Michael's Texas Embrace

Well, I got through that crappy week of stupid homework. When I say homework, I mean reading novels that I don't want to read and don't care much for. I have nothing interesting to report, it just seemed like I should blog something.

Ummm...I've been hunting for records recently, and the other day I scored a near-perfect copy of the Beatles "White Album" on vinyl. It sounds fantastic! I was rocking out to Ob-la-di-ob-la-da, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Sexy Sadie, etc, today. I think the big differences between analog (vinyl) and digital (CDs) is really all in the nuance. The drums sound different. The record drums sound warmer and snappier, and the background sounds, vocal, extraneous noises and the like, pop out a bit more. The Beatles really do sound better on record, and I think it's because they have so many extra sounds that just show up with a warmer tone on the vinyl. I must continue my search for records though. I need "Dark Side of the Moon" on vinyl, for sure. "London Calling" would be nice. So would "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and something by Queen. And maybe a Good Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones Record. Tomorrow I am off work and have no classes. I will go and scour the recent arrivals bins and the record stores. Mwa ha ha. What other records should I look for?

Have you wondered what it would be like if I had a friend that had a Moog, and we played "somewhere over the Rainbow" sort of crappily in a reverby parking garage? I did, so I made a recording to simulate that. Here's the link (if that doesn't sound interesting to you at all, don't click on it. It won't ever be interesting. But the end is nice, hearing two moog filters, self-oscillating, both being swept down at once in a dense reverb. It sounds pretty neat.)