The Borowicz Rapport

Chronicle II: Hypergenesis by Mountain Caller Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

I'm ready for a new Mountain Caller album. I don't know if we're getting one but I'm ready for it.

Rock or Bust by AC/DC Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

This is an underrated album.

Bluesky.
Bandcamp.
Battlestar Galactica.

SLIFT is touring and this is very good news for us Slifties craving a new studio album.

Can't swing the cost, but it's gonna be killer.

When "Oceans of Time" hits on that there Green Lung rekkid, whoa baby you'd better be sitting down. Turn. It. Up.

Days Of Ash - EP by U2 Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

I like U2 now???

Somos Los Straitjackets by Los Straitjackets Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Sunday night vibes.

Hymns Under a Blood Moon Sky by Suplecs Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

New to me weekend work tunes. With a name like Suplecs, it has to be good, right?

So, I'm more cautious than optimistic right now. Pro: they hurt the least. I'll continue to keep you posted. If you suffer from using regular over the ear headphones and earbuds like I do – I know nobody else with this issue – I hope it's helpful. Questions welcome. Just @ me.

Vibrations are minimal. I'm also not blasting my ears, er, skull with hard volume (blatant plug for the upcoming re-release of the new old podcast). I think that using hearing aid tech for wider consumer use like this is novel, but listening to loudly with these could cause long term damage.

So, let's get into it: At $180 they're expensive, y'all. If not for the 45 day return policy there's no way I would have bought these for myself. I've edited podcasts, listened to a bunch of albums and there is discomfort afterwards. But, I haven't experience balance issues.

Orange Shokz headphones sitting upside down on a keyboard.

I've been trying out the OpenRun Pro2 by Shokz. They use bone conduction unlike conventional earbuds that put the sound directly into yer ear holes. If you've not read my posts about it before, the gist is I can't tolerate regular headphones or earbuds. Pretty painful: Jaw pain, ear pain, gnarly.

Perfect description! I totally agree about the overall consistency, especially when the range of songs on this one doesn't flow through the whole album like the previous ones. That notwithstanding, some of these songs are absolute standouts. Like, holy shit! 😂

Zero Chance by Soundgarden Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Catching up at work tunes.

The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! by Megadeth Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

I might be going backwards through the entire discography. Maybe. Possibly. Precisely.

It's been about a week and while there's some irritation, it's been pretty tame. Not nearly as painful. I think that I could do short times at low volume with these but nothing long like 40 minutes to an hour. The experiment continues.

"AI isn't taking your job" is like the whole "guns don't kill people" saying. People are replacing your job with AI.

Fixed it.

ILION by SLIFT Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

In a world of Swifties, I'm a proud Sliftie.

BTW, all the originals are on black so if you see "clear" pressings on Discogs going for $499 (I'm not kidding) just pick up a CD or buy a digital download.

Weight by Rollins Band Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Happy Birthday to Henry Rollins.

I was today-years-old when I learned that the masters to Weight and The End of Silence are lost and any repressing of them is from digital, probably a CD. What a shame.

Hi. I don't have cable.

After a long hiatus from earbuds and over-the-earn headphones, I'm going to give bone induction sound a try. I really hope this doesn't cause the same referred pain to my neck, jaw and face that conventional headphones do. I've literally gone to the hospital for putting music in my ears.

Breakthrough by Joe Bonamassa Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Necessary listening for me today.

A classic!

We were lucky! Brilliant lineup.

I will never forget their 2007 show in Bristow. Megadeth was their incredible opening act. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥

Oh my God, this is BEAUTIFUL! I love it so much. 😍

Blinded By The Wicked by Hazemaze Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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