Note: if you skip this entire post, please at least watch the video at the bottom - it sums this all up in less than 2 minutes.
Put in a popular/rock CD that is 10 years old. Then listen to one from 5 years ago. Then listen to a brand new one. What is the first thing that you notice? Well, besides your fickle and slightly suspect taste in music? The difference in volume. It jumps out of your speakers. Literally. Well, it doesn’t jump, exactly, but you get my point. With the advent of the CD and subsequent digital mixing/mastering technology, music has gotten louder :
Levels have crept up over the last decade though, and alarmingly so. [Nirvana’s] Nevermind is 6-8dB quieter than, say, Hopes & Fears by Keane—to contextualise this, those 6-8dB will make Nevermind sound approximately half as loud… Keane should NOT be twice as loud as Nirvana.
So what does this mean to the average, untrained listener (you, for example)? Nothing initially. ...
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I’m Just Like LeBronFrom: realpatblair.com
Post Date: 2007-06-03 14:55:47
LeBron James is tall, fast, and incredibly strong. He is a physically imposing presence on the basketball court who can seemingly take over a game at will. He can shoot well, make amazing passes, or, failing that, he will drive to the hoop and dunk on your head. Even while being fouled by three separate people, who also happen to be very large and very strong. LeBron James is dominating in basketball because of his unique physical gifts. Simply put, he is a freak of nature.
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more John Mayer TicketsFrom: realpatblair.com
Post Date: 2007-06-01 04:00:31
John Mayer and Ben Folds will be in Des Moines on Monday, June 18th. Cost is in the $50 range. No last minute decisions for me - I am going. Anyone else want tickets? Comment, call, or email in the near future. I’d love to get a group together, but don’t think I won’t go alone if you all hold out on me. ...
more Well That Was PromptFrom: realpatblair.com
Post Date: 2007-05-15 16:18:18
Today was my second day of work. I arrived home and found in the mail my paycheck for Day 1. I gotta say, that, so far, I like the way they work.
My (unusually large) training class also has several people that are coming from Ames. Today our car-pool grew from 3 to 4. Hooray for cheap!
Oh, yeah, and I’ve read 160+ pages about securities markets in the last 20 hours. What’s not to love? ...
more Caught in the Spam FilterFrom: realpatblair.com
Post Date: 2007-05-12 22:31:34
Re: Thank you for your application, we accepted your appication
Too bad, I have a job now. And my employers know how to spel.
So you asked for another email from Megan?
No, but I’ll always take emails from my sister. Although I didn’t know she’d changed her last name and started sending junk-mail.
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Who knew Nike was making race-specific shoes? Will I be a better baller with these? Maybe if I were a li...
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