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| Explain the asthetics of Punk You are right on | |
| Neil Young Archives, any info Blu Ray is stunning. | |
| Edgy Trip Hop Recommendations I like a new band out of the UK called Burial. Hard to find in vinyl but well worth seeking out. Has a very nocturnal feel to it, like driving around the inner city at 2:00 am in the morning. One of the better 2008 "finds" in my collection.As alre... | |
| Has anyone listened to the new Dave Matthews CD? I love this album. My personal favorite since Busted Stuff. | |
| Spendor A6 vs Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 You should also audition the ATC 11s. Just won a shoot-out against these speakers in a respected June Issue of the UK mag What Hi Fi?. A great source for all things English. | |
| What Integrated Amps have the sonics of Separates? Great integrated amps at the moment include McIntosh 6300 from America, Luxman (4 really great models)from Japan, and LFD out of the UK. All have build qualities like a tank, have some of the best parts sourced and assembled, and are not made in C... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk Jwong and AlbertporterHere are good representative songs that speak to that Era:The NY Scene:Blondie "Denis"The Dead Boys "Sonic Reducer"Heartbreakers "Chinese Rocks"Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"Richard Hell & The Voido... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk I forgot all the great Ska shows that took place at the O.N. Club in Hollywood. You also need to bring in the aspect that punk was also very much aligned with reggae and ska music in the early days. Lee Perry was used on a number of albums and Don... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk I saw or worked all the seminal shows at the Masque, Madam Wong's, Cuckoo's Nest, Al's Bar, The Golden Bear and the Claremont Colleges (which hosted the Ramones and NY Dolls).My business partners are the founders of the Warped Tour: "Fish" from Va... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk It was more nuts than fun. Very polarized environment. Small core fan base against a skeptical Public. Crowds got very crazy after 1976, especially in London. Lots of fights and objects flying toward the stage. Not for the Meek or Weak. But the mu... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk I was a roadie for The Clash's North American Tours and worked with many of the seminal bands in 1975 on. My brother was with Iggy during that period. So I was a witness to it all. I was 15/16 years old, so you can imagine seeing this through thos... | |
| Music and politics EntropeI used to roadie for The Clash in 1982. I would expect nothing less from seeing that band in their day using onstage banter to explain their political positions adjacent to a song. That is what made that music so inspiring and relevant to m... | |
| Music and politics I LOVE POLITICALLY SLANTED MUSIC. The world would be poorer without the varied songs like Big Bill Broonzy's "This Train", Bruce Springsteen's "Youngstown", The Clash's "Washington Bullets", The Beatles "Revolution", Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin ... | |
| How to find Good Pressings I think that Tom Port of Better Records has done a wonderful job identifying differences between vintage recordings and current reissues. He writes wonderful descriptions around specific titles around "hot stampers"--copies of exceptional sound. T... | |
| Any U2 Fans Here? This is a continual problem with their albums. They all suffer with compression.IMO, Only Boy and the Unforgettable Fire have good sonics. I personally like and collect bootlegs of their key performances in the 1980s and 1990s. There is a wonderfu... |