axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Harrumph. Why, when I was their age, I paid my dues the hard way.
I was copying cassettes off of a phonograph speaker with a chintzy knockoff microphone.
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I was copying cassettes off of a phonograph speaker with a chintzy knockoff microphone.
Unsomnambulist
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That's just a joke, right? Even I had a Radio Shack combo stereo that could copy from records to the deck. Did have to set the VU meters, though.
Ojai Sam
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More likely a sense of entitlement.
Unsomnambulist
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Something like this, but mine you had to manually set the recording level and it had meters. Oh, and the record player would always gouge grooves in the records, forever making me hate vinyl.
Edit: I'm surprised the RIAA didn't sue Radio Shack out of existence for allowing people to make tape copies of records.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Dang, that was too newfangled for me, and my room was much too small, having been made from two converted shoe boxes.
I didn't exactly do that in college. However, starting in junior high, and continuing through college, I did sometimes record with two boom boxes face-to-face. A broke desperate boy will do what it takes to get the music he needs.
I didn't own my first dual cassette player (or stereo) until I was around 23.
Zeeba Neighba
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As part of my 1989 listening, Elvis Costello's "Veronica" came up (on the album Spike)
Never knew until today, it was co-written with Paul McCartney
Never knew until today, it was co-written with Paul McCartney
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Unsomnambulist
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Who's he?
Nickyboy
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He was a guy who was photographed with Jimi Hendrix, his band, and a bunch of hangers-on a while back.
Nickyboy
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Great song. Didn't know that, either.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
I knew I should've eaten pasta for breakfast.
Unsomnambulist
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You coulda hada V8.
Did you know that ad campaign doesn't exist in this timeline?
I just made that up.
Nickyboy
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It's the Mandela Effect.
Unsomnambulist
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It's weird when you listen to a track and are unable to tell if the sax player is a master, or just picked it up.
Last studio recording of jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw released
"49th Parallel," a 1987 recording led by Canadian bassist Neil Swainson that features Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, was made available this month.
www.pbs.org
Shaw and Henderson together? Woooo!!!
'Lovecraft Country' Music Supervisor Shares Her Exclusive Playlist
Music supervisor Liza Richardson shares exclusive playlist of "some cool discoveries" she found while researching the music for the show.
www.rollingstone.com
Nickyboy
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Protesting right-wing extremism with badly played jazz music: http://www.openculture.com/2020/09/...utm_campaign=Feed:+OpenCulture+(Open+Culture)
Today is Earth Wind & Fire day. Apparently, because the song "September" includes the lyrics, "Do you remember, the 21st night of September?" Sept 21 is sort of an official EWF day.
I think I know what I'm listening to today.
I think I know what I'm listening to today.
as if I need any extra reason to listen to EWF
Nickyboy
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You don't say!
Unsomnambulist
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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
To remake our greatest albums list, we tabulated Top 50 Albums lists from more than 300 artists, producers, critics, music-industry figures.
www.rollingstone.com
This is the newest version. @Zeeba Neighba
Edit: there are too many great albums low on this list.
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