Decent equipment can greatly enhance the enjoyment of music. My setup would never garner the respect of a true audiophile. But it's much better than what the vast majority have in their living...
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Decent equipment can greatly enhance the enjoyment of music. My setup would never garner the respect of a true audiophile. But it's much better than what the vast majority have in their living...
78s are among the records still ending up in thrift stores. Used record stores tend to shun them. Not many appreciate the rare material often found only on a 78. As far as most are concerned, they...
Halford is unique in that ability. Very few other men can do the same.
^^ At at typical local independent living facility, happy hour is 2:00pm.
^^ Halford's voice has always been unique. Able to sing high without singing falsetto. Not singing falsetto means not straining his voice. Geddy Lee by contrast abused the hell out of his voice in...
Here in the Phoenix area, 55+ communities are classified as "active adult" communities.
The Kayleigh video received occasional airplay on MTV. Remember when Music Television actually played music?
The same washed-up celebrities selling reverse mortgages.
Part D could be much better if the hundreds of middle-man insurers were eliminated. When Part D went into effect in 2006, it caused mass...
That often happens when a machine is powered off without proper shutdown. Then powered back on. But as Plasmatopia said, the BIOS setting to boot after power is restored could've spontaneously...
^^ Capacitance alone can be a game changer. I had an instrument cable which made my guitar(s) sound muddy as hell. I checked it with a capacitance meter, and it was much higher than it should've...
Yes' current output compared to their past body of work is more of a let-down. Purple is more consistent.
^^ Now you just have to decide whether you want to pay a 20% copay on everything, or pay less by limiting your choices joining a Part C plan. Or pay extra for a Medicare supplement plan.
Just acquired King Crimson: Three of a Perfect Pair, Live in Japan on VHS. Tony sang background vox while tapping around on his Chapman Stick.
Not so long ago Paicey wore a do rag. As did/does Roger.
I would never carry my SS card in my wallet. That's a recipe for identity theft. At a minimum, that's a card I don't want to lose.
^^ I had an incident BC (Before Covid). I was waiting for the crossing signal, to get to the bus stop on the other side of the street. I looked down and saw a wallet lying on the ground. I picked...
There have been cases in which Judge Judy yelled at a litigant: "When you graduate from law school and pass the Bar Exam, then you can argue with me about what the law says."
Only in small claims court. Where the cases are more trivial, and the stakes are much lower.
^^ The reason Wakeman drapes his keyboards is so the audience doesn't see his arms and legs stretching every which way. The same reason he wears a cape. In the early days, he was described as an...
^^ And without the blue corner, there is no product to sell. Pricing them out of the system defies logic.
^^ Budget model, not old. Based on the Celeron n4000. As I said, it's new enough to qualify for the free Windows 11 upgrade.
^^ My aunt retired from the Federal Government. She's living a very comfortable retirement....apart form her bad knees.
Ticketing is part of a larger trend of monopolization. </politics>
^^ Host Ryan Gosling cracked up through the entire show. Which became contagious among cast members in various sketches. Understandable, given Gosling isn't really a comedic actor.
The biggest problem is Windows 10 keeps growing in size, with each successive version. I have a laptop with a 32GB, non-upgradeable eMMC hard drive. The current version of Win10, 22H2 almost...
More important than AV software is exercising proper computer hygiene. Not doing dangerous things on the internet, or opening any email attachment. No AV software ever was, or likely ever will be...
My parents' "active adult community" has a semi-annual community garage sale, in spring and fall. Most people living there are of a certain age, and don't even know how to use cash apps.
When the battery dies completely, you will get an error message.
I also have a TX81Z. Collecting dust for many years.
The self titled Michael W. Smith Project album is definitely proggy.
^^ Likely your CMOS battery is about to die. The clock losing time is the first indication. In case you don't know: the CMOS stores settings like what drives are installed and how they perform, how...
His early albums are quite proggy.
