loomisjohnson
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent i can't get past the scene in "shaun of the dead" where they hurl "second coming" at the zombies. my pick for the week: andrew hill, "judgment"--not the flashiest or the most innovative, but in his own understated way he might be the bes... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? frankie miller, high life-- overlooked white soul belter who clearly influenced rod stewart and bob seger, though i think he's a better singer than either. does pretty well with the songwriting, too. elvis costello, the delivery man--for my money... | |
| kyocera Receiver R 861 i use the 861 in a basement system and never noticed it running hot. it's a quality piece--enjoy it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent "camp pendleton" is a very well-constructed song which is so jangly-pretty you almost don't notice how dark and disturbing the lyrics are. "norcal girls" is very cracker-like and also hits you lyrically--i would played it straighter, wit... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @sbank @noromance et. al.--you guys are on a hot streak--two bit monsters, roy harper, pjharvey all classics. @slaw, i've tried to get into the mountain goats for years (i probably own more records of his than anyone i don't really like)--he's a v... | |
| Ceiling Speakers for Music Only Revel | |
| Lexicon RT-10 Get a harmony 650 universal remote on ebay...should be around 40$ and should get you where you need to go | |
| Desperately seeking some advice/tips for my S.M.S.L. SU-9 DAC i personally found the pcm and dsd filters to have little audible effect (which may be a function of my dwindling hearing). wrt the sound colors, i though the standard setting sounded very close to the tube setting, while the crystal setting soun... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw, @bslon, i also like kurt vile alot, particularly earlier stuff like "smoke ring" and "pretty daze"--he sounds like he smokes too much weed, but the guy is a natural. the country ep he did w/john prine (rip), "speed, sound, lonely" is alsosu... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? bobby sutliff, only ghosts remain--in a parallel universe this guy'd be a big star--he's a guitar hero and a very good singer with excellent, jangly songs + a killer cover of richard thompson's "small town romance" micronotz, 40 fingers--on first... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? thin white rope, "exploring the axis"--you hear a bit of velvet underground and krautrock influence, but this is mostly very unique-sounding fountains of wayne, s/t--this sort of clever-pop can sound smarmy in the wrong hands (i.e. weezer), but t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tgilb, @slaw, i really liked ukelele songs, and i think the "into the wild" soundtrack is hugely underrated (though watching that kid tear up the $15k check makes me want to strangle him). "earthling", was a miss for me--like you say vedder's muc... | |
| Should Audiogon forum dealers be held to a different standard? audiogon is a curious hybrid of commercial site and anything-goes user forum, and it's a fair question of whether a dealer should be allowed to, in essence, advertise to free, especially since a non-dealer has to pay to sell its gear. i personally... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? lucy show, mania--something of an overlooked gem which has held up a lot better than most 80's new wave elliott easton, change no change--solo record from the cars' lefthanded guitarist is much better than you'd expect, with big production values... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? i was referring the the third album (released under dt's name alone, although i think i hear phil seymour in spots). as for the weird sound, it seems like he was channeling roy orbison (as opposed to the more primal elvis/everly bros. vibe of the ... |