made bail this morning; on the way over to dekay's house to gather up the pills before he wakes up. I hope he has left me at least some good one's. |
Thunders, nice to see you out again, was it with the help of Cornfedboy? How expensive is he? Might need him soon for malpractice, you never know...Greg, truly fascinating question you pose. I gave it some thought and I suppose Melleril might do the trick in combination with a beta-blocker, but I haven't found out which yet, because it should enhance the antidepressant quality of the drug. The serotininereuptakeinhibitors won't do here and its a bit risky to consider those good old Mao blockers, because you never know what else the guys may be taking as well. No Melleril would be our safest bet, though its tough to find the right dosage. Mite 20mg 6 hours before listening should do for audio journalists, 30-40 mg of the normal stuff should do for us ordinary folks. If that doesn't work, we will have to seriously consider the hypothesis of those who maintain, that the difference heard between amps, wire et al is all in the mind. In that case we will have to consider neuroleptics, or get an old electro-shock machine through e-bay, the one with tubes do best, would use lobotomy only at the last resort, I think. About your lithium Greg, Kubla might need some on a regular basis, all depends how he is, once he's awake again. You could of cause also start an auction for your stash. Its good for audiophiles who are in danger of budget busting..... in other words for practically all of us. Set the reserve fairly high, you might make a fortune. "Twiddle-dee-twiddle-dum" as Jamie, the great Irish bard used to say. |
J, take it easy on the driving... don't U want out of circulation again. Between you & D-K's pills, take it real cool. How about Kubla doing the driving after the party -- Kubla R U sober??? |
Hey, Detlof, it seems we're keyboarding simultaneously. Just saw yr post after posting mine.
Reserve on lithium set high, guys. 10/10 quality and condition. Shipment *included*.
Detlof, I've wanted to ask this: do you speak Hungarian?
Cheers all (I just popped some serotininereuptakeinhibitors and feel cheery). Copied that one from Detlof. |
Don't worry about me driving, they pulled my DL a long time ago. Still, I think I would rather get back in my bright orange county jumpsuit before riding in Khan's taxi. Who do you think gave Dekay all those pills in the first place?
As for me and getting out, no big deal, just another day. I have a few survival secrets for going to jail. Follow these basic steps, starting with no eye contact, ever, with anyone, then:
1) For the first 12 hours act really trashed and loaded (not an act usually); nobody will mess with you if they think there is the possibilty you will throw up on them.
2) Give the biggest dude there your bologna sandwich and koolaid. The koolaid definitely hurts, but I don't eat bologna on a dare.
3) Every six hours or so (that you are awake), fake yourself out and tell yourself you just got there. This one's hard, but if you go enough you can get good at it. A similar technique can make the hunger go away.
4) Before you know it: "Time Served." And viola--here I am!
There are others, but those are the basics, try them out next time you are in. Works for me every time. :-) |
Cool, J, thanks. Starting to look forward to my next go. Rent's still paid for, right? May be the only way to get somethng out of my annual tax killing (*my* killing -- not the gov't).
Keep on trucking (with or w/out the DL -- don't let bureaucracy get U down) |
J, thanks, 'cause you never know where his will end. Besides, excellent advice also for those newly confined in the closed ward of a looney-bin. The only thing I can add from experience: if they want go give you "smarties" or "vitamines" gladly accept them with your friendliest of smiles, hide them under your tongue, swallow hard and when they're gone SPIT, fast and far. After that, act according to rule # 1 of J's survival rules.
Greg: no, too lazy, since my wife did the talking- she was very polyglotte - but I can swear very long and nicely with a fairly impeccable accent. So I can even make Budapest taxi drivers mad, which is fun, IF you have a car with good acceleration and there is no traffic jam. ( rare these days)
Oh, Greg one other thing, please be careful with those serotininereuptakeinhibitors, because serotininereuptakeinhibitors have an adverse effect on the second thing audiophiles like best, when they are not listening to music, tweaking, cleaning LP's or wasting computer space on Audiogon. I dare not quite tell you what it is, because as a depraved European I cannot be quite sure where political incorrectnes begins chez vouz beyond the pond. A hint however: The action I have in mind, if applied correctly, with good rythm and timing, as well as the apropriate rituals, unlike record cleaning of course, but with a similar effect, ( the highs come out better) before but also AFTER the actual event,(the latter, alas, is often forgotten) MIGHT (though its not garanteed by any means), yes, MIGHT get your significant other better disposed toward your next big purchase, which will drain your common budget and clutter up your living space. That's why I hinted in my other post, having all our many troubles in mind, that serotininereuptakeinhibitors will not do for audiophiles, because we have to be especially on out toes, doing every thing we can for our hobby.
Cheers |
Good advice there, Detlof. Thanks! I'll settle for viagra as a pick me up. Need to double my amp current.
