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Everyone's eagerly awaiting the report from the Plamegate prosecutor but color me pessimistic. Not that there won't be indictments but that nothing will change. Tom Delay is still running the House despite "stepping aside" as House maj. leader because the Republicans are addicted to his corrupt money spigot. He just got an egregious oil company subsidy passed with the same arm-twisting, rule-flouting tactics he used before his indictments, and is doing everything in his power to break Ronnie Earle, the brave public servant in Austin who stood up to him. Expect the tarring of Patrick Fitzgerald to begin if he indicts Rove and Co., and don't expect Mr. No Neck Baby Face Slimemeister to stop advising Bush. Our Congress is so weak and hooked on corporate money that they're waiting for these prosecutors to do what all of them should have done years ago, which is bring these bastards down.
Posting has been a bit sluggish as I move the music production up another level with the acquisition of a laptop (no!) and MOTU audio interface. Thanks to all who have been listening. With the second PC I will be able to record multitrack in real time with a couple of outboard instruments (at least in theory). I've had the capability to do it with one computer, but with my CPU maxing out on the production end, I want to try recording elsewhere. I ruled out a hardware multitrack recorder in favor of doing as much as possible in the computer. I don't really need the outboard gear but the Sidstation adds a definite crackly aura and I've been hankering to play around with an analog drum machine.
I'm also having to contend for the first time with "mouse arm." I went through a couple of rounds of RSI from typing and drawing and thought I had it licked, but the music introduces a whole new set of muscles to fuck up. Fortunately I'm ambidextrous when it comes to clicking little squares so I can spread the stress around. It was turning the virtual knobs that was getting me--I'm too lazy and/or impulsive to permanently assign controllers to real knobs. Sorry for the medical report but I offer it as a word of caution to computer-using musicians who haven't come up against this. Take breaks, stretch, switch arms.