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    Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus With the ...

    Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus

    With the hit single Cast Your Fate to the Wind, which won the 1963 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" was a fitting...
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    If you want melancholy, try Warren Zevon's "Keep...

    If you want melancholy, try Warren Zevon's "Keep me in Your Heart." Reportedly the last song he wrote and recorded after finding out he was dying.
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    I'm amazed. I was a huge Dick Dale fan when I was...

    I'm amazed. I was a huge Dick Dale fan when I was a kid - and I'm going to be 71 in a few weeks.
    I had no idea the man was still alive, much less still touring.
    Having had my own battles with the...
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    My Man! +1

    My Man!

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    I have about seventy Miles Davis CDs (Kind of...

    I have about seventy Miles Davis CDs (Kind of Blue was the first CD I owned), and this has to count as one of my least favorite. Miles went through many, many changes in his career and this period...
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    Both groups had guitar players with the last name...

    Both groups had guitar players with the last name of Quinn. Maybe that's what you were thinking of, but I don't know that they were related.
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    2. Elton John played piano on a couple of cuts...

    2. Elton John played piano on a couple of cuts for both groups.
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    Warren Zevon. I think the man wrote the most...

    Warren Zevon.

    I think the man wrote the most intriguing lyrics I can recall.
    Who else could write a line like, "Little old lady got mutilated late last night" and still make you smile?
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    Green markers are only for SACD. "Cool"...

    Green markers are only for SACD.

    "Cool" environments are best for storing older jazz recordings and audio recordings of Lenny Bruce, but are not necessary for most music.

    Laser turntables seem...
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    Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows if you play a...

    Don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows if you play a frozen CD the highs will sound brittle.

    I forgot to mention that the man who suggested the problem had a special marker for drawing blue lines...
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    Years ago I bought a Pioneer CD changer in which...

    Years ago I bought a Pioneer CD changer in which the discs are placed face up (label down). One guy told me it would never sound good because (if I remember this correctly) the bits can settle,...
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    I finally got something right!

    I finally got something right!
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    I think Triscuits has it, but I'll try 8:...

    I think Triscuits has it, but I'll try

    8: Mathematics (Cherry Ghost)
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    Had my dream car for a while. Sadly, nothing...

    Had my dream car for a while. Sadly, nothing lasts forever.

    http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu276/CrazySteve_2009/GT-40_5x1000%203_zpsy2kgozq8.jpg
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    Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock :roll Sorry,...

    Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock
    :roll Sorry, had to do it.
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    8. Trigonometry from Pat Metheny's "Song X:...

    8. Trigonometry
    from Pat Metheny's "Song X: Twentieth Anniversary"

    2. When People Are Mean
    Butterfly Jones
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    As Charlie Parker and I share the same birthday,...

    As Charlie Parker and I share the same birthday, I put on some of Bird's old albums to start the day.
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