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Post by berkley on Feb 6, 2018 20:54:19 GMT -5
Since the subject of jazz music came up a page or two back and I can't find the general music thread, I'll ask here: anyone have any Coleman Hawkins album recommendations? I happened to hear a little bit of his stuff recently and liked the sound, but there are so many albums listed in his discography it's hard to know which are considered essential. I think the one I heard was Rainbow Mist, but apparently that is some kind of compilation of various 1940s recordings cobbled together decades later
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 6, 2018 22:03:24 GMT -5
Since the subject of jazz music came up a page or two back and I can't find the general music thread, I'll ask here: anyone have any Coleman Hawkins album recommendations? I happened to hear a little bit of his stuff recently and liked the sound, but there are so many albums listed in his discography it's hard to know which are considered essential. I think the one I heard was Rainbow Mist, but apparently that is some kind of compilation of various 1940s recordings cobbled together decades later To be fair, anything from before the early 50s is, of necessity, going to be a compilation. The problem with Hawkins is that he was at his peak before long-playing records. Probably the best primer for Hawkins is Body & Soul, which was a two-album (one CD) set that has recordings from October '39, when he returned from Europe through July '56. The single CD was from RCA in 1996.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 23:25:21 GMT -5
I don't know where you live but I have been to the Creation Festival in Mt Union, PA several times & the Uprise Festival in Shippensburg, PA the last 5 years & I totally get what you are saying here. It is an awesome experience. We live in Pittsburgh, and we have talked about going to Creation once our girls are a little older (they're in 6th and 4th grades). If you go someday: try & get a campsite back in the woods. The sun is brutal during the day. Expect cold showers (unless you have an RV). Either spend a ton of money for food there or bring in a cooler & buy ice daily. There is a lot to do there. 3 stages with different styles of music so your girls may not stay with you as much as you think.
My advice would be to try a shorter/smaller festival like Uprise (1.5 days) before committing to a big 4 day festival like Creation. It can be a bit overwhelming your first time. Or go with someone that has been there multiple times.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 10, 2018 11:27:06 GMT -5
I did something this morning that will sound trivial to most but was a huge deal for me.
I've maintained the same Word file cataloging my comic collection since the fall of 1985. It's been on floppy disks, CDs, and now on the same massive exterior hard drive that holds thousands of scanned funnybooks but it's been the same document, albeit modified and expanded, that I began 33 years ago. For the last fifteen years or so, it's included both paper-and-ink comics and virtual ones (the latter indicted in red). Today I split it into two separate documents and deleted the original. As milestones go, it's pretty pathetic, I know, but you have no idea how hard it was for me to let it go.
On another topic, I do enjoy experiencing live music (especially classical) despite my aversion to crowds but I tend to dislike recordings of live music (with some notable exceptions, like the U2 song mentioned above) and prefer the studio versions. I know I traumatized Rob Allen when I first expressed my loathing of the Grateful Dead's live albums (I have no use for endless masturbatory improvization) but I certainly don't begrudge those who do their pleasure. As for CDs (which I prefer over vinyl any old day of the week), I doubt they'll ever go away completely. At least I hope not. I had more than 250 of them before a burglar cleaned me out back in '98 and I've only been able to replace a handful of them over the intervening years.
Cei-U! I summon the unexpectedly sunny Saturday!
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Post by Søren on Feb 10, 2018 14:00:12 GMT -5
I did something this morning that will sound trivial to most but was a huge deal for me. I've maintained the same Word file cataloging my comic collection since the fall of 1985. It's been on floppy disks, CDs, and now on the same massive exterior hard drive that holds thousands of scanned funnybooks but it's been the same document, albeit modified and expanded, that I began 33 years ago. For the last fifteen years or so, it's included both paper-and-ink comics and virtual ones (the latter indicted in red). Today I split it into two separate documents and deleted the original. As milestones go, it's pretty pathetic, I know, but you have no idea how hard it was for me to let it go. On another topic, I do enjoy experiencing live music (especially classical) despite my aversion to crowds but I tend to dislike recordings of live music (with some notable exceptions, like the U2 song mentioned above) and prefer the studio versions. I know I traumatized Rob Allen when I first expressed my loathing of the Grateful Dead's live albums (I have no use for endless masturbatory improvization) but I certainly don't begrudge those who do their pleasure. As for CDs (which I prefer over vinyl any old day of the week), I doubt they'll ever go away completely. At least I hope not. I had more than 250 of them before a burglar cleaned me out back in '98 and I've only been able to replace a handful of them over the intervening years. Cei-U! I summon the unexpectedly sunny Saturday! Awesome you kept the file going so long though. I love idea of doing things like that but never managed it through changing laptops, moving the files and things getting corrupted.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 12, 2018 7:28:39 GMT -5
Last night I got a call from an old friend that I talk to maybe 3 time a year. She spoiled the (ending?) of the latest Star Wars movie.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 12, 2018 9:09:54 GMT -5
