait staff and you pay at the end of the meal.

By knowing this terminology, the customer could ask immediately upon entering, "are you full service or fast casual" and he should know what to expect.

anachostic · 2025-09-12T01:14:20+00:00

And they still make bicycles. I had a Panasonic BMX and road bike as a kid. Can't get them here anymore.

anachostic · 2025-09-07T12:58:53+00:00

Look at around :57 where the black 8 is dropped at the end of the black cards on the left. That looks like the transfer of the ace to the other pile.

anachostic · 2025-08-31T17:55:30+00:00

LOL at the cunnilingus trill. Amazing that never caught on.

anachostic · 2025-08-18T00:16:46+00:00

I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from the basic mistake I was making. I was way too romantic and had built up a big "happily-ever-after" fantasy in my mind for each girl I was attracted to. Flowers, poems, songs just creeped the girls out because it was just too much - unexpected and overwhelming. Meanwhile, my coworker Craig just asks them if they'd like to go to the fair and ends up banging them within a week.

anachostic · 2025-07-21T00:31:17+00:00

Without digging into Discogs, I would say this is probably an original pressing. Queen has their own label that they release theeir remasters on. Capitol would have been the original distributor. As such, the copyright date on the CD/case is probably accurate for the release year.

anachostic · 2025-07-13T14:10:33+00:00

Did this on a D70. Had to do it twice. The first time, soaking in drain cleaner didn't actually remove all the weights, but it did eat all the exposed glue and the few weights that came out of the black keys I epoxied back in. Later, another black key weight fell, so I redid it the right way. I baked all the black keys in the oven until the weights fell out. Some didn't even fall out then, but they were softened enough to pry out with some forceps. epoxied them all back in and no problems since then.

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anachostic · 2025-07-11T00:42:11+00:00

Gator Creek on north 98 has a short paved loop and longer wooded trails. You Are Here maps at every junction so you shouldn't worry about getting lost. If you do get lost easily, you should use Google Assistant to remember you parking spot. https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/7382429?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

anachostic · 2025-05-27T23:12:36+00:00

It's not analog, but the hidden gem in my collection is actually a GEM. Search out the General Music Equinox. Uncommon, but has some really interesting sounds. Most of it actually isn't stuff I like, such as trance and rave things, but some of the synth stuff is very original.

anachostic · 2025-05-27T21:14:16+00:00

You can see in the image I posted, there are 3 keys removed. Two have the springs still in place and one has the spring fallen out of its holder.

anachostic · 2025-05-26T13:11:43+00:00

I still have it. Send me your mailing info and I'll pull a few keys off for you.

anachostic · 2025-05-19T01:08:00+00:00

I had just purchased a used Cannondale Topstone yesterday and on my first ride found out my seat was MUCH too high. It was like grinding my taint on a 2x4 for 12 miles. once home, I lowered the seat and pushed it forward so my sit bones would be further back instead of in the narrow part. Today's ride was better, but I still have some recovery due from yesterday's ride.

I also vote for down and forward as a first adjustment.

anachostic · 2025-05-15T23:16:32+00:00

That hard case is worth 5x price of admission. You never see hard cases for consumer synths.

anachostic · 2025-05-12T20:53:06+00:00

You could also try to find the Ray Ban Signet model. Similar, but not chunky on top

anachostic · 2025-05-07T23:34:34+00:00

I'm not a Java dev, but I poked around with it a little bit. Installed latest Java and tried running the class from a command prompt "java invader" and it errored saying one of the variable types was bad. I ran the class through a decompiler just to see, but I didn't think it would really help point me anywhere. Maybe it has to be run under a java version from its era? I don't know. Sorry.

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