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Lee Morgan  Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)   Favoriting The Gigolo  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Boogarins  Lucifernandis   Favoriting As Plantas Que Curam  0:03:58 (Pop-up)
Crash Course in Science  Cardboard Lamb   Favoriting Signals from Pier 13  0:07:46 (Pop-up)
Pinkunoizu  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch   Favoriting The Drop  0:10:25 (Pop-up)
 
Jeffrey Lewis  See America Right   Favoriting Tallahassee Turns Ten  0:21:39 (Pop-up)
Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver  Please Mr. Kennedy   Favoriting Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack)  0:26:12 (Pop-up)
Joanna Gruesome  Lemonade Grrrl   Favoriting Weird Sister  0:27:46 (Pop-up)
Aileen Stanley  I Was Born in Michigan   Favoriting Music Hall Favorites  0:29:38 (Pop-up)
Kings of Convenience  Misread   Favoriting Riot on an Empty Street  0:31:52 (Pop-up)
Lee Morgan  Dee Lawd   Favoriting Taru  0:34:57 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Ellis  Two Cans of Paint   Favoriting Photographs  0:44:07 (Pop-up)
Dion and the Wanderers  Now   Favoriting Wonder Where I'm Bound (track prod. by Tom Wilson, 1966)  0:48:12 (Pop-up)
The Growlers  Humdrum Blues   Favoriting Gilded Pleasures  0:50:57 (Pop-up)
James Kochalka Superstar  Justin Timberlake   Favoriting Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly  0:54:30 (Pop-up)
 
Joseph Moskowitz  Wichojiu Adin Ia Na Dorogu (Strolling On My Way Alone)   Favoriting The Art of the Cymbalom  1:31:22 (Pop-up)
Mahavishnu Orchestra  Thousand Island Park   Favoriting Birds Of Fire  1:34:32 (Pop-up)
 
Miracles of Modern Science  Don't You See?   Favoriting Meems  1:42:52 (Pop-up)
Serafina Steer  Skinny Dipping   Favoriting The Moths Are Real  1:46:25 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters  Clouds (From Both Sides Now)   Favoriting A Chrestomathy  1:49:51 (Pop-up)
Jason Karaban & Garrison Starr  Low Road   Favoriting unreleased recording  1:54:26 (Pop-up)
 
Eddie Harris  Why Don't You Quit   Favoriting Come on Down!  2:02:20 (Pop-up)
Faraquet  Sea Song   Favoriting The View From This Tower  2:09:10 (Pop-up)
Kandia Crazy Horse  So Many Enemies   Favoriting Stampede  2:13:11 (Pop-up)
Gotye  Easy Way Out   Favoriting Communion Records 7-inch single  2:17:24 (Pop-up)
Road  Space Ship Earth   Favoriting Road (produced by Tom Wilson)  2:19:29 (Pop-up)
Sébastien Tellier & Caroline Polachek  In the Crew of Tea Time   Favoriting In the Crew of Tea Time (single)  2:22:31 (Pop-up)
Olivia Cornell & Amy Allison  The Ballad of Amy Winehouse   Favoriting Olivia Cornell & Amy Allison  2:25:47 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Wylie  Make a Sound   Favoriting Fake Your Own Death  2:33:14 (Pop-up)
The Shins  Red Rabbits   Favoriting Wincing the Night Away  2:35:38 (Pop-up)
Bow Wow Wow  Go Wild in the Country   Favoriting Love, Peace, & Harmony: The Best of Bow Wow Wow  2:40:03 (Pop-up)
Snow Patrol  Starfighter Pilot   Favoriting Songs for Polar Bears  2:42:43 (Pop-up)
Joe Frank  "Natural Disaster" excerpt   Favoriting Natural Disaster  2:45:55 (Pop-up)
Cosmic Dennis Greenidge  Table Rock   Favoriting Giant Man, Giant Plan  2:51:02 (Pop-up)
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan  Jim Flora Made Great Album Covers   Favoriting People Who Like These Songs Are Correct  2:52:57 (Pop-up)
Dragonette  Don't Be Funny   Favoriting Fixin To Thrill  2:55:08 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  3:00pm
...:

Happy New Year, Irwin!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Leeee...
  3:06pm
Laura L:

Quiet day... HNY, Irwin.
  3:10pm
JakeGould:

