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Tune of the Day
John Mayall - "The Mists of Time" off Stories Julian Sas - "Blues for J" off For The Lost and Found Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Ship Song" off The Good Son In a certain mood these days...  
David Johansen has passed away
I booked Buster Poindexter at Roxy, Boston in '89... put on an amazing show with full orchestra. Stayed really late and partied with the staff after-hours; a very cool guy indeed.  
The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old
Leon Bridgs - Son Little - Raye - Olivia Dean - Anderson East - Black Punas. Just some acts I'm streaming lately. A lotta talent in that group  
$3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ?
Aerial Acoustics, 10T - not easy to find, big & heavy but for $3-$3500 used, Mike Kelly's masterpiece is still an amazing system.  https://www.stereophile.com/content/aerial-acoustics-10t-loudspeaker-page-3    
Movie/film suggestions.
Colors - 1988 LA Gang Bangers Good Will Hunting  - 1997 Genius Janitor  Network - 1976 News Meltdown  Rudy - 1993 Lesson in Perseverance High Fidelity - 2000 Record Shop Rom Com Lost In Translation - 2003 May/December Fascination Dog Day Aft... 
Most reputable independent tube equipment repair facilities in the US ?
C. Schnieder @ Holt Hill Audio in Mass. I have found no one better to work on my Con Jon & ARC tube amps. You gotta wait a bit cause he's busy, (understandable) but it's well worth it. I'm not a fan of shipping either. Too many hands all over ... 
A great singer you may have never heard, or even heard of.
If we're taking about voice/stage presence (work hand in hand) I'll toss in Charlie Farren from the 70s-00s Boston music scene. Just a super voice & frontman for bands like Live Lobster, Balloon, The Enemy, Joe Perry Project and Farrenheit. Th... 
Looking for a simple system
Geez... keep it simple and all Italian. Opera Prima stand mounts, Unison Reserch Unico Nuovo tube hybred integrated. Now toss in a BluSound Node and Mytek Liberty II DAC w/ Supra cables all around. Can squeak all that in for just south of $10K. Wh... 
12au7 tube?
@signaforce + 1 on the 60s Brimar, cv4003. Use them in my DAC & much preferred over many of the other usual suspects. I believe the 50s Brimars are even better but good luck finding a pair south of $500.  
I am checking out these DAC's for my system
I was asked a while ago to post a review of the Canor, DAC 2.10 and at the time just didn't have the hours into it to make an informative report. Still don't really have the words to describe it but I can share these. Of the DACs in the $3-5.5K ra... 
Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover)
A Very Special Christmas, Various Artists done by Keith Haring. This album, for me anyway, is synonymous with the holidays and the massive Christmas parities I used to throw back in the 80's. All the album's proceeds went to Special Olympics which... 
speaker upgrade fever
I actually have KEF Reference 1 and really enjoy them but will be moving to Jean Marie Reynaud. There is a set of Grand Opera for sale locally and I'd own them right now but they are just too big for my space. They are like no other speaker I've e... 
Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover)
The Clash, London Calling - so raw, but more for what it represented to me at the time. Still a go-to LP.  
Tune of the Day
@slaw "Star Sign" - Ryan Adams off Ashes & Fire... album cover looks eerily like the recent LA fires   
Where are the front men? (Rant)
Bruno Mars - Leon Bridges - Black Pumas (Eric Burton) - JJ Grey - St Paul & The Broken Bones (Paul Janeway) - Blackberry Smoke (Charlie Star) - Teddy Swims (Jaten Collin Dimsdale)... just gotta know where to look. These guys are all great fron...