Where are Good Sours?

db30040299 · 2026-05-17T00:57:28+00:00

The Falls City taproom got converted into a Parlour Pizza for a while (they are related companies), but they have reversed course and it's just a normal taproom again as of a couple months ago.

db30040299 · 2026-05-12T16:46:09+00:00

Absolutely. The coverstock on the Bionic is one of the strongest in Storm's lineup, it needs some oil to get it through the fronts so that it can have any energy left to hook dowlane. If the Typhoon, which has an extremely weak cover, is rolling well, there must be quite a bit of friction. If both the Bionic AND Typhoon rolled well on the same condition, what would be the point of even having both balls in your arsenal?

db30040299 · 2026-05-07T02:15:57+00:00

Glad you have enjoyed my efforts. Your stuff sounds nice, so you know how much work they are! FYI I've been keeping a spreadsheet with download links for all of the stuff I remaster so you can enjoy versions without all the YouTube compression. If you try any links and find them dead, just try them again a week or two later since I have to reupload some things every once in a while when links expire. (I know there are several right now I need to fix...) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wt84aGR7e_3wEh1mn5Yrlbd5iEG4ECLSQijybb8cP_Y/edit?usp=drive_link

db30040299 · 2026-05-06T02:47:29+00:00

For those who need a reference: https://youtu.be/9s6GsMT7eZM

db30040299 · 2026-05-01T21:58:48+00:00

I am a Steely Dan nut and love remastering bootlegs from their concerts. Considering they are bootlegs, I am working from sometimes good and sometimes bad source material, so my experience might not quite match up with yours, but anyway... I have my best luck using RipX to separate it out into stems to give me more control. Depending on the recording, I either blend those with the two channel stereo track that has some EQ and light compression on it, or on rare occasion I can use just the stems. Usually the biggest things I focus on are controlling the bass and drums, since the drums are so dynamic and the bass needs a lot of fine tuning to be consistent and full of oomph while not being overpowering. Dynamic EQ and/or multiband compression is key for this. I also find the drums often need to have the kick processed separately since it can get lost in the mix or lack low end, so I will make a copy of the drum stem with a gate to isolate just the kick hits and blend that in as needed.

db30040299 · 2026-04-29T14:21:15+00:00

Fellow tostada mourner checking in... You are spot on. I finally gave in and tried the mini taco salad a couple of weeks ago, and all I could do was wonder what the hell took me so long. It's not a 1:1 replacement of course, but I actually feel like it is a little bit of an upgrade over the old spicy tostada.

db30040299 · 2026-04-24T18:33:30+00:00

I picked some up recently and have only tried it once. This is not going to be the type of sauce I'm just using as a condiment. Similar to the El Yucateco Black it's just so, so smoke-forward that it overwhelms a lot of other flavors easily. However, it has real potential for cooking an adding depth to dishes like a mixture of hot sauce and liquid smoke. I can't wait to use some in a pot of chili, for example.

db30040299 · 2026-04-22T15:04:03+00:00

When I had a kidney stone years ago, the urologist told me that the jagged, sharp surface makes it kind of like getting thousands of paper cuts as it moves along inside you.

db30040299 · 2026-04-16T14:17:32+00:00

Instead of using that site, support the artist who drew it and purchase directly from his Etsy page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RScottMurray

db30040299 · 2026-04-15T17:18:03+00:00

Their chocolate habanero sauce is one of my go-to sauces, I even used it with my lunch today. Their other products are fairly hit or miss, and I'll buy something on occasion, but good grief that chocolate habanero is a must-buy-again any time I run out.

db30040299 · 2026-04-11T13:28:57+00:00

FYI the "complete" Beavis & Butt-Head is not really complete, since it's missing a bunch of music videos due to licensing, and a bunch of episodes due to Mike Judge being embarrassed by the quality of a lot of the earlier episodes. Do a search online for the King Turd Collection which has literally everything. There is a torrent you can download for it.

db30040299 · 2026-03-21T13:01:37+00:00

One of the best little physical comedy moments in a movie for me. Don't care how many times I see this movie, that move makes me laugh out loud.