Wow! This “Crash Course in Science” is great! Thanks!
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YETI BOB:

YETIS WORLDWIDE WISH FOR MORE SURREALISM IN 2014!!
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Irwin:

Hi, Laura. Happy fresh 365-day continuum.
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Droll:

It is very quiet here. I hope that's a good omen -- let 2014 be the year of listening instead of yammering on Twitbook about the lint you just found in your belly button!
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dale:

please mr. kennedy sounds like it came off 'a mighty wind'
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...give you a persimmon ? Surely it's mango here...
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glenn:

i admit to a grudging admiration for the talents of j. timberlake.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
dale:

he's talented and he hasn't done anything really stupid. that's a winning combination in hollywood
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...he sure f'd up MySpace - or is that considered the + column...
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dale:

oh, i didn't know. i just meant he wasn't caught getting out of a limo with no underpants on or beating a woman.
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glenn:

or beating a woman with no underpants.
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dale:

or beating a woman with underpants
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Ike:

But Dale, most limos have no underpants on them.
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Droll:

Ike, OVERSHARE!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& a stretch limo would need...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...nevermind...
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glenn:

english limos have boots and bonnets.
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dale:

GIANT underpants. remember all the things that pee wee could do with them?
Avatar 3:42pm
fleep:

A Hummer limo goes commando
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dale:

i think it's wonderful now that we are all trying to get together
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glenn:

any limo going commando ain't getting no hummer.
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Droll:

Actually lots of cars wear bras, and they make "Truck Nuts" for rear bumpers... Not sure I've ever seen a vehicle with both, but I'm sure they're out there.
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glenn:

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...if you're going to box her w/out boxers, you'd better make it brief...
...if you get out of the limo w/out your waistband getting snapped - then it's a great relief...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
dale:

were we discussing dion a couple of weeks ago irwin? or del shannon? this is the stuff you just don't hear that is so tasty...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- yeah.
  3:51pm
?:

@RevoRavit: i know u color,,,!!!!! (ps i like u erwin n u music is good,,,!!_)
  4:01pm
Mike:

The whole family is loving the James Kochalka track here in Wellington NZ.
  4:01pm
LovecraftDude888:

Oh joy, another snowstorm coming Thur.-Friday here in NY.
Woopee! Happy New Year ya'll. I'm having to keep the audio low at my new apt., which sorta sucks.
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Ike:

Ha ha, presumably not a coincidental choice of Kochalka.
  4:04pm
nestor:

happy new year to the hottest voice in radio.
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Irwin:

Hey, Nestor! Got snow?
  4:05pm
autumn:

play some amanda right away for the feline fans.
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dk:

for what it's worth, i'm pretty sure the events joe describes in "an enterprising man" are entirely factual. i know a guy who knows a guy who went to the ski resort.
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Droll:

Are the Joe Frank stories real?!?! They're as real as the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and the sasquatch that feed on them! They're as real as reality TV! Are these stories real?!?!
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dale:

lovecraftdude - my snow shoes and x-country skis are thankful
  4:06pm
nestor:

'sno, I don't
  4:07pm
new year's resolution center:

new year's resolutions are for pussies. just do stuff.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...nowadays of course Joe would just Twitter this stuff as it happened - or just webcast...
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dale:

ira glass used to work for joe frank and probably made much more from the formula - he STOLE.
  4:09pm
LovecraftDude888:

har, yeah. I'm just hoping I can get the car out Friday,
or not. My resolution was to buy Shure headphones so my retarded new neighbors don't go off hearing the home theater action. So much for apartments and loudness.
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Droll:

Ira Glass has had to retract episodes due to problems with factual correctness -- Joe Frank never has!
Is it real!?! Guffaw!!
  4:10pm
LovecraftDude888:

Man I heard Llewyn Davis wasn't too keen. I saw Nebraska
with my hero Bruce Dern which was pretty good.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I can imagine Joe as a Jewish Messiah @ the head of a roundtable of Disciples who all go off & tell~do their own version of it - kinda like (happened to) Freud...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
dale:

don't you want those $200 dr. dre beats headphones all the kids are wearin'?
  4:12pm
LovecraftDude888:

Ha, some DJ shop guy was trying to push those on me I'm like I don't feel like blowing $500 for the Beats Pros thank you. I settled for Shure 550s. So far so good.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I mean - you would, wouldn't you...
  4:15pm
Robert:

