We don't think about 2026 until it's several weeks into 2026, thanks.

Good shout. I was going to say I was looking for the mythology but ran out of characters in the post 🤦

Frustratingly, I only found two refs on my shelf: one's Apollodorus, a solitary name drop in an appendix; the other is an old dictionary of allusion that is also fails to cite the source. I once read someone describe Fry as "the stupid person's thinking person" which is a little harsh, but...

Microgramma as well, not that newcomer Eurostile... Used to get through a lot of Letraset back in the day. Sometimes miss drawing boards.

These things are underrated. Could do with another pair of outs though.

Fingers needing smaller fingers on them is indeed a problem of our times

Oh no

*thinks*

Phonic were similarly positioned to Alesis and Samson back then I think. They had a couple of graphic EQs and a compressor, but except maybe a digital delay, I don't remember them going into effects. PA stuff mostly. Solid but not fancy.

Not wrong 😄

Me, as neurodivergent: don't leave the house and if you do just stay away from peopleplaces, it's a different world and the rules are all wrong. Stick to the shadows and the green lanes.

If I can't do something myself, I ask my friends, and sometimes we pay each other and sometimes we swap favours and skills, but either way, it's all human creativity and skill, and that, I believe, is part of the why.

I too am relegated to just looking. Always the case with Vemia, lovely stuff but doesn't fit my pocket. Glad I bought a pile of stuff before it all got expensive really, though there's also way more cheap gear now than there ever was.

Oh god it's all coming back! It was called "ESPRESSO MARTEANI" and that is not a lie.

Shudder. This reminds me of a horror that Aldi concocted which was some terrifying combo of martini, tea, and coffee.

See also his Loran modular, as covered in Pete Forrest's A-Z.