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I just changed the tube I use in my amp to warm up the sound, and it made a couple of albums I'd grown tired of enjoyable again. I haven't tried Pink Floyd yet, though.
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Spotify leaks suggest lossless audio is almost ready
And possibly with a new name and device compatibility checker.
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We all hit our walls with our favorite albums/artists. A break might be the breakthrough to a renewal later.
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Becoming Black Francis
As legendary Pixies frontman Black Francis stepped to the microphone in front of 19,000 fans at Xfinity Center July 17, I wondered if Westport was on his mind. Westport is where he spent part of h…
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Paraphrasing from something on social media ...
"When I discover a new musical act I like I obsessively binge every album he/she/they ever released. I'm so proud of myself for putting in the work to appreciate music."
Every response: "You go!!" "Me too!!!"
Me: It's so cute to see a new generation think they are creating a new way to enjoy music, just like I thought I was doing when I started doing the same thing forty years ago.
"When I discover a new musical act I like I obsessively binge every album he/she/they ever released. I'm so proud of myself for putting in the work to appreciate music."
Every response: "You go!!" "Me too!!!"
Me: It's so cute to see a new generation think they are creating a new way to enjoy music, just like I thought I was doing when I started doing the same thing forty years ago.
axolotl
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Listening (and relistening) to more 70s Rock music lately. Gotta say, after listening to Molly Hatchett/Allman Brothers/Skynyrd etc (and other 60s-70s American R&R) I kind of cringe at how much props and respect I gave the Rolling Stones in the past. They basically just copied the Blues/Soul-influenced Southern Rock music of the time and put out their version of it. Not bad. Very good in fact. But still a facsimile. Which is no crime because all musical acts try to copy the music that came before them that they respect and like. I'm more cringing at the fact I may have thought the Stones were more ... unique than they actually were.
On a similar vein, I recent read "How To Hide An Empire" by historian Daniel Immerwahr, about how America's empire spread across the world. In a part of it that covers England in the 50s-60s, he highlights an American air force base in England that significantly changed the culture and economic fortunes of one specific city and how that infusion of American culture was critical to the birth of The Beatles, of whom one or more of its future members grew up nearby the base. And of course The Beatles influenced every British invasion band that came after them.
I'm jus' musing, is all.
On a similar vein, I recent read "How To Hide An Empire" by historian Daniel Immerwahr, about how America's empire spread across the world. In a part of it that covers England in the 50s-60s, he highlights an American air force base in England that significantly changed the culture and economic fortunes of one specific city and how that infusion of American culture was critical to the birth of The Beatles, of whom one or more of its future members grew up nearby the base. And of course The Beatles influenced every British invasion band that came after them.
I'm jus' musing, is all.
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Eddie Vedder Calls Harrison Butker a ‘F*cking P*ssy’
“There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman,” the Pearl Jam frontman said while blasting the Chiefs player’s sexist speech.
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axolotl
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Howard University revokes Diddy's honorary degree
Howard University announced Friday that it has revoked the honorary degree conferred upon Sean Combs — also known as Diddy — following a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees.
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Paramount Erases Archives of MTV Website, Wipes Music, Culture History After 30 Plus Years - Showbiz411
MTV.com is gone. Kaput. Wiped off the face of the Earth. Parent company Paramount, formerly Viacom, has tossed twenty plus years of news archives. All that’s left is a placeholder site for reality shows. The M in MTV – music — is gone, and so is all the reporting and all the journalism performed...
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And this is why I will never depend on Spotify for my music library,
Same here. I know some people love not owning physical music, but I have an affliction that forces me to be able to touch and see my music. Doctor says it's incurable.
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