Joe Frank was interviewed briefly and answered phone questions as part of WFMU's spring fundraising marathon some time during the aughts IIRC. He regretted that FCC regs on cursing & content had cramped his style and that he was therefore no longer producing for the air, but hoped that would be a temporary condition.
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glenn:

please. mick jagger's an upper class twit with a degree from the london school of economics. he's no rebel.
  4:18pm
JakeGould:

Apropos to me being day-off obsessed with “Crash Course in Science” apparently they are around and still perform. They are on Facebook. www.facebook.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & said as much in 'Street Fighting Man'. It's only Rock'n'Roll.
  4:20pm
JakeGould:

Apropos to headphones, my $30 Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones work fine for me. Best cheap “cans” headphones around.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...jeepers what a writer...
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glenn:

i have audio technica headphones. 75$ from long & mcquade. they sound great, and they're super comfy.
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Andrew Waterloo:

@Jake, Panasonic is always good for dynamic range + cheap
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Tome:

got like 5 pairs of cans,, but still love my reliable & most important COMFY AKG240's ..... gotta be approaching 30 years old now my original set..
  4:26pm
LovecraftDude888:

I think I have a pair of those somewhere! The Shures
I ended up with to have a heavy duty pair with as much
solid bass as possible, and a long cord for HTheater sometimes. So far so good. Then there are things like the Beyerdynamics at $600 haha!
  4:27pm
LovecraftDude888:

AKGs are great, too. I settled on Shure almost got ATs,
also. The Shures were calling to me.
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Mike East:

trying out my new bose cans today for the first time. so far, so good. They're more expensive than what I asked my wife for for xmas, but she lost the piece of paper that I wrote "Sony MDR7506" on.
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dale:

when i was a kid i had a pair of koss. not great but when you're a teenager listening to moody blues or renaissance or genesis it was all good.
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glenn:

huh. maybe if i lose pieces of paper my g.f. will buy me the new lee hazlewood box set.
  4:29pm
so little time...:

...so little moral fiber
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Mike East:

I've broken atleast two pairs of koss portapros
  4:29pm
LovecraftDude888:

Mike, ok I had a pair of those Sonys a few years back, and were not super impressed with them. Too clinical by far. Great for pro uses but not so much for pleasure listening. I thought. So far the Shures 550s I got are 2000x better.
  4:30pm
LovecraftDude888:

I prob. had Koss years ago for Walkmans, yep. They were fine for the time.
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Andrew Waterloo:

I have a cheap set of Shures and a spiral extension cable
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Tome:

..... for me I don't think I have such or ever had those "golden ears" and I am still bit of an audio "snob",, but spending more then $200 ,, oh ok tops MAYBE $300 on a pair of headphones, if your source & amp are only marginal is crazy ...
  4:30pm
LovecraftDude888:

I saw some place had a Sansui TV up the other day, this DJ shop, and I was like...how is Sansui still around?
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dale:

lee hazlewood box what now?
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Tome:

And Happy New Year Irwin and all in radio , "streaming" land !
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...working @ a thriftstore - got a pair of totally fine condition Bose for almost nothing. They say though that Bose stuff has a kind of bulit-in EQ bias as part of the deal - so not good for Mixing...
  4:31pm
LovecraftDude888:

Tome..I agree it's absurd. I also saw the what was it..$1200 pair of shures, or Beyers, or whatever? Craziness.
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glenn:

expensive-ass headphones. baybloorradio.com...
  4:32pm
LovecraftDude888:

Bose are yeah consumer-oriented phones not for Pro. use for the most part, mixing etc. I have Klipsch ImageOnes too for the iPod those are great.
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Dr. Goot:

"Sony MDR7506"
  4:33pm
LovecraftDude888:

Right, the Grados and such are over the top. Egads. I'm not that obsessed!
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Tome:

I just laugh at those with Dr. dre. 300+ headphones and IPad nano.. for example,, and their speakers at home are not even $300 !!
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Tome:

...will not put a sock in audio snob mode.. and enjoy most important the Tunes !
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glenn:

dale - lightintheattic.net...
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Alison Porchnik:

In Hungary they say that if you hear the cymbalom on New Year's Day you'll have 12 months of good luck. Or maybe that was 12 months of goulash.
  4:35pm
JakeGould:

