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Frank is gone. AVA lives on!
RIP Frank. Another great gone.  
MissingCDs and records
As we get older, health issues steal so much from us. The great news is that your hip is getting fixed and you will be able, once again, to experience the joys of physical media. Perhaps your medical challenge has made you even more appreciative o... 
Recommendations for recent rap and hip hop recordings please.
Thank you, as well, deep. Greatly appreciated.  
Recommendations for recent rap and hip hop recordings please.
Thanks so much, gratefully appreciated.   
MoFi lawsuit
It's like going to a vegetarian restaurant and finding out they cook everything with lard and the chef justifying it by saying, "But you loved the taste of the food." LOL.  
Thanks to the Moderators
Tammy is the best. You just keep on going girl!  
Harry Belafonte passed......
My family lived downstairs from The Belafontes in the same building, 300 West End Avenue. He was a friend of my father’s and I have many fond memories of him and his son, David, who I played with. The elevator broke, between floors, with David an... 
THE IRS HAS TAKEN MY TRANSACTIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS TAXABLE INCOME
In all seriousness, best of luck with your meeting on Wednesday. After the last year and a half none of us needs any more stress. Best wishes for a quick resolution. 
THE IRS HAS TAKEN MY TRANSACTIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS TAXABLE INCOME
At least they left your caps lock key. 
There us a Worldwide Panic on Availability of Vacuum Tubes
You going to believe a guy that slaps “Mullard”, “Tung-Sol” and “Gold Lion” labels on Russian tubes? 
Member Almarg passed away last night
Al, Rest In Peace. You will be missed. 
It was 20 years ago today...
JD and Andy, you gents are amazing. Between the two of you 13 posts in 44 years, thanks for weighing in and still being around. And it’s great to hear from all of those that joined the community ahead of me. You’re making me feel young....kind of. 
It was 20 years ago today...
Mike, I don’t know if you remember, but several years back you were so gracious to host the Portland contingent lead by Jim Howard, another great friend no longer with us, and the indefatigable Colby Lamb, who is very much, still with us.Thank you... 
It was 20 years ago today...
Thanks to all for the overwhelmingly positive response!Foxy mentions Albert Porter. I have been in the hobby for so long that Albert and I used to trade through Audio Mart, a print publication from before the invention of the internet. Back in tho... 
Overpriced Tube Amps
Those damned Toulouse Lautrec paintings, when he lived over the whore house he would give you one for a good dinner and a glass of Absinthe. Some idiots are paying over a million dollars a piece for these things. When I buy a Lautrec, I don't pay ...