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Best Rock Album of 2016
Downloaded it first, then bought LP copy of Elaenia by the Floating Points. Love it! Amazon reviewer compared it to Miles Davis (thats why I bought it), he was way too kind! However, for those of us who still listen to the Tubular Bells, this may ... 
Your Go to CD to Impress
@nonoise,tpreaves : Yours is the Best answer! Its only when my guests hear "their" tunes thru my stereo that they start paying attention. Me playing them Dead Can Dance usually resulted in a polite comment to the effect that I am one creepy dude ;-( 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
@buellrider97   I still remember my shock of realization the obvious when I read in Faulkner's The Mansion that the greatest Russian poet was a nigger per Southern standards. Pushkin is the only Russian poet who deserves the label of a Genius, his... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
@czarivey and @oregonpapa :  methinks you are wrong, this "race" talk wont be an issue then. I am talking from my personal experience, my grandkids will be of Slavic+Mexican+Japanese descent... I am not a fan of Wagner (Puccini and Tchaikovsky is ... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
@buellrider97 what do you think kids or 45yo will be discovering 50yrs from now?  Anything from today's Top 30?Kanye West was hailed as a Mozart of the 21st century by The Atlantic...  
Your Go to CD to Impress
Dead Can Dance "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun", but recently (well, since Lisa Gerrard moved into "mainstream" thanks to Gladiator movie) it is "Khmer" by Nils Petter Molvaer.  
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
Come on, guys! Donald Trump is not even sworn yet and we already have a racial spin on music! Should this be the case then yes, we should start listening to "favorite Chinese instrumentals" and middle-eastern music before making any comments here.... 
Best Rock Album of 2016
Being a subscriber to Analog Planet (Mike Fremer) paid off: the latest from the Apple Rabbits is on constant repeat on my Pono player. Should have bought LP, it is that good!! Downloaded all AR previous efforts, was not impressed: too Radiohead-y 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
what about Joanna Newsom? It will be funny to see her (and maybe Bon Iver) as icons for the nerds in 2066... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
@ghosthouse : I was thrilled to discover Porcupine Tree because I just "knew" there Must be something similar to PF, like in the 90-ies (only then) I finally "discovered" Electronic Music of TD and KS, by listening to Pink Floyd..  First I just im... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
@ghosthouse :   What about the tunes popular TODAY???!!! Yours is an answer of a scientist (whatdoweknow now), not an artist/dreamer (thatshowIseethefuture), you are my man!!! Point of constant/newer-ending arguments in my family: me a scientist, ... 
List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...
Wow, finally a thread which put me into a "thinking mode"!!!my first reaction is to put My list of My favorites, but since most of the tunes already mentioned do not "ring" with me no more (and my extended list of My favs is already at the Desert ... 
Recently re-discovered or newly discovered music in your current "heavy rotation"
Crippled Black Phoenix... Any comments from the fellow agoners?... Listening to them for a few weeks now and still cannot make my mind if its the real stuff or just another thing that goes nowadays for "progressive"... Now waiting for their 2015 o... 
Help me decide: Grado Gold or AT440ML
@johnnyb53 Thank you!!! I have no idea where my young friend will end, our conversation started when he was outbid on my restored Teac cassette deck and now, almost a year later, he contracted audiophilia germ from me ;-)I am trying to advise him ... 
Help me decide: Grado Gold or AT440ML
Could someone please explain to me how this interchangeable needle overall schematics works. When you insert a new needle, you are getting new tip and cantilever? How are these attached to the magnet/coils? I am trying to advise my internet buddy ...