stuartk
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| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw I did do a bit more listening. I find his music pleasant enough but ultimately it doesn't grab me in a way that would make me want to buy any of his CDs. Purely subjective. I've recommended certain music I like to other people and they've... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) @bassbuyer Your favorite is "the stuff of nightmares"??? I don't have a favorite but have always liked the Blue Note label album covers featuring the photography and graphic designs of Reid Miles. A few others... "American Beauty" "Are You... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement @hilde45 So much for my attempt at humor... The only approaches I know for decluttering the mind have nothing whatsoever to do with shiny, electrically-powered, metal boxes. Well, OK -- biofeedback is an exception. Otherwise, no. I was merely... | |
| Favorite Cover Album Willie Nelson's album of Kris Kristofferson tunes (don't recall the name). I like some of the tunes on Deadicated but to my ears, it's wildly inconsistent (like the Dead). My favorite track is Dwight Yoakam's killer cover of "Truckin"". The first... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I used to be a baker. Mornings when it was my turn to mix, I’d have a couple hours to enjoy working alone, before the other guys showed up. One such morning, I was playing Jack DeJohnette’s "Tin Can Alley" when my boss and his girlfriend (not Jazz... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement @hilde45 When it comes to mind decluttering units, do you favor SS or tube and how can one be sure when one’s mind is decluttered... l mean, what are the proper measurements? ;o) | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? @thecarpathian Sorry if I misunderstood. I guess I tend to believe "basic" encompasses more than having ears and auditory nerves. But was that, in fact, all you meant? | |
| What compilation album from The Kinks do I want? I never did quite "get" the Kinks. While I liked tunes such as Lola, Twenty First Century man, Celluloid Heroes and even Victoria -- they sounded like Rock to me -- I simply did not relate to the more deliberately quaint and idiosyncratic British ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? @thecarpathian Something I’ve never seen mentioned is we all have the same basic equipment when it comes to hearing, Perhaps because there are noticeable variations in this regard? For example, I’m particularly sensitive to highs and this ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Some guys lack a healthy sense of self-worth. They define themselves strictly in terms of a competitive pecking order that requires them to continually "prove" they are "superior" to others, whether smarter, stronger, more sexually dominant, wealt... | |
| MusicDirect,, Not a fan. I had just one experiencevof returning some footers. I was told I'd have to pay a very high restocking fee thereafter. There will be no thereafter! They lost me as customer right then and there. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well. Probably because he so clearly enjoyed what he did. It’s as though he was immersed in a... | |
| A great has died That was one special group of players and what a repertoire! The "brown album" has long been a desert island disc for me. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Petrucciani said: "I play with a lot of balls" and he was certainly a very powerful player. But what I experience listening to him, more than anything, is an overflowing, exuberant joy. My personal favorite remains "The Complete Co... | |
| “A complete unknown” @2psyop Glad the movie enhanced your appreciation of Dylan. I've always been a fan. It's not not clear to me why I'd want to see a Hollywood dramatization when I can listen to the real thing. I did see "I'm not there" online and wasn't impre... |