My 11 year old hip implant occasionally bothers me if I do a lot of bending over. I'll stand up, and there's a sharp pain shooting up my spine. I have to just stand for a few seconds waiting for it...
A potential problem with progaoke is standing around doing nothing. During the long instrumental breaks.
My aunt had both knees replaced. One of which she messed up slipping in the Denver snow. Now she's barely mobile, unable to walk without at least a cane.
What prevented OJ from contacting law enforcement, reporting his stuff was stolen? Choosing instead to take the law in his own hands? Answer: a thief will never call the cops.
DBDFab, MakeMKV, etc likely haven't updated their list of decryption keys to include this GG release. Unlike DVDs which use common encryption keys, every BD has its own unique key. It's likely just...
He was convicted, sentenced to prison, and served long parole for attempting to steal back his memorabilia. The reason he lost that memorabilia to begin with is he was hiding it from Fred Goldman. ...
In a roundabout way, the Goldman family did receive criminal justice. The reason OJ lost his memorabilia, necessitating stealing it back was he was hiding it from Fred Goldman. Who was attempting...
Guess that would make you an anti-scalper.
When Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire toured together, they opened as a huge band. Then one band did a set, the other band did a set, and they closed as a huge band. That was a memorable show.
^^ Assuming the frankenclouds don't obscure the view.
Chechnya is notoriously Muslim. The brothers who bombed the Boston Marathon are/were Chechen. If true, this is likely more of a religious edict than a political policy.
Twice as much interest in the Women's tournament as the Men's diminishes the economic impact of the Men's, here in the Phoenix area. With the free events including the free big name concert series,...
That Cast Sinfonico is kind of an odd duck. Most Blu-rays used higher res audio than DVD counterparts. Like DTS Master Audio. Or at a minimum multichannel sound. Alfonso chose to use 16/48 PCM...
Capping off the travesty is Rick had nothing to do with the writing, or original recording of Starship Trooper. It would be like Joe Lynn Turner today, performing Dio and Bonnet era Rainbow songs.
Sounds good considering they had to record in an abandoned hotel. With a mobile truck parked just outside. After some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.
^^ ABC airs it every year, the Passover time of year. They have for decades.
When I was a high school freshman in 1979, if you didn't like Pink Floyd's The Wall, you weren't cool.
^^ The band did spend substantial time at the top of the charts in the 80s. With a brief respite, when ironically Peter Gabriel's So knocked them out of number 1.
For decades I would watch the Suns play on TV, if they were in the playoffs. But that's about it.
Some modern ships are too large to navigate the Panama Canal. A couple of years ago, the "Ever Given" got stuck in the Suez Canal.
^^ I was in the Navy when the movies an Officer and a Gentleman, and Iron Eagle came out. A BFD for us squids at the time.
No standard design bollard can withstand the impact of a ship that size and weight. A design dating back decades. Having served on a carrier myself, the pitching and rolling is quite slow. ...
Dio era Sabbath was the first time they were able to release an official live album....Live Evil. Tony said previously, Ozzy was off key or forgot the words. Or Tony's guitar sounded muddy. There...
^^ I actually love the commercial in which Ice-T is sitting next to a kids' lemonade stand. Guys would drive by yelling "Yo Ice-T!" Tracey responds "Lemonade......read the sign."
A kid in my high school didn't like Black Sabbath...................until he heard the then newly released Mob Rules. He found it more appealing than even Heaven and Hell.
Born Again, and the supporting tour pretty much destroyed Gillan's voice. The primary reason he can no longer perform Child in Time today.
I never understood why Glenn Hughes sang, but didn't...
The first day has been very upsetting.
Golf would be highly entertaining to watch.............................if played only during thunderstorms.
The stadium for the Phoenix "Major League Soccer" team is quite small. Roughly the size of the multiple ballparks used for Cactus League baseball spring training games. The stadium is no Wembley by...