There are two iPods that had amazing sound: The 2nd generation iPod Shuffle (the clip-on one) and the iPod Video (5th Generation Classic). Those have great DA converters.
  4:35pm
LovecraftDude888:

yeah that's absurd. Not worth spending $1500 unless you're pushing some high end equipment. So sillee I called some audiophile shop here for a job and they HAVE NONE. they are barely afloat...only due to home installations! Scary.
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Mike East:

damn, I should have set up the cymbalom...I had some pork paprikash yesterday.
  4:36pm
LovecraftDude888:

I think I have the 5th Gen. ipod Classic. I believe. It sounds pretty good.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...on the other hand - one good Component can help a System I reckon - if the stereo's average but you can get good speakers - why not...
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Dr. Goot:

Digging the Vishnu, thanks!
  4:38pm
JakeGould:

So what about in-ear headphones? They all basically suck but are being sold as if they are amazing.
  4:38pm
LovecraftDude888:

Those Bowers and Wilkins are supp. great, but very pricey. I found it's also comfort and build as well as sound. The drivers are crucial.
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Droll:

Thousand Island Park is just the usual corner park with Miracle WHip, ketchup, and pickle relish. Delicious on Mahavisnu.
  4:39pm
LovecraftDude888:

in-ear...er, some are quite good but I'm not a huge fan of
earbuds in general.
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Alison Porchnik:

Dudes, nothing beats eating paprikash when you're listening to the Mahavishnu Orchestra with Sony MDR7506s.
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Tome:

..been falling asleep for many years with AKG 240's == comfort most important or the cans are not worth beer cans...
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Droll:

Long-term in-ear use is bad, I strongly recommend against sustained use of a compression driver sealing your ear canal.
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northguineahills:

For some reason, I dug the Moskowitz/Mahavishnu Orchestra back to back did me nicely.
  4:40pm
LovecraftDude888:

I saw the Motorhead 'phones..look good..sound bad!
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Ike:

Sony Walkman MP3 players are an excellent value. I have the NWZ-E465. Better than most iPods and good FM reception too. Not popular; I'm surprised they still make them.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- seriously - who gives Mahavishnu due props these days...
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Alison Porchnik:

Goulash goes far better with the Dr. Dres, though. They're worth it just for that. Unless you're digging Procol Harum, in which case the Shures are your best bet.
  4:43pm
LovecraftDude888:

I had one of those Sonys few years back but died on me..ditto for one or two of the Sandisk ones. Then invested in Ipod.
  4:43pm
LovecraftDude888:

I know Droll, I'm trying to keep the volume levels down
now even with the new phones. I like it dynamic but not
really loud.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- re comfort - for starters - ears are *not* round...
- in my limited experience (>cheap<) - Sony stuff has some good functionalities - but not durable...
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glenn:

does anybody know who george boldt was? his wife invented thousand island dressing, and here's his "summer house". www.boldtcastle.com...
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Ike:

The iPods *I've* owned haven't lived long, LCD888.
  4:45pm
LovecraftDude888:

I just moved and the walls, as always, paper thin, neighbors bitching about me watching ALIEN in 5.1 the other day heehee
so had to cut all volumess wayyy down on regular speakers.
Ah well. They don't like chestbursters?! loud!
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Irwin:

At last my audiogeek demographic has emerged from the closet.
  4:46pm
LovecraftDude888:

Had my iPod for 4 yrs. already or so. I'm praying it lasts. I don't use it tons really.
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dale:

i've tried to change the batteries in two ipods. ended up throwing them both out. you need to be miniaturized like in fantastic voyage to not destroy those.
  4:46pm
LovecraftDude888:

Also watched Gene Hackman in Night Moves...didn't sound good but good film, or..ok.
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Droll:

Irwin, Look at your audience! You may as well play test tones!
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Ike:

Uh oh, Droll@4:40, I use earbuds all day at work. I wish I could wear my ancient Sony MDR-V6s instead, but cans are not comfortable when combined with glasses, which I must wear.
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Tome:

I like my nano but the Sony I seen for a lot less @ 16G > bhpho.to... < a lot less for the 4 & 8G,, only I question is the battery life & life expectancy ..
  4:48pm
LovecraftDude888:

you should see the guys that show up at that Audiophile shop over here..geesh. If you aren't spending $20,000 on a Macintosh amp you're a loser.
  4:49pm
LovecraftDude888:

