Yeah, Patrick. And, yeah, it's only on the last few albums that they've been using pitch correction.

Where's Tina?

Finally home.

Thanks for the rec, erin, I will iTune it up in a bit.

Hec, I hope you did not send the mix CDs cause they are not here - and I've been gone longer than I expected to be and didn't stop the mail for the whole time. Will cry if you sent them and someone grabbed them.

Jon, I've been listening to the Slack album a lot as well - served me well on my many bus trips while I was on vacation. Glad I mentioned it here.

Yay that everyone is loving Hayden's Air We Breathe mix (and yay for liner notes for it). It made me run right out and buy everything I could by Spoon and Knife in the Water.

Hope everyone here had musically satisfying weeks. I only survived the last two days sitting in a waiting room in the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City due to my walkman, mixes (both mine and Buffista-made) and the Beatles. Let's just say I should have kept my passport as safe as I did my Walkman and mixes.

Speaking of Mexico, not so many record stores down where I was. But if you want some pirated JLo CDs for $1 a copy, it's the place for you. I did get to hear hours upon hours of authentic mariachi though, which was unbelievably fun.

Much much fun was had in Mexico, but I am so happy to be home.

I should really finish unpacking (almost done), catch up on other stuff, etc. but I am going out to get Season 6 DVDs because I am a bad, bad person. I know you'll all understand.

The synchronicity of Buffistas freaks me out, I just heard the new Sloan album last night. Lurrrv it.

Pitch correction is used in a variety of ways in the studio. It's a time worn trick to use an Eventide Harmonizer (Which is a type of pitch corrector) to thicken vocals. It's called the magic 99, bascially you set the thing to harmonize and then just slip it to 99%, so that it's almost recreating the same sound. It adds a bit of "grit" to the vocal and thickens it up a touch. Also can help it cut through the music arrangements at times.

So, pitch correcting doesn't always mean someone can't carry a tune in a bucket.

It adds a bit of "grit" to the vocal and thickens it up a touch.

I know the "thickening" thound of which you thpeak and it thickens me with the thickness of a thousand thunthz.

Hec, I hope you did not send the mix CDs cause they are not here - and I've been gone longer than I expected to be and didn't stop the mail for the whole time. Will cry if you sent them and someone grabbed them.

No woman no cry. Rather berate me since I have been frazzled return guy and feckless when it comes to mailing things this week. However, I am hoping against hope that I can mail large batches of things out tomorrow, and your package should include a complete set (4) of the wedding CDs, just for you in the land of unemployment.

Robert Quine passed away. No details yet.

I broke my no CD buying phase. This weekend I came across a $10 sale and bought the following:

David Gray - White Ladder
Foo Fighters - There is Nothing Left to Lose
Pink - Can't Take Me Home
Wilco - Being There
Lisa Stansfield - Biography
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
The Vines - Highly Evolved
Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
Run-DMC - Greatest Hits

The Vines - Highly Evolved

I have this on mp3. It's pretty good stuff. "Autumn Shade" is lovely. And "Get Free" still rocks.

There was a guy at the flea market this weekend selling $5 cds and $10 DVDs, all new. I almost broke down. But I was good. Now, I'm regretful.