loomisjohnson
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| Pioneer SA9100 & TX9100 repair near McLean VA? (Worth it?) i had the (lower model) sa7100 for a long time and preferred it to comparable sansui and yamaha (tho not as much as harman kardon)--my recollection was that the preamp section was excellent, the amp section less so. (can't speak to the tx-9100 tun... | |
| Obscure bands judging from the foregoing recs, many of you would dig the new zealand bands from the flying nun label--most of these are (thankfully) available on spotify:the clean/david kilgourbailter spacetall dwarfsthe verlaines3Dsjean paul satre experienceth... | |
| Obscure bands ghosthouse, i can't believe that you (of all people) haven't actually heard the meat puppets--really one of the great alt bands of the 80s. II and up on the sum are their indisputable classics; their later major label stuff was good but started ve... | |
| Austrailian rock and roll soundfan, our tastes are aligned. gobetweens/ed kuepper are on my all-time list; unfortunately much of their best stuff (before hollywood, electrical storm, rooms of the magnificent) aren't on spotify, but totally worth having. i hadn't heard shin... | |
| Austrailian rock and roll forgot my faves, you am i--one of the best band in the world. they sound like what the kinks or the who would sound like today if they hadn't lost their senses of humor. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report keith richard, talk is cheap--it's not that the stones' classic lps weren't great, but they're so fussed-over and produced as to be ultimately exhausting. this one, by contrast, is unfussy and spare--mostly guitar, baass and drums, with horns and ... | |
| Obscure bands marty, love tractor was actually an athens ga band, tho sounding nothing like rem--great stuff nonethteless. your reference triggered recall of some other mostly-forgotten athens bands like pylon and swimming pool qs, who still sound pretty contem... | |
| Austrailian rock and roll the scientiststhe new christslime spidersdm3/the stems (great power pop)would like to see a nz thread, as well... | |
| Obscure bands good list bondmap--i still listen to robin lane and the spinanes. i've never heard of some of yours--any of 'em especially worthy? | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report bdp, what bands were you in?i did listen to the emmitt rhodes on spotify--it's quite a bit removed from the mccartney-ish stuff i remember, and sorta downcast/sad--his divorce record? also the chewy marble (i remember them from my not lame period)... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report bdp, i only know emmitt rhodes' first record, but i got the new one queued up. also the wondermints first (curiosly not on spotify), which i haven't heard for a long while. you obviously lead a more interesting life than i do...in the same vein, c... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report by all accounts, no one cared for ginger baker--he seems to have been exiled from several continents. if you haven't already, check out his documentary on netflix, beware of mr. baker, which is a real hoot.bdp, must have been quite an experience t... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report gh, thanks for checking it out. i don't really disagree with your analysis--my own sense (not being a drummer either) was that baker tends to default to that same sorta tribal/african rhythm while blakey shows a much wider dynamic range and in gen... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report that's the one--there's also a jones/baker battle (just type in ginger baker elvin jones on the youtube site). let us know what you think... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghost, you can find the video on youtube (also a duel with elvin jones)--let me know if i've exaggerated. btw, i like ginger baker alot, but he's no blakey or elvin jones. |