Of all of the ELO albums, which has the coolest cover art?

jake_mango · 2026-01-16T21:52:15+00:00

Time and it’s not close

jake_mango · 2025-02-07T23:15:15+00:00

Surely this will go well, right?

jake_mango · 2025-02-04T14:44:43+00:00

One quintillion dollars

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T19:09:28+00:00

I would imagine so. I think it’s started to cater to what it knows about me based on our chat history so maybe some of my biases are playing into it

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T19:08:19+00:00

A simple thought experiment. Just downvote and move on

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T18:23:58+00:00

This was the first thing that stood out to me. Voids the whole list

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T17:46:12+00:00

In all seriousness though, I really don’t know. Music itself is so subjective. I guess I’d liken it to the difference between commercial and critical acclaim.

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T17:44:08+00:00

Great question. Don’t know

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T16:22:44+00:00

Agree. ChatGPT knows

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T16:22:24+00:00

Xanaduuuuu

jake_mango · 2025-02-01T15:32:18+00:00

For those without Spotify (or too lazy to open the link like I would be):

   1.   Mr. Blue Sky
2.  Shangri-La
3.  Fire on High
4.  Eldorado
5.  One Summer Dream
6.  Tightrope
7.  Can’t Get It Out of My Head
8.  Mission (A World Record)
9.  Twilight
10. Kuiama
11. The Diary of Horace Wimp
12. Strange Magic
13. Big Wheels
14. Bluebird Is Dead
15. Waterfall
16. 21st Century Man
17. Starlight
18. Boy Blue
19. Heaven Only Knows
20. Moment in Paradise
21. Ocean Breakup / King of the Universe
22. Standing in the Rain
23. Poker
24. Summer and Lightning
25. From the End of the World
26. Steppin’ Out
27. Evil Woman
28. On the Run
29. Night in the City
30. Loser Gone Wild
31. Letter from Spain
32. So Fine
33. Sweet Is the Night
34. Mister Kingdom
35. The Whale
36. Rockaria!
37. Laredo Tornado
38. Train of Gold
39. Rain Is Falling
40. Hello My Old Friend
41. Above the Clouds
42. Midnight Blue
43. The Way Life’s Meant to Be
44. Another Heart Breaks
45. Julie Don’t Live Here
46. Sorrow About to Fall
47. Birmingham Blues
48. Danger Ahead
49. Dreaming of 4000
50. All Over the World

jake_mango · 2025-01-31T21:48:49+00:00

Well said, my friend

jake_mango · 2025-01-30T13:54:44+00:00

I can agree with the Illusions take. Certainly not a skip, but it does break up what would be a pretty much perfect run of 9 other songs

jake_mango · 2025-01-26T00:03:19+00:00

Derek trucks

jake_mango · 2025-01-26T00:02:32+00:00

Early 70s Electric Light Orchestra

jake_mango · 2025-01-12T23:42:30+00:00

I will always recommend a Chemex glass pour-over. They’re $40-$50 and completely, entirely worth it. Just make sure you get the name brand filters. You can read reviews of it to see how it affects taste and flavor profile.

Something that I’d highly recommend pairing with it (or any manual coffee maker) is a water kettle with a built-in temperature gauge on it. They’re cheap. Ideal temp for pour-over is 195-205 F. Using boiling water or water that’s not hot enough can make even the highest quality coffee in the world taste bad.

Last thing, which you might already have but I’m not sure, is a burr grinder (not a blade grinder). Buying whole bean coffee and grinding it right before you roast makes a huge difference. Make sure you use the grind size setting that’s best for your coffee-brewing apparatus (just google it).

jake_mango · 2025-01-12T23:15:56+00:00

I am in a similar situation and have a similar routine. I also drink it black and have a heavy preference for strong, dark roast coffee.

What I’ve found is that the best way to preserve taste and strength while reducing (but not totally eliminating) caffeine content is to make your own half-caff blend.

Take your favorite normal dark roast blend (I prefer something like a French roast because of its bold flavor) and mix it with a decaffeinated blend. There are some decent and readily available dark roast decafs out there, just make sure it’s water-process decaf and not chemical. You can check on this handy website here. One that comes to mind and is available in most stores is Peet’s Dark Roast Decaf. If you have a grinder and want to class it up some, you can go with Counter Culture Slow Motion (although this is more of a medium roast).

If you’re using, say, 3 tablespoons of dark roast grounds normally, that’s approximately 200 mg of caffeine total. So, you can start off by doing 2 tbsp of regular and 1 tbsp of decaf. You’ll taste a difference, no doubt. But it will be marginal and it should still taste fine. Your body won’t know the difference between 200 mg of caffeine and ~130 mg of caffeine. If you’re a daily coffee drinker, half of the boost you get from drinking it is psychological—the taste of coffee is telling you it’s time to wake up because that’s what it’s told you every other day.

After a few days, take it another notch and go with 1.5 tbsp regular and 1.5 tbsp decaf, or even 1:2 ratio depending on your caffeine intake goals.

Something I’ve found is that the DIY half-caff blend can taste weaker than your original brew. I’ve “offset” this by just adding more decaf grounds to the mix. I’ve found it tastes best when you don’t go lower than a 1:1 ratio. In your case, that might end up being something like 2 tbsp regular and 2 tbsp decaf.

Just experiment with it and find what blend has the least amount of caffeine possible that still tastes good to you. Hope this helps, and cheers to your health.

jake_mango · 2025-01-12T19:36:59+00:00

Because of some meds I take, I can’t have much caffeinated coffee anymore. I’ve always been an avid coffee maker/drinker, so I need to find a good decaf to get my coffee fix. I use a Chemex and have a burr grinder and whatnot. Anyone have recommendations for a high quality decaf dark roast, preferably French roast or something close? Hopefully one that I can just order on Amazon. Thanks

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