BTW, I, too, am a depraved European; what's worse, I now live in Europe... (Don't you just love depravity?)
Cheers! |
True, true Greg...the pfizer stuff is excellent and it does take brevity from depravity and makes the depraved feel brave, don't it? |
Been watching this thread for a while now and highly amused at that, seeing the boys at play. Pity that one after the other seemed to be leaving. Audiophiles are serious people obviously, with the possible exception of those two depraved Europeans with their delightfully one-tracked minds. Not to say, that Americans are less one-tracked, certainly not, only obviously more earnest about it. (-; |
Kinda harsh Katharina, don't you think? At least two or three-tracked, not just the one-track. |
J -true,true...more than three-tracked...as many tracks as a railroad-yard! |
thunders, you gave him the bottle again? i thought we talked about this. |
'Gave' it to him--my eye! He took it from me after I passed out. |
Wazzat about tracks??? Only ONE??? (I'll track this one down with my shrink and report back) :) |
Holy shit Kubla, I took just a sip, wasn't so much left in the bottle...and what's this talking behind my back?... and Greg, why talk to the shrink and waste your lolly? The reason for seeing more than one may well be be a physiological toxic aftereffect. |
detlof, i'll remind you not to say shit on this site again. |
shit,I forgot, sorry Kubla |
that's alright detlof. just be more careful. |
A.S. (an auspicious start to one's initials) operates a back laneway "store" (only open 1 day per week) in the "Beaches" area of downtown-the east-end Toronto and is an individual which I make it my mind to steer clear of.
And that's what I'm going to do with this "thread".
'Bye |
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wasn't arthur savatore the guy who had sonny correlone shot at the toll booth? |
I thought he was a trapeze artist and tightrope walker back in the 60's. And isn't he the one that fell while walking between two buildings after a big gust of wind? |
I am new to audiogon and I am trying to find the threads: "international audiophile carnival"; "how to get the system you want through one simple applied action"; "hot tips for jail and looney bin"; and "twiddle-dee-twiddle-dum" Have I found them? |
This thread has more twists than a Chubby Checkers' reunion... |
and I thought, that as was the one, who after a series of es (after he had fallen in a serious exogenous depressive state),having been turned down as an audio writer, became enlightened and now thinks he is the reincarnation of ....shit, (oh sorry again Kulba) I almost forget, not allowed to say......but yes Cornfed, you were very close, that was not Archie, 't was his greatuncle, Silvano Salvatore, later Solly S, after he had converted and SLAWNEY:::::YES; WELCOME HOME!! and J, couldn't be, because that one was saved by Superman. Cheers to all and where's the beer? |
Detlof, now that you are cranked up to Joyvcean pitch again, here is a question (already answered by the posts here, but ...): are audiophiles psychoanalyzable? Seriously, aren't we all those schizophrenic little boys with their desiring machines (that metonymic desire leaping unpredictably from circuit to circuit), unable to be Oedipalized except (maybe, the nerd suddenly shows guts) as passionate sub-heroes who (symbolically) murder (Krell, or ML or some other big daddy in audio, maybe even Arthur S himself) and commit incest between Eve's warm glowing tubes (Eve Anna, paradisial first woman of tube technology, pardon me, but are those cathodic ovaries on the Stingray sinking their paralyzing electric charge into me?). |
Slawney you've got it. And even if we were analyseable, who would let the fun be spoilt by some curmudgeon of a shrink, enviously scribbling his notes, while we happily rant and rave???!....and don't worry about the Stingray, she's inspiring you obviously..this idea of incest between Eve's warm glowing tubes is more erotic than a night with P.A., so p l e a s e keep on elogysing! |
CHUM FM 104.5 radio (Toronto) on the "Roger, Rick, and Marilyn" morning show this past week gave several definitions of the word "connoisseur"......an individual who obsessivly acquires an excessive knowledge about WINES, WATCHES and (lo and behold) AUDIO.....and this from Roger Ashby, Mr. King of Rock and Roll around these parts...listen to him on the internet on Sunday mornings...the guy is a conucopia, a "connoisseur", if you will, of music. Methinks that "connoisseurs" of anything are "off", "bent" and "detached"...but we like it! Selfish in the extreme, oftentimes to the detriment of other supposed priorities....don't I know it! In the end, music matters, and I am not ashamed. But then, I said that I would never again read this thread, and........ |
Stereokarter--why would you never read this thread again? What displays of folly and sarcasm! What skilled turnabouts! What practical advice and comradery! What a style of lugubration! Agon--we all know the danger was everpresent if the censors ever fell asleep at the wheel--has finally evolved from a virtual audio club to an international lost weekend. Component reviews, manufacture ratings, criticism, troublesooting advice, tech talk: what are they but grotesque norms which, suppressing the naivete of our experiences and introducing analysis into music (its dissolution, passion, lyric waste, sentimentality, blindness...) and accessories, brings us to scorn our own instincts. Listen to Detlof: "who would let the fun be spoilt ..." As for Mr. Roger Ashby, I think he is on to something: "connoisseur," where have I heard that word recently? Oh yes! In the name of a phono stage: ScanTech CONNOISSEUR 4. And, stereokarter, it WOULD takes a very "bent" "detached" "selfish in the extreme" audiophile to buy this connoisseur trophy. It costs $30,000 minus tax. |
Have you all noticed that audio connoisseurs double up as connoisseurs of other goodies too, often of the alcoholic variety? Remember those "best of" threads for single malt, gin, beer, etc?
