byegolly
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| Best things 'in life' "Waking up is the single "Greatest" thing IMHO that is."..unless you're waking up in an ICU bed with a dozen tubes in you, a pool of urine between your back and the plastic mattress cover and pain every f-ing where...unless it's after a serious bi... | |
| Best things 'in life' "Luis Bunuel is probably worthy of mention as well."I've seen most of Bunuel's films - and that's well before Netflix launched.Noticed how many go on & on about Blu-Ray (and their home theater setups). I'll stay focused on content of film over... | |
| Best things 'in life' ""Casablanca"; Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights"; any film by Eric Rohmer; most films by Woody Allen."..a few of my favorite films:1.All About Eve2.A Woman Under The Influence3.Cherry Blossoms (new addition)- a film by director Doris Dorrie4.Chinato... | |
| Best things 'in life' Love, friends, food, reading, music, and days being pain free. | |
| 5 must have classical recordings "Would agree Byegolly but if you are going to listen to the Goldberg variations you should really go for Glenn Gould.."I need to hear more Glenn Gould. What little I have heard was very good indeed. On the subject of special, how about the DG reco... | |
| Recommended components on Stereophile Magazine. All the blah blah blah about class A this and class AB that that, and so very few of us who worry about such things have little more than the most rudimentary grasp of why it even matters. Those who say, "trust your ears" are on to something.For t... | |
| Recommended components on Stereophile Magazine. 1/ no & no2/ no3/ noStereophile's attempt at impartiality is demonstrated each and every time by John Atkinson vs whatever reviewer has their thesaurus out that week. After their component reviews filled with superlatives (that sometimes resem... | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? "there were those who hated the beatles (even then).."Beatles haters I've run into over the years seem to really like Elvis and they put him into the mom/apple pie/red, white, & blue category. They always remember Lennon's "more popular than J... | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? "they were good....but they were not THAT good." ""..It is still just catchy pop music for the kids"Ah, I think many will disagree. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - if I suggested it was just co-opted bits and pieces of ideas from other songs, poems... | |
| Beatles Remasters: Mono vs. Stereo Debate Thread I suspect that some of the Beatles CD/LP remasters are going to be available separately. Good for those of us who don't want to pony up for the whole set. Bad as I suspect the individual CD's will be stereo only. Revolver and Rubber Soul live in m... | |
| Best bargain find ever ? ..a local medical facility that does an fine ear wax irrigation for $50. | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? "You know, of course, that you could buy a really nice powercord with that kind of money"(o: | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? No. Saving for another trip to London/Scotland. If you'll be visiting London for the first time, checkout the London walking tours. The Beatles tour was first rate with stops at studios, club where Hendrix first played in UK, the building on Sevil... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Vaughn, Fitzgerald, Simone, Krall - Jazz..and Allison Krauss on the song "New Favorite" - popularThen there's classical and all the great vocalists (o: | |
| 5 must have classical recordings I'll contribute one this round, but keep in mind I love Jazz and classical equally:Bach's Goldberg Variations - Jacques Loussier Trio |