Many DJS use controllers nowadays, or Pioneer CDJs, which can be very expensive but the USB-only model is only about $2000 per pair. Controllers are usually less than $1000 and, when paired with a laptop, are more versatile than either CDJs or vinyl turntables. Even with the cost of a laptop, a good digital setup with…

have a pair of 1200M3Ds in my living room that I bought new in 2004 for less than $1000 after tax for the pair. They’re certainly well-made - they survived being completely filled with muck after a house fire, and barely have a scratch to show for it - but they aren’t audiophile quality, and never have been, none of…

This isn’t intended to disrespect this guy’s considerable skill, but a lot of what he’s doing is supplemented by the fact that he’s using Serato and the tracks are able to be recut and edited with software for timing and performance. Scratch DJs of yore couldn’t do something as musical as this because the record…

Tell that to Gawker!

That 25% rule is very difficult to live by in many housing markets, including NYC, SF, Seattle, and others. But what doesn’t get mentioned enough is the “residual income” - what you have left over afterwards. So if you’re in a housing market where housing costs around the national average, or around $225,000 with…

While it’s almost a certainty that there is some very illegal stuff that will be uncovered, my guess is that the vast majority of this data is going to be very routine stuff, and that the biggest narrative that will arise from this is that there are legal ways for the wealthy to avoid taxes - which will hopefully lead…

Now now, everything has its place in nature. No one takes issue with your position as global asshole, so let’s not assert we should proactively exterminate nature’s lazy people.

When visiting Tokyo in 2012 we had a reservation at Sukiyabashi Jiro (of Jiro Dreams of Sushi fame.) We were served by both he and his son, and things were going great until I hit the 16th piece, shako (or, Mantis Shrimp.) It was sickly sweet, a slight sandy, chewy texture, and I was already completely full (those…

As someone who has spent half their lives in major cities (Tokyo/New York) and half in rural areas (West Texas, Virginia, upstate NY) that’s just not the case. The variety and quality of food, especially foreign food, in cities blows away other areas. The number of cultural events...in smaller places I’ve been, I’ve…

You’re being sarcastic, right? Energy usage by midwesterners is much higher than that of those in cities and the cost and tax on natural resources and of providing services is again much higher. The only answer that doesn’t require what you describe in some capacity is not having children and not increasing the…

They’ll cure your ills with dollar bills!

I’ve owned a vintage 909 since 2012 and I’ve recorded six or seven live 909 jams of Mills, and I still can’t even come close. I can make some nice fresh patterns and I can copy virtually anything you can throw at me by ear now, but in terms of Mills’ skill? Not even close. (Incidentally - he typically uses Tap mode,…

I hope that most (all?) of the additional footage and scenes makes it on to the home release in special features. I’d love to see an extended ground battle on Starkiller base, especially with snow troopers...

Counterpoint: Cats are dicks.

I gathered your question was rhetorical, hence why I said “no guns here either” though they do allow both sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles, with strict restrictions.

I’m in New York City these days(no guns here either) but at my upstate home, I have a few bolt-action, reliable guns.

Very stylish, but a real emergency kit should probably contain more substantial items, including a water filter and a waterproof bivy sack, and at a minimum a good survival knife with fishing and first aid items...really, a backpack with a 10/22 Takedown or Henry AR-7 wouldn’t be a bad idea. The generator radio here…

Orbital - Halcyon (NOT Halcyon+On+On, not that I don’t love that too)

Best case scenario: people with antisocial tendencies hurt each other

In Tokyo, I’d say it’s pretty much the norm in any retail establishment or home. Less so if it’s municipal (subway station, older schools, etc.) Where the horrors really start are the countryside. In Wakayama, where my well-to-do host family was from, their parents’ beautiful traditional home had a bathroom straight…