Finding a good,
cheap sound card should have been as easy as ordering the one mentioned
on the mighty ohm for $10, but I thought I’d save eight bucks and order
the cheapest possible one on ebay. When it arrived, the right channel
was totally non-functional and to say the sound quality was poor would
be an understatement. It was impressive though, that anyone could
manufacture and deliver to my door a brand new USB sound card even
counting the defects for only two dollars. But that’s all beside the
point.
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This
weekend I took the trip up to bay area for the bridge school benefit
show. The show is sponsored by the legendary guitarist Neil Young. The second day had a
powerhouse lineup with Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, The Smashing Pumpkins
followed by Nora Jones, Josh Groban and Jack Johnson and of course Neil
Young made multiple appearances.
I would have had a better time if you could buy a cup of beer for less
than $11, but it was still an amazing show. Watching Wilco and The
Smashing Pumpkins rock out on accoustic instruments only was an
experience to say the least.
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