British Polite Suggestion sounds like a great band name. This discussion reminds me of the BBC America ad that is on many of their DVDs voiced by John Oliver.
I've gotten out of the habit of checking Amazon daily for deals, but look what I found this morning: the new David Byrne/St.Vincent for $4.99. Says it's for today only.
I'm suddenly noticing more albums on Amazon that are pricing the long tracks at $1.99 or $2.99 instead of album only. Is this just because Guvera is making me look at different albums and it has long been that way with those labels, or is it a trend/change of direction? Seems smart to me; you at least get some income from the folk who picked up the short tracks elsewhere and just need the long one. An example.
As of 9:45 pm Eastern, on November 13, the Big Christmas Box is $0.99 for 13 hours of music. Crazy! I don't even know how Amazon is covering their bandwidth costs at this price.
Happy to report my FB crowd generally leaves out the political stuff.
LOL--then don't visit my FB page. Just kidding--of course you're welcome if you want to. I try to keep that stuff out of my emusers posts, as I don't want to make erroneous assumptions and then offend people here, but on FB I'm full bore, unremittingly obsessed and so are most of my friends. Ask Elwood. I think I almost become kind of a laughing stock because of it and a few people have unfriended me. When I first joined FB I friended several people from my high school 45 years ago, but I don't see most of them any more.
It's Countdown to Black Friday Week - what does that mean? For Amazon, it's a chance to put a bunch of albums on sale for $3.99. These are mostly recent releases - no obscure 60's psychedelic or proto-progressive artists (where are the sales for me?), but a decent mix of newer stuff.
There's actually some good stuff on the $3.99 sale. Some that will likely figure into my best of list (Frank Ocean, Fiona Apple, Cloud Nothings, Kendrick Lamar), and couple I may snag now (Light Asylum and Nite Jewel).
I need to remember to be on today at 11:00 to get the Jimmy Cliff.
One of this month's $5 albums - Rhythm Sessions by Lee Ritenour, jazz guitar veteran (from the living generation). Just had read a very positive review of this fairly recent album in Vintage Guitar so I'm going to check it out.
Post listen edit - I like it, not love, as I would have figured as I don't so much favor the modern fusion/funk/new age type of jazz guitar, I prefer the more classic type. Wasn't terribly keen on the couple of vocal tracks. Overall, an OK but glad I didn't pay more for it thumbs up. That sounds like damning with faint praise but his sound isn't my bag really and I did like it.
BT - Select a video to watch. At bottom of black box should be a view balance option that shows all balances: gift card, MP3, etc. There is a way to see the balance in the "Your Account" page, but it's not easy to find.
Classic R&B on sale for $2.99 each. There are a couple of collections that might be worth three bucks. James Brown is a noticeable gap in my collection, although first off the list for me is Smokey Robinson, 25 tunes in that "ultimate" collection.
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I need to remember to be on today at 11:00 to get the Jimmy Cliff.
Craig
Post listen edit - I like it, not love, as I would have figured as I don't so much favor the modern fusion/funk/new age type of jazz guitar, I prefer the more classic type. Wasn't terribly keen on the couple of vocal tracks. Overall, an OK but glad I didn't pay more for it thumbs up. That sounds like damning with faint praise but his sound isn't my bag really and I did like it.
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