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| Robert Hunter unfortunately has died Wait, you guys think that was a knock on some other songwriters and singers? While Bob & Jerry can’t/couldn’t sing very well (everyone agrees about that, right?), they did write some good tunes. Dead fans are SO defensive! I’ve played "Friend ... | |
| Robert Hunter unfortunately has died For anyone wanting to hear some Robert Hunter lyrics put to good tunes and sung by a good singer, RH collaborated with Jim Lauderdale on the 2004 album Headed For The Hills. Not as good as some of Lauderdale's other albums, but good enough. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Escape From Hollywood by The Hellecasters. They are a trio of virtuoso guitarists who play Fender Telecasters (including John Jorgenson of The Desert Rose Band), as did the man to whom the album is dedicated, the master Danny Gatton (R.I.P.). An a... | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! Oh gawd yes, "Friday On My Mind" is insanely great! Another is the double-sided hit 45 by The Left Banke, "Walk Away Renee"/"Pretty Ballerina". "Money (That's What I want)" by Barrett Strong (which makes The Beatles version sound tame) is wicked. ... | |
| Best Tubes on Market today? RAM Labs. | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! "Talk Talk" by The Music Machine. "The Witch" by The Sonics. "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen (they had a smaller follow-up in "The Jolly Green Giant", but it is for "LL" that they are known). "Hey Little Girl" by The Syndicate Of Sound. "I Love You"... | |
| New to classical music Another is The Planets by Holst. Have to agree with Elizabeth, Brahms may put the op to sleep. Approach him after you have digested Beethoven and Mozart. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601, the first version of "Willin'" I heard was on the second Seatrain album, and you know what they say about your first time. ;-). It may not be possible to do a bad version of a song that good. As Jeff Bridges' (did I get it right? ;-) ch... | |
| Favorite cover? While admitting I’ve never heard Grant Green’s version of "Moon River", I can’t imagine a version better than that of Henry Mancini.Regarding Dylan’s take on "The House Of The Rising Son", the reason The Animals’ pianist Alan Price is in Don’t Loo... | |
| Ric Ocasek found dead. Only tangentially related, before joining The Cars, drummer David Robinson was in an early-incarnation of The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman's wonderful backing band. | |
| Tube amp forethought I have long assumed that when anyone used the term the QUAD ESL they were of course referring to the original electrostatic model Peter Walker introduced in 1957. All other QUAD modes are referred to by their model designation---63, 989, etc., eve... | |
| Why don't Joseph Audio Pearls get more love from the audio press? IMO, lots of great gear gets ignored, by both the press and audiophiles. Certain "hot" brands get reviewed regularly in mags and on sites, and talked about by consumers. Others---less trendy and fashionable, with few dealers, lacking "sex appeal" ... | |
| Tube amp forethought If you don't mind the lack of a mono amp behind each speaker (thereby requiring only very short speaker cables---I used one-footers---though long inter-connects, one reason why it's great the M-60 is balanced, as long as your pre is as well), an S... | |
| Linda Ronstadt @tomic601, the documentary is great, loved it. I was never that big a fan, being a Country purist and all ;-) . I liked her voice, but she always had a Rock band trying to play Country-ish music, which I don’t like (same reason I never liked The E... | |
| Is the dynamic advantage of cones just distortion? Robert E. Greene in The Absolute Sound, reviewing the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker:"Distortion in the ET sounds as though it is down at electrostatic levels---or lower. This seemed to me one of the lowest-distortion speakers in the midran... |