I never had the dosh for that nonsense. I once worked at an infamous electronics store in LI (ok, Crazy Eddies!) years ago...highest end was harman kardon. Or...Karmon hardon?
  4:51pm
LovecraftDude888:

I had no idea Grado was in Brooklyn that's interesting. I've heard they're very good.
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dale:

KRACO and craig, baby! realistic if you're feeling spendy.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...the laser vinyl record turntable we discussed in the Stochastic comments a few weeks ago is something I fantasize about...
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glenn:

grado makes super super high end cartridges, individually hand carved from ebony, i think.
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Dr. Goot:

Vintage Sony - i69.photobucket.com...
  4:53pm
JakeGould:

Nice “Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters” track.
  4:54pm
JakeGould:

@Ike I use cheap plain earbuds at work. But the in-canal things seem like a problem waiting to be called out on.
  4:54pm
LovecraftDude888:

Good lord. yeah I've heard Grado's stuff is keen. But not cheap. They make a headphone amp of human bone..just kidding. carved out of solid butter...as one XTC video had andy partridge saying about someone local on mural. Nevermind.
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dale:

i have 70s marantz and kenwood and 90s NAD. the kenwood needs a new power supply or something - it hums really loud when you turn it on now. power caps?
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Ike:

@Tome, 30 hrs. battery life is about right for MP3s on that, but as w/most MP3 players, it declines a bit if you press buttons a lot or switch it on and off a lot, as I do. (They used to claim 40 or 50 hours, def. a stretch.) Oddly, FM listening eats more power than playing MP3s.
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Ken:

Wow, so THAT was the famous Dave Van Ronk version of Both Sides Now! Before I knew who it was, I thought you were playing some outsider artist. THAT was Joni Mitchell's favorite version?
  4:57pm
LovecraftDude888:

OH Marantz..yeeha. I had a good Kenwood bookself system but had to chuck it it died.
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Ken:

And sorry, just to stay on topic, I got a pair of Bose bluetooth headphones from Santa. Great to be released from the bondage of headphone wires.
  4:57pm
LovecraftDude888:

but, I'm still waiting for the GREEDO headphones! did they shoot first? oh boy.
  4:58pm
LovecraftDude888:

that's bookshelf! goshdarnit
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northguineahills:

@Ken: I thought it was an Incredible String Band outtake before I looked on the playlist.
  4:58pm
Robert:

Had to listen to that version of "Clouds" to really get the restatement of Plato's cave.
  4:59pm
JakeGould:

This is where Grado is located? In Sunset Park over a grocery? goo.gl...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I got these Brinkman brand speakers from Britain
- they're cermaic - not wood
- woofer faces up in a sorta small toilet bowl dome
- & the tweeter down
- & in the middle reflecting is a sorta double-cone of brass...
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dale:

bluetooth stuff was everywhere this year. i picked up a little speaker so i could listen to podcasts working outside without phones. not great sounding but good enough.
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Ken:

The Coen Brothers used two details from Van Ronk's life - he was a merchant marine, and he was offered one of the roles in Peter, Paul and Mary by Albert Grossman. But I agree, the character in that movie had no resemblance to Van Ronk.
  5:02pm
JakeGould:

Kind of shocked how crappy Bluetooth speakers are a thing now.
  5:03pm
LovecraftDude888:

Ha yeah Grado is in Sunset Park, a goof! I had no idea. Well, very nice kit, but too rich for moi. That head amp is $500! yikes.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I get the impression it's like Todd Hayne's Music/Rawk movies - 'Velvet Goldmine', 'I'm Not There'...Impressions...much much better than some crap 'Dramatization' (a good Doc is fine)...
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Dr. Goot:

blogs.villagevoice.com...
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Irwin:

BTW, Ken -- I really enjoyed the film, while agreeing w/your assessment that you don't really care about most of the characters. It's just a great Coen brothers outing. I dug the performances and thought the music was terrif.
  5:06pm
JakeGould:

“Inside Llewyn Davis” is great. It’s clear they used the framework of the Dave Van Ronk bio for the setting & some items, but it’s definitely not about Dave Van Ronk in any way. True parallel universe.
  5:07pm
JakeGould:

