Phil's Superpower of Enthusiasm
A place to write about things I enjoy, for my own edification. Headphones, audio gear, albums, whiskey, wine, golden retrievers etc.
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Lawyer, unabashed nerd and geek. Purveyor and pusher of excellent sci-fi/fantasy, good food, and repartee. He/him. Dog dad/servant to @Goldendenali.
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The Range–“Potential” (electronica) Brass Tracks–“Good Love” (electronica/jazz/hip-hop) The 1975–“I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware” (electro-pop) Dawn Golden–“Still Life” (electronica/ambient) Blood Orange–“Freetown Sound” (rock?) James Blake–“The Colour in Anything” (electronica/ambient) Phantogram–“Three” (electro-rock) Massive Attack–“Ritual Spirit EP” (trip-hop) Jack Garratt–“Phase” (electronica/rock/???) Various Artists–“Hamilton Mixtape” (broadway/hip-hop) Honorable mentions: School of…
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2017 was a year of change–much of it bad (pretty much everything political, other than the reawakening of liberal activism), and some of it good (new job, etc.). It was also a pretty good year for music. So here’s my top 10 (with four bonus albums) for 2017: Sylvan Esso “What Now” (alt rock/electro-pop–I’ve been…
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Janelle Monae–“Dirty Computer” (nothing else was even close) Brasstracks–“For Those Who Know, Pt. II EP” Kurt Vile–“Bottle It In” The National–“Boxer(Live in Brussels)” Marian Hill–“Unusual” Various Artists–“Black Panther The Album” Chvrches–“Love is Dead” Let’s Eat Grandma–“I’m All Ears” Lo Moon–“Lo Moon” twenty one pilots–“Trench” Little Dragon–“Lover Chanting EP” (couldn’t leave this off) Honorable mentions (things…
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Waiting to join an online birthday party for a dear friend, looking at a plate with five high-end ryes for my tasting pleasure (spoiler: Templeton’s 2018 barrel strength rye is better than it should be), seemed like it was finally time to pull the trigger on my 2020 top ten albums. What did I miss?…
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It was a pretty weird year in music for me, as I spent a lot of time trying to listen my way through my dad’s vinyl collection but still managed to hit more than 1,200 hours of music streaming along the way. That journey sent me down the rabbit hole pretty frequently on older artists…
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It’s that time of year again, so here’s my top ten albums of 2022. As always, curious to hear where you agree or disagree, or what I’ve missed this year. Rating everything on a scale of 10 possible Denalis this time. Phil’s 2022 Top 10 albums 1) “angel in realtime.” – Gang of Youths. This…
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After more than a decade of losing a couple of days a year to fighting with and backing up crappy (but cheap) external hard drives, I have caved and purchased a good, redundant network-attached storage device. This is a Synology DS920+ (Amazon) with four hard drive bays that accept both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, as…
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[MSRP $350, $150 on Amazon as of 11/13/22, paid $180 in August 2022] [Tl;dr: These headphones are weak in their MSRP range, but if you get them on a substantial sale, they’re great for use cases where you want some noise cancelation and a more durable headset that won’t break your heart if you lose or…
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Sometimes you don’t have a lot of time or energy, but want to get a quick, tasty dinner ready. If you’re like me, your go-to quick dinner at home might well be breakfast for dinner. When I was in my early twenties, I discovered the joy of a good, quick scrambled egg (bonus points if…
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For posterity (and so I can remember in six months), here’s my current favorites in a number of categories: Favorite Dogs: Denali Bodhi Nika All other dogs. Favorite Audio Stuff Overall headphone: Meze 109 Pro Noise-canceling headphones: Apple AirPods Max (for airplanes), Apple AirPodsPro Gen2 (for everything else) [and that irritates me to say] Closed-backed…
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