it has leaked today.

don't you have to be invited to join Oink, then you have to have something that no one else has, then you have to have a cute "avatar" or some bloody nightmare, before you can download?

The solo album... I finally purchased it.

Yes I waited this long. For the past 18 months I was content to listen to album on mp3. My reluctance until today wasn't so much because I was unsatisfied with the record as I was just offended by the absurdity of the $30 price tag.

I finally convinced myself to purchase the record today when I came across it in a Musicworld Record Store, which is going out of business and selling off their entire stock for 50% off. I still thought it was too expensive, even after the deep discount, but... what the hell, it's Christmas.

I just wanted to say the physical album sounds much better than the mp3s I have on my computer. I just listened to the whole thing through, and I felt as if I was hearing it again for the first time. I'm overall more impressed with the record than I had previously been. DLHWYT, in particular, sounds more nuanced and less plodding, while Jarv's vocals on I Will Kill Again seem more accomplished than I had previously thought. I still think Fat Children is an awkward fit for the album though.

I felt a little dirty buy a CD. They seem so outmoded and wasteful. At this point, my CD collection is little more than a bulky crate that I feel compelled to cart with me every time I move.

-- Edited by Steve Devereux at 11:29, 2007-12-21

Steve Devereux wrote:

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I'm possibly the only person who really, really likes DLHWYT

I'm a fan too, of the album version at least - it sounds like he's finally nailed that big, Spectoresque sound he was aiming for with the likes of Bad Cover Version and Weeds. I don't think it's as good live as it often seems to come off as a bit stodgy and plodding, although it's always fun to watch.

I'm trying to upload The Rebirth! right now, but something is going wrong, and I have to leave shortly...

Massive shock...