This article in the Village Voice by Dave Van Ronk’s ex-wife explains the differences well. www.villagevoice.com...
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glenn:

i saw him play in toronto in the fall of '84. he was drunk, nasty and brilliant.
  5:07pm
LovecraftDude888:

didn't realize it was inspired mainly by Van Ronk, now I'm more intrigued to see this. thought perhaps by Tim Buckley or someone. I dunno. Did I mention I met Joe Boyd back in May? That was a thrill.
  5:08pm
JakeGould:

“ Two wonderful scenes do relate specifically to David, though. In one, Llewyn Davis asks Mel, the owner of the record company that released his first album, for royalties, telling the man he doesn't even own an overcoat.”
  5:08pm
JakeGould:

“In another scene, Davis says (perhaps sarcastically) to someone in the seaman's union, "You won't give me my papers because I'm a communist?" The man mutters, "Shachtmanite." That's a political reference that almost no one in the world will get -- but to me, who hung around but didn't join a small socialist sect known as the Shachtmanites, it's very, very funny.”
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glenn:

joe boyd's book is pretty good, although i wish it was more detailed.
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Parq:

I haven't seen the flik or read the book, but that's my favorite version of "Both Sides Now" too. You should check into his version of "That Song About the Midway" from the "Sunday Street" album, all of which is wonderful.
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glenn:

funny, i've been in 3 unions, and i've never met more conservative people.
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LovecraftDude888:

yeah got Joe to sign one of those. It does seem a bit breezy his book...maybe he'll write some more? But the live thing I saw him do reading with Robyn H. doing the music was sick!
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Ken:

I didn't like "Inside Llewyn Davis" at all, and I love the Coen Brothers. I felt like it was a squandered opportunity to explore a vibrant musical scene. Almost every character in the movie came off as a complete loser.
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glenn:

they ARE complete losers.
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LovecraftDude888:

Yikes, Ken. I loved No Country F. Old Men but my mom hated it! Too violent and "pointless" for her. I thought it rocked! "Put it in your pocket...it's your lucky quarter"
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Irwin:

Ken: Yes, every character screamed LOSER. But it was an entertaining portrait of losers. Didn't you at least like the cat?
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Parq:

The ultimate Union Democrat was Daley, a stone right winger on every issue except unions. Most of his constituents were the same way -- I know my dad was. Jimmy Cagney was, too, or so it seems from his autobio.
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JakeGould:

So you liked “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There?” I can’t think that “Inside Llewyn Davis” is worse than those turds.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- okay - reading Van Ronk's ex's opinion @ that Link puts Ken's opinion in context...Then again, the Coen's did Ulysses in Old Weird America in 'O Brother'...
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glenn:

i love the coen brothers too, but i hate a couple of their movies, notably barton fink, which everybody loves, and i love miller's crossing, which nobody even seems to know exists.
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LovecraftDude888:

I love Big Liebowski even though it's like, a good "bad" movie. in a sense. It's a goof.
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Ken:

Jake, those are two Coen movies I missed! I guess I was lucky.
  5:15pm
JakeGould:

“Big Liebowski” is the best. I hate the frat-boy/dude-bro culture that has grown up around that film, but remember just loving it right when it came out.
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LovecraftDude888:

Miller's Crossing is really good. Barton Fink..used to hate it, now kinda dig it. Sort of.
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glenn:

blood simple still rocks, though.
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JakeGould:

Well, Ken… If you think all of the characters in “Inside Llewyn Davis” are losers, then what about Scorsese films like “Raging Bull” or “Taxi Driver?” I mean those are films about mental cases & the mental cases around them.
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glenn:

maybe it's that i just don't like john turturro.
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LovecraftDude888:

aye, Blood Simple rawks. I need to rescreen that soon a candidate for the new Idiot Box I got.
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JakeGould:

Also, yes, “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There” are utter shit.
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LovecraftDude888:

I've seen Scarecrow a few times the past few years, that's a great great film!! Hackman and Pacino. total loserdom.
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LovecraftDude888:

Hackman goes "I can tear the ass out of an elephant." Thank you, Gene!
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Ken:

True Jake, but the difference is that I CARED about the characters in Scorcese films. Speaking of which, The Wolf of Wall Street has the GREATEST DRUG SCENE ever in the history of cinema.
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glenn:

the ladykillers is ten times better than the man who wasn't there. what about the hudsucker proxy?
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LovecraftDude888:

