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Bullshit. Did you even watch the video or are you just reciting the usual anti-Apple clichés? I am not saying that it is useful or reasonably price. I am saying that it is superior from an engineering, design, and manufacturing point of view. None of that makes a difference to 99% of the USB-C using population so most of us are okay with a cable that's not a 10th the price. I wouldn't buy one.

Fascinating! If anyone cares to actually watch it, the answer is right there. The Apple cable is infinitely superior in every aspect. I've always wondered if there was much of a difference between cables and what caused those differences. Although I would never buy a $130 cable for my purpose, and it's questionable whether 99% of people buying USB-C cable need that sort of quality, the product is definitely in a league of its own.

I think I posted it before, but I could not not... Assemblage 23 - I Am The Rain

And since they have no song with a lake or a pond... That leaves water. Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues

Led Zeppelin - Down by the Seaside

Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

This is a direct result of the album above - I learned that song off of the Live at the Star Club record, years before I even heard the (demo) studio version. Not sure I'd have ever heard such a song otherwise, to be honest. They exposed me to a lot of music. A minute of me noodling around on a demo for a project with my then-wife and overdubbing guitars. I don't think it's quite as good as theirs, but we were going after a different energy.

Back in the days, I was so anxious to put my hands on anything by The Beatles that even poor audio quality recordings such as the ones on this record would be played constantly. I learned every track on that thing because we always needed more songs when we played weddings and ballrooms and such. Much of it they eventually recorded on their first few albums but there were a few odd numbers that never made it on any official record. And I was still discovering their official discography, anyway. In many cases, it was the first time I was exposed to those songs (Be-Bop-A-Lula comes to mind). I thought it was amusing because a lot of material was stuff that The Beatles themselves had learned because they needed to play for hours every night back then. Man, I love the Beatles. They weren't even around anymore when I was born and I feel I owe them so much.

Here's a soundtrack for your event, Kenny.

Funny that you mention Good Night because it crossed my mind. Actually, I probably skipped it more often that Revolution 9 when I was listening to them all the time.

I also like both for different reasons, but also in very different proportions. I probably like 90% of the Beatles' catalog, and the remaining 10% is nothing that I really mind listening to. Besides Revolution 9, I don't really think there's much I skip when listening to their records, and I listen to all their albums. Not saying that it's all great, but for one reason or another, I enjoy most of it. The Stones, there's probably 10% that I like, much of the rest I just can't be bothered to listen to, and then some stuff that is, to my ears, simply awful - sometimes entire records. Of couse, they've had a much longer career. The percentage would be greater if we only looked at the 60's and 70's, but still nothing close to the Beatles. Even the albums that I really like usually have a few songs that I consider stinkers. But I wouldn't want to be in a world without those Stones songs that I really like. And Keith.

The old plasma I inherited from a friend is dying on me so I had to get a new tv. It had been getting worse and worse fo the last few weeks, but I was hoping to be able to wait until BF, but it doesn't look like it will last until then. Got a 50" for $199.99 - had had my eyes on it for a while and it was listed at $299.99, but the price went down last weekend. Quite the coincidence. Hard to believe how inexpensive these things have become. For the studio, the recent upgrade also meant moving from 23 to 27. Considering the distance between my eyes and the screen, ergonomically speaking, that is as good as it gets.

Finally watched it last night. And indeed!Thanks for the reminder.

So that's yet another thing I have in common with G-d's chosen people. Although, I love pork chops, so... Okay, now I know what's for dinner tonight. You guys make it real hard to keep one's weight under control, you know?

Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother

Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie

Tommy Bolin - Brother Brother

Precisely!

Anybody remember that guy Ben (?) who used to hang out in the old Coffeehouse and who was a huge fan of Lennon and the Beatles (and somewhat possessive of them, if that makes sense)? Wonder if he's still around and doing well. I seem to remember he was struggling with his emotions a bit at times, and it could sometimes be difficult to stay nice to him, but still... Hope he's ok.

The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

Saw this short video on Facebook this morning shared by The Beatles' profile admin, Paul, and Ringo - I guess it's a preview of the little documentary - the last part of it was Lennon's voice soloed. Hit me much harder than the song with all the fluff, and to my ear, it was also more interesting. The beauty of the melody seemed more intelligible this way.

I've always been intrigued by Studio Vision from the moment heard about it and then read that Trent Reznor had used it to record Broken and The Downwards Spiral, until it failed him during the recording of The Fragile. Unfortunately for me, I would never get to experience that venerable DAW software - the first to combine MIDI and Audio - before its demise. I've also always been a sucker for old software demos, like those old Pro Tools and SAW Pro VHS. And I just stumbled upon this tonight. After a few minutes poking fun at the Opcode fellow, you get the full restored Computer Chronicles segment introducing EZ Vision and Studio Vision.