Slawney, only 30k MINUS tax -- a steal! (R U sure the price is in USD? If it was, say, 30k Italian Lire, I could just about afford a 30day money-back trial.)
Cheers! |
Kubla, is it OK to use the word "excrement"? |
I am not an aficionado of wine connoisseurs. |
Yes gregm, you may use the word 'excrement.' thank you for asking. |
ZZZZZZ...what ...con....? con toi meme..zzzzzzz |
Gregm, 30,000 USD for the Scantech. With your budget, you better stick with the Spectral Limited Edition Phono: another con ... (what did I say? I am starting to sound like Detlof) connoisseur BARGAIN at $15,000. Why doesn't a very wealthy agoner loan Arthur S.--the critic in question--a million USD so that he can test these phono stages and some other connoisseur components: I want to see a true Class A phono stage in his list (not the Counterpoint/Aesthetix default win). Is this the reason why he is getting overly concerned about price/value even in the "cost-no-object" Class A, with all of the price-breaker components (first, the Coincident IC, perhaps the Shelter cartridge soon) displacing the previous winners. And, finally: someone wake up Detlof and get him to tell us what he is dreaming about! I think my rhetoric put him to sleep. He needs a little erotic frisson to perk him up: maybe I can get Deutsche Paket Dienst to push Eve's hot tubes under his blanket. Detlof, there's a stingray Flittchen swimming down the Rhein towards you. |
Slawney, just how does that ScanTech sound? In this world of black and white, are the blacks blacker ????? It must put to shame my lowly Sonic Frontiers SFP 1 Sig. But then I did say that I'm a LISTENER first...the latest is DEAD CAN DANCE..since I've worked out all of the old stuff that appeals to me and cannot afford any (more) Dylan or Van Morrison bootlegs. And Gregm, there is some good Italian stuff (Unison) and they DO know how to drink wine...but J_thunders had it right...I'd say this hobby is over-rated. |
stereo; a nod to you on the dead can dance. |
Oh zzzzzzZSlawney, a kingdom for a Flitchen, but didn't Shakespeare also say that "alcohol increases the desire, but deceases the performanzzzzzzzZZZ of listening acuityZZZZZZZZZsleep, oh gentle sleep.............somebody throw my rig out of the window.......peace at lastzzzzzzzzzzzz |
thunders i *MUST* ask you to be more careful about keeping the pills out of detlof's reach. this is getting ridiculous and tiresome. |
It's not the pills, it's the booze he mixes with the pills. What he drinks after I give him pills is completely beyond my control. |
Reading from the top now, Slawney, this "voting" system is almost as good as Florida's was. Audiogon should excise the beast! |
Everyone, this is getting serious. Detlof's slept through the whole week, occasionally pausing to say shit (SORRY, excrement) and con. I'm talking about his only lucid moments here... plus he wants to chuck his rig out of the window (without disclosing the address to our welcoming committee). This isn't simple tube popping stuff: he must have killed a few output transformers, at least.
Thunders, in a moment of lucidity, he did mention cheapo cognac -- you think that's the culprit? |
gregm, if you think all of us can't see through your threadbare attempt at buttering thunders up to find out the address of dear detlof you're sadly mistaken. sure, i BET you just want to go over and see if he's OK. maybe you should bring a dolly? this is an outrage! |
kubla: really ugly image, "buttering thunders up." can't help thinking of "last tango in paris." wait a minute...didn't arthur salvatore play a hitman in that movie? or was that the french connection? (just trying to stay on topic here.) -kelly |
cornfed, you know...that image really didn't occur to me. thank you for permanently burning it into my brain.
and i think you're right. salvatore was a hit man in last tango. i think. |
Ok, I'm sober now. Eyes wide open. Tonight I will sleep on my back for sure, and maybe in the corner on the floor with my back to the wall. |
J_thunders, DON'T DO IT ...it will muck up the image, not to mention the soundstage...think it through first. And let us know what piece it is that you are listening to? |
Thunders, how do you manage sleeping on your back with your back to the wall? :)
Stereo, I bet you he's listening to Waits' "My Piano has Been Drinking"... |
Gregm now you're trying to butter *ME* up by mentioning tom waits!? how low will you sink to get your hands on poor detlof's system? |