Dinnertime soon...supper. What about The Hyena of Bedford Ave.?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- that is - I can see Ken's point it doesn't do that Scene justice
- but also that that probably isn't the Coen's objective
...different than the Haynes films like that
...ain't seen it - can't have an opinion yet...
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JakeGould:

Qualudes scene?
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Ken:

Yep, the Quaaludes scene! wow.
  5:22pm
JakeGould:

Okay, fair enough on the Scorsese assessment. But I can’t get myself to see “Wolf of Wall Street” because I just hat dealing with movies that are nearly 3 hours in length.
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dale:

i had a quaaludes scene once. but it was only a half. and not that much of a scene really
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glenn:

so, berlin alexanderplatz isn't in your future, jake?
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Alison Porchnik:

Ken, better than the mountain of coke in Scarface?
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Parq:

Never saw "Hudsucker" and I confess that the chicken in me is reluctant to see "Miller". I liked looking at "Wasn't There", anyway, and thought "Ladykillers" was just mediocre -- which, in its own way is even worse than a movie that outright sucks.
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JakeGould:

But will see if I can do an early showing of it so I can leave the theater & do something else afterwards. 90 minute movies. That’s what I like.
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Tome:

not a Brad Pitt fan but saw "Snatch" other day first time was freaking funny as hell! as long as we're now talking movies? and NOT audio snob or what we should be music I am guessing for f sake !
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Ken:

Yeah, WAY better than anything in Scarface. But then again, I had a friend in High School whose nickname was "Quay," so maybe Im biased. Wold of Wall Street was worth three hours - I loved it. My daughter hated it though.
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LovecraftDude888:

nevermind that, if you can't deal with Millers Crossing don't see Only God Forgives...I did 2 weeks ago...not a good film really but it's over the top in a major way. Pretty violent.
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LovecraftDude888:

"wanna fight?" bad idea.
  5:34pm
LovecraftDude888:

Ballad of Amy was wrenching, dude. egads!
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Ike:

Agreed that Man Who Wasn't There is a terrible, terrible movie, one of the worst I've ever seen. My fave Coens flick is O Brother.
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dale:

they were counting on the carter kids cuteness factor lovecraft
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...? - there's scenes showing people *doing* drugs - then scenes that convey what drugs are *like* - ??...I dunno - I'm not a film nut...
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LovecraftDude888:

right-o.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I do think Pacino portraying just being drunk in Scarface is a kind of genius...
  5:39pm
LovecraftDude888:

first you get the Grados, then you get the women...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...put your headphones on so you don't have to listen to them ??...
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fleep:

I'm shopping for a pair of world cancelling headphones.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...careful what you wish for...
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glenn:

A man comes home from a long day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television and turns on the game. Without hesitation he tells his wife, “Get me a beer before it starts.” The wife sighs and gets him a beer.
Fifteen minutes later he says, “Get me another beer before it starts.” She looks cross, but fetches another beer and slams it down next to him. He quickly finishes that beer and a few minutes later says, “Quick, get me another beer, it’s going to start any minute.” The wife is furious. She yells at him “Is that all you’re going to do tonight? Drink beer and sit in front of that TV? You’re nothing but a lazy, drunken, fat slob, and furthermore …”

The man sighs and says, “It's started …”
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Rick from SC:

holy crap. I've haven't heard this in ages. Wasn't this Vanilla Bean?
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Alison Porchnik:

My daily catechism for 2014.
  5:47pm
LovecraftDude888:

see ya guys for now..good chatting been fun! great show....back on later I think....Alison nice cat there!
  5:51pm
Laura L:

What better way to start a new year than with a Natural Disaster (excerpt). Thank you, brother.
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dale:

where the fuck is andy? all the jewish holidays are long over.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I dunno Irwin - there's a few tracks I didn't ☆ today !...
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dale:

my wife is offended by 'god ' damn. bitch!
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Droll:

Howdy Irwin,

I'm so glad I came back for the last hour so I could re-enjoy "Slap me with your punishing rod" over 100 Buffalo Bills. Are you _sure_ those Joe Frank episodes aren't real? That scene sounds amazingly real to me. "LOUDER!"

I hope you are enjoying your snow and went sledding or skitching or something fun!
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