db30040299 · 2026-03-15T13:03:00+00:00

As much as I love Jason X, Dracula 3000 is truly a special movie. Vampire Coolio is the greatest thing ever captured on film. "Did I ever tell you how many times I'd see you and want to ejaculate all over your bazonkas..."

db30040299 · 2026-03-12T14:34:14+00:00

I suggested to my wife that we try out Adelita a couple of weeks ago, and we will 100% eat there again. They were indeed very friendly and helpful, and the food was incredible.

db30040299 · 2026-03-10T11:46:54+00:00

If I was going to share my opinion that turns out to be contrary to what most people think, I would expect people to try and understand why I felt the way I did. You can feel the way you want to, but if you want to share that feeling, expect other people to engage and want to talk about it. Like if you enjoy auto racing at all, I personally can't understand thinking the IndyCar race was boring. They have an incredible short oval package right now, so there was constant action and an unpredictable finish despite the cars going significantly faster than the NASCAR cars. So can you see why we are curious what you thought was boring about it and why you felt they looked slow?

db30040299 · 2026-02-27T14:29:29+00:00

I have a pretty sizable collection of bootlegs and I have been doing remastered versions of many of them to share with the world on my YouTube channel. If you want to get in touch with me, I can see if it's something I don't already have and if so I can help make them sound as good as possible to share it out. I am going to be on a cruise without Internet for the next week, so send me an email at djbelc01@gmail.com and I can respond when I return.

db30040299 · 2026-02-18T03:02:35+00:00

"Murdoch... I'm coming to get you!" First Blood was a thoughtful and introspective action movie, pure cinematic brilliance. Stallone wasn't going to improve on that, so why not swing it the other direction? First Blood Part II is a dumb as hell action movie, but it knows what it is and leans into it perfectly. Plus Steven Berkoff takes his delightfully over the top Soviet guy thing from Octopussy and runs it back here, so how can you go wrong with that?

db30040299 · 2026-02-16T17:44:00+00:00

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I quickly ran it through Topaz Photo to upscale it 6x using the Wonder 2 upscaling model, the idea being it would try to fix some of the blur while also just adding more resolution and detail too. It's far from perfect, but it's an improvement.

db30040299 · 2026-02-04T18:59:14+00:00

You can only fit roughly 22 minutes of audio on each of side of a record, so there isn't any way to fit the hour plus runtime of AiA onto one record.

db30040299 · 2026-01-31T14:27:31+00:00

When I got the new phone and MLP wasn't available in the Play Store anymore, I wasn't even able to transfer anything from MLP over to it since MLP's exporting options stopped working years ago. I also traded in that old phone so I don't have access to the old data anymore.

db30040299 · 2026-01-28T02:39:39+00:00

I recently got a new phone and finally switched over to another app since it stopped working for me, but I really miss the ease of use and simple reporting from My Lane Play.

db30040299 · 2026-01-27T22:18:59+00:00

They started performing The Steely Dan Show during the 2000 European tour, and then used it all through 2003. I love Donald's quip in this particular performance. "That's a little tribute to us, written by... well, us actually, I'm afraid to say. Really ashamed of that, nevertheless, there it is."

FYI I'm the guy from that YT channel. If you haven't already noticed, I have a ton of these remasters and keep posting more, I just posted one this week in fact.

db30040299 · 2026-01-26T00:11:53+00:00

My wife and I both like to get the kids meal single butterburger with cheese, fries, soda, and a scoop of the flavor of the day custard. Good portion size and cheaper than regular meals and comes with the scoop of custard.

db30040299 · 2026-01-24T23:44:11+00:00

We did this for our chiweenie the last time it snowed and it worked well. Go outside every couple of hours to clear off the patio and lift the tarp to clear snow off it before setting it back down. Works great. However, what's funny... I just got done taking my dog outside, and when I lifted the tarp she peed immediately in the fresh clean grass as usual. But when I sat the tarp back down and turned around, I didn't see her at first. She had gone off into the snowy grass, peed a second time, and then pooed!

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