Tomorrow's Classics Are Today's Bargains

Tomorrow's Classics Are Today's Bargains

For roughly the same amount of money, you can buy a new Toyota Camry or a used mid-sized Mercedes-Benz sedan. The new car has several things going in its favor: no one else has ever driven it, smoked in it, or ferried dogs and kids and fast-food leavings in it, and it comes with a fresh warranty and the latest safety equipment. But the used Mercedes has other things in its favor: having started with a much larger "build budget," it is, simply, more car for the money all around—you just have to pick a good one.

Recording of May 2009: House of a Thousand Guitars

Recording of May 2009: House of a Thousand Guitars

<B>Willie Nile: <I>House of a Thousand Guitars</I></B>
Circle P/River House RHR9904 (CD). 2009. Willie Nile, Brad Albetta, Frankie Lee, Andy York, prods.; Stewart Lerman, Rich Pagano, prods., engs.; Rich Lamb, eng. AAD? TT: 52:36
Performance ****&#189;
Sonics ***&#189;

Doug and Gaff

Doug and Gaff

Tribute records are only as good as the person being feted. Their success or failure is also directly linked to how much energy the performers put into the project. Most tributes operate via telephone and UPS, meaning everyone uses the telephone to figure out what song they want to cover, and then UPS (or if you’re really sexy and rich, Fedex) delivers the finished tape. Actually, in some really impersonal cases, the music might be sent via email. Gee, ain’t this `ol digital world great?

Upgrading Technics SL1200 or buying a belt drive turntable

Hi,

I'm having a debate with a friend of mine, and would appreciate some input from more knowledgeable people.

Basically, he has a set of technics 1200s, which he uses for DJing, but he wants to upgrade them somehow to make them better for home listening. His idea is to spend about

The Savage Detectives

By Roberto Bolano. Has anyone read it? I'm just 100 or so pages in, but it strikes me as a very important novel. I'm loving it. I sit on the train on my way to and from work, reading it, laughing out loud, seeming crazy to the pretty blond girl across the way, wanting to share the words with her:


Metamorphosen?

Forums

Hola,

I've been trying to dig Branford Marsalis' new disc, Metamorphosen, but I just can't get there.

I love Branford, and Trio Jeepy is a demo quality performance, but this new one is somewhere between Spyro Gyra and Kenny G.

What up, Branford?

I am open to being won over by someone explaining what I'm missing, but this one would rate a 'pass' from me.

paging May, would like to try some foil please.

Hi may, I've been to your website and have seen your offer of trying some cd foil. Unforunately it seems the only to contact you is with outlook express, which I know from past experience no longer works for me, dunno why.

So I hope you do not mind me asking this way. (BTW, do you still supply samples of it??)

What I do want to say upfront is that tbh I am quite skeptical that it will do anything, and the reason I say that is if that makes you think it is not worthwhile sending me any then I do understand, what would be in it for you.

On Banning Ourselves

I receive a surprising number of requests from forum members asking (or, even more surprising, demanding) that I ban another forum member. I have no sympathy for this.

JA has suggested a rule, which I find quite attractive:
No forum member can request the banning of another member without also being banned.

How does that sound?

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