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Favorite Tribute Albums?
  I bought Standing In The Doorway---Christie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan a coupla days ago, but haven't listened to it yet. I didn't particularly like Joan Osborne's Songs Of Bob Dylan album, but I do like Joan Baez's Any Day Now, a 2-LP set of Dylan ... 
Favorite Tribute Albums?
  I think all of mine have already been mentioned. Willie Nelson’s latest album is sort of a tribute album, in that all the songs on it were written by Rodney Crowell. If you haven’t heard Rodney’s The Houston Kid album, rectify that oversight! I... 
Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ?
  Yes, rpeluso.     
Jill Sobule has passed away in house fire
  Jill did as many singer/songwriters are doing: touring without a band. I really miss the accompaniment musicians provide them, but it’s expensive. Increasing the ticket price will pay for them, but that might result in fewer tickets sold. Touri... 
Jill Sobule has passed away in house fire
  I just talked to her. She had already heard about it.    
Jill Sobule has passed away in house fire
  OMG, what a tragedy. I saw Jill live last in the mid-2000's, at a show at Club Largo in Los Angeles. My long-time girl friend (25 years!) was the personal assistant of the lawyer who represented her, and when Jill saw us at a table she tried to... 
Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
  @maghister: No truer words were ever spoken!!!    
Vinyl Me Please...well, not anymore
  By the way, you youngins’: In the early 1960’s a few of the major record labels had record clubs. I joined the Columbia Records club when I was 12 years old, and picked Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits as my first 1 cent (!) album.    
Vinyl Me Please...well, not anymore
  @slaw: What was the defect in your first copy of Joshua Loves Ruth? Mine was fine.    
Critical listening and altered states
  Absinthe.    
??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ???
  My favorite loudspeaker finish is the same as my favorite automobile finish: hot rod black, the color 1950's hot road enthusiasts (including guitarists Jeff Beck and Danny Gatton) use on their rods. I painted the enclosures I made for my Rythmi... 
Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
  If he, she, or they (a band) are "recording artists", I respect them all (even if I don't particularly care for the music they make). It is the "non-artists" I have a problem with. And sad to say, it is the latter category that dominates the mu... 
Selling collection directly in the pacific northwest?
  In 2016 I moved north from SoCal (Southern California for you in the rest of the U.S.A.), where there are probably more audiophiles (and hi-fi shops) than in the entire Northwest. As you travel north from San Francisco on Interstate 5, you pass... 
Movie/film suggestions.
  Me as well @immatthewj and @slaw. I also saw him recently in Angel Heart (with De Niro).    
Removing silicone damping fluid
  "Mineral spirits" is also mentioned in the owners pamphlet for the Townshend Audio Rock turntable (which employs silicon damping fluid in a trough for the arm/pickup) as the fluid to use for cleanup in case of spillage. Mineral spirits is a spe...