The High End in Entertainment Weekly

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Submitted by Lick-T on

So I get Entertainment Weekly at my house, mainly so i can stay afoot on what's going on in the world of entertainment whithout having to waste too much of my time seeing bad movies and watching crappy TV shows. They also keep the celebrity gossip to a minimum so I don't feel too guilty about getting this magazine every week.

Band On The Run - Hi-Rez download!!!

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Submitted by jazzfan on

HDTracks is currently offering a hi-rez (24 bit/96 kHz) uncompressed

version of Paul McCartney's Band On The Run for $20. BOTR The download includes the original 9 song album plus 9 bonus tracks and full artwork.

Most importantly the sound is absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for not posting this in the music section but I figured that more people will see it if it's posted in this section.

Back to Life, Back to Reality

Back to Life, Back to Reality

Nov 05, 2010

Puerto Rico was wonderful, as always. We stayed at a place called <a href="http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p145641">Bello Horizonte</a>, a comfortable home away from home, hidden atop a palm-covered hill in the sandy town of Rincon, where every road leads to the ocean. (I highly recommend it. The house sleeps six in three bedrooms, has two bathrooms, a wide-open patio with two hammocks, a very fine grill, washer and dryer, and a pool that looks down the hill and onto the nearby beaches. Full disclosure: My aunt rents the house; so, yeah, I want you to go there and give my aunt your money.) Our days were spent by the pool or on the beach (or at the bar on the beach), relaxing and laughing. My favorite moment was walking into the glittering, blue-green sea, with a six-pack of Coronas in one hand and a coconut in the other.

Tony JO

Tony JO

Nov 05, 2010

By convenient circumstance, I recently caught Tony Jo White on a Sunday night at the Thunderbird Caf in Lawrenceville, a rapidly changing for the better part of Pittsburgh, Pa. In a small but sweet back room, White put on a low key show that shows both his voice and his ability to get in a groove and jam are still potent. His methods are easily understood, he comes out, looking vaguely like a long and lean version of Charlie Rich, when the Sliver Fox wore a similar kind of hat, and plays either spooky ballads or a bluesy, rumbling groove that runs for many verses and becomes a long jam. His hits (or “best known songs” if you prefer) , “Polk Salad Annie” which is probably most famous because of Elvis’ version (Tom Jones actually slays it as well) came off with the needed amount of snap to the choruses. And then there’s “Rainy Night in Georgia” a tune I always forget TJ wrote until he starts singing it or someone puts a Tony Jo record on. It’s a sweeping slow number whose chorus changes are really gorgeously bittersweet. The man has soul, there’s no doubt. And rock gigs like the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival gave him serious rock chops for awhile as well.

New Highs

Submitted by gkc on

Today, the December contract at Comex (GCZ10) posted new all-time closing highs, at 1383.10. The October 14th intraday high of 1388.10 is still good, but that session settled at 1377.60. Today, the Globex quotes have exceeded 1392, so even the intraday highs of 2 weeks ago are now history.

New Owner for Hi-Fi News & Record Review

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Submitted by John Atkinson on

I joined English magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review in September 1976 as its equivalent of Stereophile's Stephen Mejias and was its editor from October 1982 through the end of April 1986. I have a soft spot for my alma mater, so it was with some relief that I heard Monday November 1 that it had been bought by a small hobbyist publisher: http://www.myhobbystore.com/ .

Here's a POS uninterested in making the country a better place...

Submitted by Buddha on

Sen. Mitch McConnell:

His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.

Yeah, that's some class.

"Governing? Shit, no! We just want the power."

Straight outta "Scarface."

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women...or men, as the case may be, since we are Republicans."

www.tarawinds.org

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Submitted by Jim Tavegia on

I received a phone call yesterday about coming out this Sunday afternoon and recording this wonderful group of musicians. I am very excited about this experience and will give me more opporltunities to refine my recording craft...such that it is.

I am becoming more convinced that I am moving to a DECCA TREE recording arrangement for both the University of West Georgia Wind Ensemble that will be playing at Axpona in April I am happy to say and for Tara Winds. As always the masters in 2496.

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