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Thomas More: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 11:46:15 PM (EDT) - Oops! That was bold of me, wasn't it? Thomas More: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 11:44:52 PM (EDT) - Welcome back, Tiki, to the left coast... You been to Alabama? Do you carry a banjo, by any chance? To be fair to our friends north of Long Beach, or anyone else who would prefer, Janiva Magness will be performing TOMORROW night, Sept 5, at THE BLUE CAFE in Long Beach. But, as I said below, I'll plan to catch her act at Martini Blues (did I neglect to mention the name of the place?) on Friday Sept 26. Sandy; Sorry to hear you've caught the bug. I thought I had a computer virus, but it was just my Firewall blocking an automatic update feature that I had inadvertently turned on during, what else? An upgrade! Calling jakbeni; calling jakbeni; Hey, Rodger. Will you join me for a repeat of steak with Janiva? Or maybe we should try their ribs? Tiki: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 10:40:24 PM (EDT) - Happy to be home... Alabama is nice - A lot nicer when one's team is kicking Auburns butt! Hmmmm, BYU in 2 days ;) Nice to be back in San Pedro! Sandy: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 10:33:17 PM (EDT) - Thomas Glad to hear you're up and around. Don and I have been doing battle with a cold he caught from a recent visitor to Zurich. The guy came back sick as a dog, attended 2 days of meetings cooped up with Don and others, and it caught us both. Those Swiss know how to cook up a nasty chest cold!! We still cough a lot, worse in the evening, so going out is problematic. And why should we help the Swiss th spread their pestilence?? :) Thomas More: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 08:27:24 PM (EDT) - 'em blues, 'em blues rdamor@pacbell.net I haven't been getting out much lately (OUT, I said), including a couple of parties that would have been great, except my appitite went south with my chronic dyspepsia (technically known as "tired gut") But, by way of making up for it, I'm planning to go west on Edinger Ave to Bolsa Chica (it's Huntington Beach, close to Seal Beach?) on Friday, Sept 26, to a little blues room in the back corner of the strip mall on the southwest corner. They have great steaks there, as Rodger can remember, and excellent sea food, too. Also, Janiva Magness will be singing with her fantastic blues band. (Sandy; you'll be chair dancing, since this is a sit-down, up-town blues room.) Sandy; ...only on eBay. KD: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 02:11:59 AM (EDT) - Suggested Onion article Dateline, Hell -- Convited abortion doctor killer warmly greeted by 9/11 hijackers, given newcomer tour. KD: Thu Sep 4, 03 at 02:08:16 AM (EDT) - CD prices Universal has announced a significant reduction in price for music ... All CDs (except certain new releases) will be stickered at a suggested $12.99. Wholesale cost to retailers $9.09 (or $10.10 for the certain new releases). Supposed to be effective Oct 1 ... just in time for the holidays. Now, who records on Universal?... np: The Frank and Walters, Indian Ocean Dr. Larry Singer: Mon Sep 1, 03 at 02:59:09 AM (EDT) - Joe Jackson covers jakbeni- I always had a fondness for Anthrax's cover of "Got The Time". tea (aka Mrs. Dr.): Sun Aug 31, 03 at 11:14:42 PM (EDT) - RIP Charles Bronson... Sandy: Sun Aug 31, 03 at 11:48:02 AM (EDT) - Tea thanks... that's what happens when you HEAR the TITLE instead of reading it. :) jakbeni: Sun Aug 31, 03 at 03:17:18 AM (EDT) - Isley Brothers@Cerritos Center These cats were hot! very good mix of music (and they have a very top notch band), lighting, and theatrics. Doing songs like Who's that Lady, Its Your Thing, Fight the power. Shout as well as covers by other bands. Just a note that before performing Shout, they announce that was their first hit way back in 1959. What a long, wonderful carreer. Warming up for them was comedian Damon Williams, a very good and talented young comedian. And having personally given stand up comedy a try for a short period around 10 years ago, I have a lot of respect for a really good stand up since it is a very difficult art form to master. This is why most stand up comics stink. jakbeni: Sun Aug 31, 03 at 03:01:25 AM (EDT) - Joe Jackson@House of Blues-Disney Seen Joe Jackson last year and he put on a real good show playing both obscure and popular stuff he did over the years, so i know what I was in store for. He did not disappoint, playing songs like Steppin' out which he did solo on the piano at the beginning of the show and then the band joined him for One More Time, Is She Really Going out With him, Beat Crazy, and You Gotta Look sharp as well as other songs. He also made a comment about seeing Chubby Checker doing a cover of his song I'm a Man and totally screwing it up by putting the wrong words in there. Joe sounded rather amused by this. He also said he's often asked what he thinks about so and so doing one of his covers and he replies "Thanks for the royalties". Glad I went since this will probably be his last OC appearence since he plans to retire after finishing his tour. Kinda sad, but you can't hold wanting to retire against someone. I hope to be in the same boat some day. Tomorrow night he plays his last gig in the states in San Diego and then he makes his last tour of New Zeland/Australia before calling it quits. tea (aka Mrs. Dr.): Sun Aug 31, 03 at 01:05:11 AM (EDT) - Pssst Sandy... ...Greendale Sandy: Sat Aug 30, 03 at 12:55:26 AM (EDT) - Thomas More, or is that Tycho Brahe? I've been listening to some tracks from Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Greenday, online. I have to agree with you review of their show.... it's good. Neil never quits playing with the medium, does