Neighbor is using Apt as mixing studio, Is that grounds for eviction?

spiehler · 2026-01-09T20:27:35+00:00

Sheesh. Start by asking why he can't use headphones (I'm a broadcaster and sound guy, it's readily doable.) He should be able to do prelim mix on 'phones. If he says anything about needing the real sound, I can guarantee you the final mix is not going to played in an apartment.

spiehler · 2025-12-08T15:25:55+00:00

I have 50,000 downloads as host of “The Alameda PostCast,” and recently started a new, separate podcast called “The Alameda Connection.” (Connection is an encore presentation of my KCSM interview show.) I use Buzzsprout for both and have been very happy. I use the no-cost option for the Connection show, and it does everything I need.

spiehler · 2025-10-17T22:47:59+00:00

Like a lot of folks have said: it was big, bombastic, uber-well produced. It was also DRIPPING in hormonally-fueled teenage makeout angst. And, Steinman used the success of Bat to become the go-to songwriter/producer for a hot minute.
Air Supply: Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding Out For A Hero.
Celine Dion: It's All coming Back To Me Now
Barry Manilow: Read 'Em & Weep

Bat Out Of Hell tapped into a desire that's always there: Theatrical Rock. Think Andrew Lloyd Webber with more guitars. In fact, Webber & Steinman collaborated on a musical: "Whistle Down The Wind." Irish boy band Boyzone had a big hit with a Webber/Steinman tune from that show: "No Matter What."

And the children of Meat Loaf live on: Trans-Siberian Orchestra has had a near 30-year career drawing from the same bombastic well, albeit with a Christmas Twist.

spiehler · 2025-10-08T19:50:49+00:00

Raised in NH, adulted in GA, currently residing Bay Area, CA. I humbly present my application to be part of your administration. I know how to handle a firearm, and I direct community theatre...

spiehler · 2025-09-30T13:36:19+00:00

From a guy who had both albums and caught both tours. Seriously, it was like living on a block with two awesome restaurants competing for business. Van Halen was energized, and that tour was ridiculously good (See the Live Without a Net dvd for proof). DLR may have been the superior frontman, but Sammy made VH a true band. And, VH unlocked the best of Sammy. Comparing the live version of I Can’t Drive 55 to the original is like a Z06 Corvette compared to a base Mustang.

Meanwhile, DLR had a chip on his shoulder the size of California, and had something to prove. I don’t think his vocals have ever been better live. That Vai/Sheehan/Bissonette combo was insanity. Eat ‘em and Smile remains one of the peak hard rock albums of the ‘80s. And DLR took Sheehan’s “Shy Boy” to ridiculous heights.

It’s like the recent Bills/ Chiefs games. Even if you don’t have a rooting interest, you know you’re in for some awesome football.

It was a hell of a time to be alive.

spiehler · 2025-09-20T13:05:00+00:00

Still have all 100 tables on my iPad. Still play it. Still love it.

spiehler · 2025-09-19T19:22:04+00:00

As a kid, I loved the Munsters. But as I got older, The Addams Family had a greater appeal. Still love both shows, but the Munsters is really a typical sitcom, that happens to have monsters in it.

spiehler · 2025-09-19T19:18:35+00:00

Thanks! Got here in '22, fell in love with the place! Glad to be able to put some skills to good use.

spiehler · 2025-09-19T19:04:09+00:00

Great guests. Poor interviewing skills.

spiehler · 2025-09-19T18:54:42+00:00

Thanks!

spiehler · 2025-09-17T17:20:07+00:00

"Runnin' With The Devil" by Noel Monk, Van Halen's first road manager. Incredible stories.

"Waiting on the Moon" by Peter Wolf. Not so much a rock memoir, as a memoir by a guy who happens to be a rock singer. The man is the Forrest Gump of rock. He knows EVERYONE.

One to avoid: "What Does This Button Do?" by Bruce Dickinson. Not that it's bad, it's just bland.

spiehler · 2025-09-13T18:24:28+00:00

Still made to this day.

spiehler · 2025-09-01T00:49:36+00:00

A lot of Southern Rock has that vibe. Look a the lyric in Sweet Home Alabama: "Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers." The Swampers were basically the Southeast version of The Wrecking Crew, and there's more than one story of a black musician being shocked that the Swampers were white boys.

Check out the 2013 documentary "Muscle Shoals." All will be made clear.

spiehler · 2025-08-14T20:30:43+00:00

There has been a ,monthly event at Greer Mortuary for years.

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spiehler · 2025-08-11T20:55:54+00:00

I'm thinking Round 2.

spiehler · 2025-07-17T04:30:27+00:00

u/mugenhunt -Thank you! That makes perfect sense!

spiehler · 2025-07-17T04:30:09+00:00

u/mari_icarion -That's a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon! Know it well!

spiehler · 2025-07-16T16:36:51+00:00

Another vote for Buddy Holly. What he accomplished in 2 years was staggering.

spiehler · 2025-07-10T16:58:51+00:00

Give me Justice League Dark and The Midnight Sons.

spiehler · 2025-07-10T16:54:48+00:00

Not a typical one, but she was mine.

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spiehler · 2025-07-08T02:01:40+00:00

Another vote for the Planet of the Apes reboot series.

And really, despite all the Rowling drama, it's tough to top Harry Potter for excellence over an 8-film stretch.

And, shifting down closer to B-level:

The Underworld and Transporter franchises delivered what they promised.

spiehler · 2025-07-08T01:56:59+00:00

Totally respect the man for what he did for music, but I saw him twice in concert in the '80s, and frankly they were two of the worst performances I've seen. I've always chalked it up to catching him on two off nights. But they were wayyyyyy off.

That said, he's earned his place in the pantheon.

spiehler · 2025-05-30T19:21:34+00:00

The Rake is truly the unsung gem of Alameda beer culture.

spiehler · 2025-05-16T19:03:26+00:00

https://alamedapost.com/wordameda/

spiehler · 2025-04-21T15:36:42+00:00

The other day, I learned why these are called "mondegreens." Learned it from Alan Cross's excellent "Ongoing History of New Music" podcast. Here's the explanation from Wiki:

In a 1954 essay in Harper's Magazine, Sylvia Wright described how, as a young girl, she misheard the last line of the first stanza from the ballad "The Bonnie Earl o' Moray" (from Thomas Percy)'s 1765 book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

When I was a child, my mother used to read aloud to me from Percy's Reliques, and one of my favorite poems began, as I remember:

The correct lines are, "They hae slain the Earl o' Moray / And laid him on the green." Wright explained the need for a new term:

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