immatthewj
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| Movie/film suggestions. @hce1 , welcome to the movie club within the audio club! Gus Van Zant: Drugstore Cowboys and Good Will Hunting were mentioned above, and I second those recs. Also excellent: To Die For (written by Buck Henry, with stunning performances by Nicole... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. . . . I missed this, @gano I have no doubt Spector was "crazy". I don’t know if he was a decent human being before his decline/bipolar diagnosis, but being mean is not a crime. He should not have had a gun. (and I could go on about who else sh... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @gano , I am glad you got back to me on both of these: I do not have a strong feeling whether he was innocent or not. I think putting a loaded gun in someone’s mouth is risky enough to warrant a conviction. It’s kind of like Baldwin and rust, yo... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @slaw "Iceman" is darker. This may have been why I didn’t finish it. I like dark, but I think Iceman out-darked me. Another one I cannot watch anymore is Casualties Of War (1989) because it depresses me so badly. Love Bill Murray. He’s g... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Matthew, Have you tried Parcheesi? Not yet, but my system is so competitive that this afternoon it challenged me to a bench-press contest. | |
| Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio. Careful with the lithium, @gkelly , it has some nasty side effects and interacts badly with many other meds. Anyway, that syndrome you referred to is healthy and normal people seem to be afflicted by it. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. And David Aaron Baker played Alan Jackson. What a turn-about of casting that would be. Out of curiosity, @gano , what did you think of Al Pacino as Phil Spector? I truly enjoyed his performance, but I have noted that we don’t always agree when ... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Re: Matt Dillon. I adore him. I should hate him for being so good looking but somehow he is so modest I can’t. He has such a range I wonder why he is not cast more? @gano , have you seen Haunted Heart (2024)? I watched it last night after I th... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? When I was younger, I never had the awareness to listen very very carefully however I was very mindful of how well music filled the room vs crappier systems which were disappointing. By 'younger', are you referring to your days in the first g... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @immatthewj do not stop with casting suggestions. I enjoy shooting them down :) In that case, @gano : we have got to give Rebecca Pidgeon a part! She is from Cambridge and she is not exactly what most would consider a big name. I see a few ro... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. I totally enjoyed Kill The Irishman, @slaw , I think I may have commented on it after I watched it. I don't think I finished Iceman. Maybe it was too depressing for me, I cannot remember. @gano , this is my last casting suggestion--I promise. ... | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus sounds like a very good band. I think I will try to catch their show in Ohio coming up in early August. | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? The 1975 sounds like another great band I need to check out. | |
| How competitive are you with your system? My system is constantly competing with me. And it usually beats me. It has totally dominated me in checkers; I can still occasionally win a chess game, but those victories are rare. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @gano , I have never been to Boston; I have not even been in and out of their airport. But the vivid and colorful manner you describe the impact that Boston had upon you intrigues me. As far as Brennan versus Jackson during the trial, although... |