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| Best Live Album Ever... Zeppelin's much-maligned "The Song Remains the Same," one of the most self-indulgent live albums ever, even more so on the re-issue from a few years back, is also an absolutely fabulous recording of a great rock and roll band at the top of its gam... | |
| Artists that deserve box sets Joni Mitchell. alternate versions, Outtakes, snippets, studio chatter, rehearsals, live cuts -- I want it all. | |
| Is my room 11 x 14, or 11 x 20? Thanks for the responses -- I appreciate them. | |
| How do you rip CDs on a new version mac mini? "Dont use iTunes for ripping."Many, many folks here use iTunes quite happily. If you do go that route, be certain to rip in Apple Lossless, and make sure you check the error correction box. | |
| Bert Jansch dies This from Neil Young, talking about his song "Ambulance Blues" from his album "On the Beach": "I always feel bad I stole that melody from Bert Jansch. ... You ever heard that song "The Needle of Death"? I loved that melody. I didn't realize "Ambul... | |
| Quality Record Pressings "Tea for the Tillerman" Mine is on a FedEx truck, somewhere between Kansas and here (Massachusetts), closer to here than there, I'd hope. I'm looking forward to giving it a spin. | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? The Squeezebox Touch comes immediately to mind. It can be had new for a bit less than $300 -- and it kicks ass in a really big way. | |
| Terrible/Inappopriate songs ... "Yellow Submarine" does not belong on the otherwise fabulous "Revolver." | |
| Navigating Mac Mini with I mac Yes, you can set up screen sharing to control the Mini from the iMac. Be aware that a new Mac Mini, with the new Lion OS, is expected at any time -- perhaps even as soon as tomorrow (July 14). | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Is the most efficient mode of transportation the best way to go? | |
| What song/composition sounds like another artist? Brian,Speaking of illiteracy, here's a link for you: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbole?show=0&t=1306669302When someone ends his hyperbolic screed by excusing himself for his self-described "rant," you may wish to wonder if th... | |
| RIP Gil Scott-Heron I saw Gil Scott-Heron a bit more than 30 years ago. This was in a little club in a little farm town next to my then-university town. The audience was 99.9 percent white. He introduced one song, "Whitey on the Moon," by saying something like this: ... | |
| What song/composition sounds like another artist? Funny you should mention "On the Dark Side." The first time I heard "Keep the Car Running" by the wildly overrated and terribly annoying Arcade Fire, I was astonished by how much that song was a ripoff of a ripoff. It sounds *exactly* like "on the... | |
| Perfect Debute Albums Ryan Adams -- "Heartbreaker"The Jam -- "In the City"Suzanne Vega -- "Suzanne Vega"The Velvet Underground -- "The Velvet Underground and Nico" | |
| Band with highest success/talent ratio? Well, by most measures, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the top-selling album of all time. Was he talented? Sure, he was quite talented. But if the question is about success vs. talent, I'd have to think that the King of Pop deserves consideration... |