Futtocks

Over the weekend: Allan Holdsworth - Secrets Alpha Blondy & the Wailers - Jerusalem Blondie - Autoamerican Bruno Walter-Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Mahler 9 (CBS) Dixie Dregs - Freefall John Lee Hooker - Healer Mary Black - Babes in the Wood The Band - Moondog Matinee

Unintentionally sexual church signs. On the same site, the signs supporting gay marriage are very funny too.

Have you experimented with the different digital filter options yet? I'd be tempted by a DACMagic, although I think it could do with remote source switching, for convenience. Maybe the Mk.II will have it. My current DAC is a StyleAudio Carat, which doubles as a headphone amp. Sound quality is good, but it won't accept the really hi-resolution bitrates used more and more these days.

IIRC, the DACMagic has 3 inputs, so check if any of your other stuff has a digital output - PVR/Sky Box, DVD player, Freeview box, DAB radio, whatever you have. It would probably improve sound from any of the aforementioned.

Back in 1972, Spike Milligan was a guest on ABC Radio and, during a news bulletin, they forgot to fade his microphone down. They've dug the tape out of the archives and made it available to download from here.

The Best of Arlo Guthrie Osibisa - Woyaya Phil Manzanera - Southern Cross Traffic - The low Spark of high heeled Boys

Computer audio can be very good indeed. I mainly listen to my music via a laptop/DAC these days. Mind you, I've had a go on Spotify, and I was surprised that there was quite a lot of stuff I searched for that they didn't have. Mind you, sometimes GrooveShark can fill the gaps.

Eh? Who's filling Phil's cuban heels, then?

I also posted this on the Cricket thread, but what the hell. Boycott Bingo!

Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla (Single) Dr Feelgood - Casebook (Compilation) Earth, Wind & Fire - Electric Universe Edgar Winter - Jasmine Nightdreams

Henry Fiol - Salsa subterraneo. Two albums of Nuyorican sunshine to download free from his website at http://henryfiol.com/eng/download.html

Awful Dates in 140 characters - you may (or may not) recognise either yourselves or your dreadful mates in these stories.

The Baasner turntable. Mental. Want one. But would need to move into a larger flat.

All you need is some sticky tape and a basic grasp of arithmetic...

Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution

I used to have a live album of his. Great band.

I've been looking for that clip for a long long time. Glad to see someone had it. Now safely downloaded and stored for posterity.

There are those who believe that the phrase 'extraordinary rendition' is synonymous with torture. With that in mind, I give you Paul 'Hi-de-hi' Shane, singing(?) on Pebble Mill.Beyond epic.

LPs digitised over the weekend: Al Stewart - Year of the Cat Frank Zappa - You are what you is Gary Moore - Back on the Streets Janis Joplin - Janis Leslie West - Alligator Primus - Frizzle Fry Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich The Screaming Jets - All for One Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous Tom Petty - Hard Promises

It may interest some of you lot that Amazon are currently offering a 12-track Domino Records sampler for free. LINK TO FREE DOWNLOAD Artists featured: Animal Collective Sons And Daughters The Kills Anna Calvi Dirty Projectors Four Tet Villagers Arctic Monkeys Cass McCombs Wild Beasts Steve Mason King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

Miles Davis - Concierto de Orange Juice (from 'Sketches of Spain') Bob Weir - Ace Edwin Starr - Hell up in Harlem O.S.T.

An open goal for waggish headline writers

Late for your train at Utrecht Railway station? Avoid the stairs and take the slide instead! LINK TO ARTICLE

Guess what the advert is for...

Test your Vocabulary - there are a few tough ones there.