Muggsy
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Now I can't get any downloads. Clicking on the Steaz link does nothing. Then there's a new link for Filtrate Eyewear, but when I click on that it goes nowhere. Can't get past those ads,
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Working fine for me with Windows 7 and IE. I've loaded up on several Rory Gallagher studio albums this morning, since all the CDs of his I own are live recordings. Note to content monkeys: there are a bunch of Rory tracks with the dreaded red X. …
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The Joan Osborne track above reminded me of this incredible performance from the great Standing in the Shadows of Motown film. She absolutely owns this song. …
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That Stylus list is absurd. Most such lists are pretty stupid, and all are (obviously) completely subjective, but that one is just asinine. I like Under Pressure, too, but I'm sure I could think of 50 bass lines off the top of my head that kick th…
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In memory of the great Bob Babbitt, Scorpio. Killer solo starting around the 2 minute mark.
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Bob Babbitt
Duck Dunn, and now Bob Babbitt. The world has gotten a lot less funky in the past two mont… -
Saw Zappa Plays Zappa at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA last night. Great show. Dweezil is a tremendous guitarist and everybody in the six-piece band was a monster player. I'm not the biggest Zappa fan in the world, in terms of familiarity with …
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From my iPod:
Flesh Cartoons - Robyn Hitchcock
Raining In My Heart - Robert Wyatt
Loneliness - Dipsomaniacs
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing - Neil Young
Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin -
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I assume you're serious, but if so I'm not sure you're watching the same team as everybody else. They fly all over the floor, Durant's the best and most effortless scorer in the league, and Westbrook seems always on the verge of b… -
Not much to hate about the Thunder, unless you're a Miami fan. Or a Seattle fan. They're young, extremely talented and fun to watch. Nonetheless, they should have many more chances to win with that nucleus. The main reason I find myself rooting …
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Saw the reunited dB's last night at a tiny club in Arlington, VA. They have a new album out, which I knew nothing about until last weekend, when a friend of mine who lives in Durham, NC sent me a text that she was going to see the dB's that night. …
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Kind of amazing they're still around. When I lived in Atlanta, back in the early 90s, I saw them at the old Cotton Club. I went to see the opening act, which I believe was the late, great House of Freaks, but DnC was awful. They appeared to be so…
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I have to say I was very impressed by LeBron's performance in the last two games of the Boston series, and by his teammates stepping up in Game 7. I grew up in Philly and have always hated the Celtics, but I had no rooting interest in Celtics-Heat …
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Hard not to be impressed with both Western teams. The Spurs just won 20 games in a row, including the last 10 of the regular season and first 10 in the playoffs. They didn't look great in Game 3 but they were past due for a lousy performance and O…
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I finally got my computer audio system up and running a couple of nights ago. iTunes library on an external HD, connected to a Mac mini, which is then connected to my receiver's CD input through a USB DAC. I can control everything with the Apple r…
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I only recently discovered Bandcamp and this thread, and I must say I am loving it so far. The ability to pick your preferred download format is a huge attraction, since I've been trying to rip everything lossless over the past few months and have …
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Michael Davis, MC5 bass player. Playing Kick Out The Jams now, in his honor.
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I got two or three of the Fela sets, including Power Show, at Amie for $5 or $6 during the end-of days frenzy there, whenever that was. They're well worth any bargain price you can find.
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Monster cables are overpriced and not that great IMO. I'm not a believer at all in the idea that esoteric, expensive cables make an audible difference in most systems. If your system costs more than your car, then it probably makes sense to drop a…
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Matching brands across speakers makes sense, because subs and speakers from a particular manufacturer are designed to work together. As for components, mixing and matching should make no difference as long as you're dealing with reputable brands. …
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This is correct. Most any decent home theater receiver will use surround sound processing for movies and stereo processing for CDs. You can typically choose your source and the process that is used to decode it, so you can certai… -
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Unfortunately, it is a distinct possibility. For the past several years I've done most of my music listening with very good earbuds (Shure SE530) on an iPod. After doing some listening tests with familiar songs encoded at differe… -
Two problems I see there:
1. The Cloud is dependent on a wi-fi or cellular connection, so if the connection goes down, so does the stream. We have Verizon -- my house doesn't get great cellular reception except on the top floor, plus Ve… -
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For the past couple of months I've been slowly ripping my entire CD collection to an external hard drive in Apple lossless format. Huge PITA, but I'll probably be done in another few weeks. At this point, including downloaded MP3… -
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Here's a link to a free download of a new holiday album from the Grip Weeds. Rockin' power pop from the Garden State.
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I have a bunch of those on CD, and I was interested in a few others, but all of Yep Roc's downloads are 192 kbps MP3s, as I found out after I made a purchase a few months ago. OK for an iPod, I guess, but I'm doing more listening through my home st…
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I'm in the process of upgrading/updating my home audio system, and this is a big deal for me since I (like probably most of you) have many gigabytes of downloaded music files that I'd like to play on my main system. I currently use the simple iPod …
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Wild Flag $3.99 today
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I still remember my first Walkman, which was one of the first generation portable cassette players. I used to sneak it into study hall in my high school library, and surreptitiously listen to music when I was supposed to be studying. I had a 90-mi…