Last night I got a call from an old friend that I talk to maybe 3 time a year. She spoiled the (ending?) of the latest Star Wars movie. Don't worry, it's a Godawful movie. Get spoiled and save yourself the cost of a cinema ticket. Spend the money you would've used for The Last Jedi on renting or buying Blade Runner 2049 instead. You'll be glad you did.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 12, 2018 9:17:20 GMT -5
Last night I got a call from an old friend that I talk to maybe 3 time a year. She spoiled the (ending?) of the latest Star Wars movie. Don't worry, it's a Godawful movie. Get spoiled and save yourself the cost of a cinema ticket. Spend the money you would've used for The Last Jedi on renting or buying Blade Runner 2049 instead. You'll be glad you did. It made over 600K in the States. People must really be brainwashed for it to make that type of money.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 12, 2018 9:26:17 GMT -5
Don't worry, it's a Godawful movie. Get spoiled and save yourself the cost of a cinema ticket. Spend the money you would've used for The Last Jedi on renting or buying Blade Runner 2049 instead. You'll be glad you did. It made over 600K in the States. People must really be brainwashed for it to make that type of money. Yep, pretty much. Most of the great unwashed wouldn't know a decent film if it came up and smacked 'em in the mouth. SW is such an iconic and popular franchise though that it was never gonna do badly at the cinema. But as we see time and again, when it comes to art (books, films, music etc) financial success is never a guarantee of actual quality.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 12, 2018 9:32:31 GMT -5
Last night I got a call from an old friend that I talk to maybe 3 time a year. She spoiled the (ending?) of the latest Star Wars movie. Don't worry, it's a Godawful movie. Get spoiled and save yourself the cost of a cinema ticket. Spend the money you would've used for The Last Jedi on renting or buying Blade Runner 2049 instead. You'll be glad you did. BR2049 looked good, but it wasn't a good movie either (it was actually laughable in so many ways). I had high hopes for the Star Wars movie (being a fan of the director and not really in love with SW), but it was indeed a let down, just not the epic fail that hardcore fans want you to believe it is
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 12, 2018 9:34:55 GMT -5
It made over 600K in the States. People must really be brainwashed for it to make that type of money. Yep, pretty much. Most of the great unwashed wouldn't know a decent film if it came up and smacked 'em in the mouth. SW is such an iconic and popular franchise though that it was never gonna do badly at the cinema. But as we see time and again, when it comes to art (books, films, music etc) financial success is never a guarantee of actual quality. It might have been bad, but I still didn't want to know what happened before seeing it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 12, 2018 9:35:46 GMT -5
Don't worry, it's a Godawful movie. Get spoiled and save yourself the cost of a cinema ticket. Spend the money you would've used for The Last Jedi on renting or buying Blade Runner 2049 instead. You'll be glad you did. BR2049 looked good, but it wasn't a good movie either (it was actually laughable in so many ways). I had high hopes for the Star Wars movie (being a fan of the director and not really in love with SW), but it was indeed a let down, just not the epic fail that hardcore fans want you to believe it is I never really got the love for the original, I doubt I'll see the sequel.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 12, 2018 10:38:57 GMT -5
Yep, pretty much. Most of the great unwashed wouldn't know a decent film if it came up and smacked 'em in the mouth. SW is such an iconic and popular franchise though that it was never gonna do badly at the cinema. But as we see time and again, when it comes to art (books, films, music etc) financial success is never a guarantee of actual quality. It might have been bad, but I still didn't want to know what happened before seeing it. Yeah, fair comment. That is super-annoying when that happens.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 11:24:24 GMT -5
I prefer watching Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi for recognition reasons because it's has Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, and others like Billy Dee Williams as well. I've saw the first Star Wars movie that was made in 1999, and didn't care for it at all and the one that came after that in 2002. My taste for these movies was never embraced because I just don't have the moxie to watch them. After Star Trek Nemesis, I haven't seen any of the newer Star Trek movies either because they just don't relate to me anymore. Sorry Members, this is my views on Star Wars and Star Trek movies in general. My tastes of movies has dramatically changed over the years and the biggest impact on the modern versions of Sci-Fi Movies that doesn't pique my interests anymore.
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Post by impulse on Feb 13, 2018 13:01:30 GMT -5
Sheesh, I feel like the only one who enjoyed The Last Jedi around these parts, LOL. Certainly not as good as it could have been, and there were things I would have changed (which I detailed thoroughly in the spoiler thread if anyone cares), but I didn't find it anywhere close to as bad as many seem to have. Oh, well.
Cei U, sorry to hear about the loss to your CDs. Have you ever looked into digital streaming, specifically Spotify premium? For $10 a month you get near-CD quality to all but audiophile sensitive ears, no commercials, and a ludicrous library. Outside of a handful of bands I buy automatically to support, I've hardly bought a CD in years, and I ignore my collection 99.9% of the time because it's just so convenient. Not sure if that's feasible in the budget or for your sound system, but it's a fairly low cost, super convenient way to regain access to a ton of stuff.
And no, I don't work for them, haha. I'm sure Apple's or Google's flavor of the same thing are also fine.
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