Grand CD Listen Through, Part 19

I'm on a roll today, and sleep isn't happening, so I'm going to press on into the Es. First up, we have:

The Echelon Effect - Mosaic
First things first, this is a small independent artist who's work is incredible, so he's getting a post all of his own and isn't being shoved behind a cut tag. This one gets shoved into your friends feed in full. So there.

What's more, you can listen along over here, or view the website over here.

In short, it's one of the most relaxing and pleasant works of ambient music I've heard in a long time. In terms of music that lets your mind wander and find its own imagery, I'd put it right up there with Global Communication's 76:14... and that's some pretty damned high praise.

If you want to let yourself go and get lost in some music, put this one on. Or pretty much any other Echelon Effect stuff. It's incredible, it's relaxing and it's inspiring.

As well as the music, it also contains one of the finest song titles I've ever encountered:
Defying Gravity To Reach You.

I don't know why that one hits me as much as it does. Possibly it's because, when it boils down to it, I'm a bit soppy about such things, and that's a very science fictional way to express something very romantic. It's also an amazing piece of music, which helps.

Verdict: Keep and spread around

Grand CD Listen Through, Part 18

( Dark Star - Twenty Twenty Sound )

Verdict: letting it go...

( Deexpus - The King of Number 33 )

Verdict: Very much keeping this one thankyou!

( Dragons - Here Are The Roses )

Verdict: It's got "Here are the Roses" on it. I'm keeping it.

( Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite )

Verdict: Surprisingly, keep.

( Dream Theater - Images & Words )

Verdict: I'd say "keep" but I've already lost it!

( Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons )

Verdict: Keep

Grand CD Listen Through, Part 17

I'm ditching the roman numerals and switching to far more sensible options now!

( Curve - Gift )

Verdict: Keep

( Curve - Open Day at the Hate Fest )

Verdict: Keeping for a couple of the songs.

( Curve - The New Adventures of Curve )

Verdict: Keep, just

( Curve - The Way of Curve )

Verdict: Keep

This concludes the "Curve" portion of this grand listen through. I'll keep going, but in a new post, I think.

I need to get shot of some junk.

I have a garage full of junk that I've built up over the years, mostly for making props and doodads out of. It's time to clear a lot of that junk down so that I'm ready to move house in the near future.
So I've been through and documented some of what I have:

See what junk is available

Each picture has a description of what the junk is. It's not entirely clear from the presentation there, but there's more than one page of pics, so if you're interested in what's there, make sure you look beyond the first page.

I may not get rid of all of this, as I just need to free up some of the boxes, not necessarily all of them. Priority will go to local gamers who want to make props / costume, Death Unto Darkness folks, hardware hackers or eastercon folks for Beyond Cyberdrome events, chaos costuming or similar.

Shout if you want any of it.

EDIT: Added some speakers too.