he? The last track I heard was "Be The Rain". Can't help but chair-dance with his tunes!!! jakbeni: Wed Aug 27, 03 at 03:18:55 AM (EDT) - Tiki Have fun! Hope you can tell us about the SC victory when you get back. jakbeni: Wed Aug 27, 03 at 03:17:23 AM (EDT) - Weirdest Concert Experience Thinking back of concerts of years past and one still comes to mind for being the weirdest experience I ever had at a concert. It was back in either 1979 or 1980 when Robert Fripp was doing a demonstration of Frippertronics to share his secrets with other musicians. So I heard the promo for this on WXRT Chicago (I still lived in Chicago back then). They announced him as Robert Fripp, the driving force behind King Crimson. Had no idea of what he looked like back then. Was expecting some tall, slim, long-haired burn out from the late '60's/early '70's. That's not at all who showed up. Instead Robert was a short, clean cut looking guy who was wearing a suit and tie. Spttin' image of Ray Walston, the actor who played the martian on the '60's TV sitcom My Favorite Martian. Then after he sat down, he started playing all this weird music. I kept expecting the antennae to pop out of his head. That, of course, never happened. But that experience left quite an impression with me. Seen Robert in more recent years, including this year. He does not look as much as Ray Walston any more, but I always enjoy seeing him perform. Tiki: Wed Aug 27, 03 at 02:27:27 AM (EDT) - Sweet Home Alabama You'all take care... The Webmaster and Ms. Diane are headed to Atlanta (2 days of party fun) than off to Auburn Alabama for the SC - Auburn game... Fight On for ol SC!!!! See you'all in 2 weeks.. jakbeni: Mon Aug 25, 03 at 03:58:07 AM (EDT) - Best Shows This Year Since were still on the subject, the exemplary shows I've been to so far this year include seeing Los Lobos at HOB-Disney in the Spring, Alice Cooper/Ted Nugent at HOB-Sunset last month, Buddy Guy/Ray Charles at the Greek Theater in June (especially Buddy Guy who was totally awesome and marched through the halls of the Greek through the audience while performing some very impressive guitar licks). Probably say Heart at the Greek was very very good as well. And, of course, seeing the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Summerfest in Millwaukee. Steve Winwood at Summerfest comes very close also. For smaller bands, seeing Mother Jones at the Malibu Inn at their CD release party and of course, I can't forget my guitar hero, Robby Longley at his CD release party at Boulevard Music in Culver City. Topanga Days Country Fair, where I was introduced to the Mother Jones band, was, as always, a lot of fun, particularly on day 2 when Mother Jones performed. jakbeni: Mon Aug 25, 03 at 03:41:40 AM (EDT) - Correction In my Knitting Factory post, I left around 12:30 AM, not PM. jakbeni: Mon Aug 25, 03 at 03:40:17 AM (EDT) - Z.Z. Top@the Antelope Valley Fair The weather was not as bad as I originally thought. Was a little warm, but not unbearable, and ZZ Top came on immediately (no warm up band). Did a combination of their hits and some of their lesser known songs. For example, they did 3 lesser known songs off their Third Album Tres Hombres which incluced Waitin for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, and Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. With the exception of Tush, they did not do any songs off the other ZZ Top album in my collection Fandango which is too bad since I like Fandoang better than Tres Hombres. Their encore was very short. It contained only 2 songs, La Grange and Tush. Not bad, but would not consider this show exemplary amongst shows I've been to. By the way, the 2 guys on guitar still have their long beards. The drummer was the only clean shaven person in the band. jakbeni: Mon Aug 25, 03 at 03:30:33 AM (EDT) - Tibute to Joe Strummer@the Knitting Factory Went top this Saturday afternoon/evening event and most of the bands there were not very tight or good musicianship wise. However, there were 4 noteworthy band, 3 I knew about ahead of time and one I was previously not familiar with. The band I was not previously familiar with was called the Generators. They were tight, knew how to play their instruments, and, in honor of Joe Strummer did a very good cover of the Clash hit I Fought the law The 3 bands I knew about where Youth Brigade, Throw Rag, and Flogging Molly. Youth Brigade was O.K., but I'm not gonna go out of my way to see them again. Throw Rag, as always, was great. However, this was the first gig that Flogging Molly did more to burn me out than entertain me. After Throw Rag got done, went into the hot crowded room next doorand waited for at least 45 minutes for FM to get set up when they were scheduled to go on as soom as Throw Rag was done. They finally came on, but by then, having been there since before 4 PM and being hot and thirsty, I was too burned out to enjoy them. So I actually left in the middle of their show (which was around 12:30 PM). Tiki: Sun Aug 24, 03 at 10:35:58 PM (EDT) - My thoughts... Part 1 Hmmmm, OK, having thought long and hard on this topic, I have decided that I may be able to name the BIG shows (Concerts) that defined my thoughts of music at that time in my life. Somewhere I have the dates, but for this post I will take a guess. 1) Venom / Slayer / Exodus - Hollywood Palladium - 1985 Fast and to the point. The originators of Thrash / Speed Metal arrive in the USA. Every local in the the world of thrash (California, as well as New York) is there. Total Mayham, 'bout time poser punk rockers get their heads pounded in by long haired tweekers... 2) The ButtHole Surfers - VAC - (AKA the dick show) - 1996 I am thinking that this was the first VAC show, I worked for the BHS on the 2nd show. I think. You had to be there. Way back when, the BBHS had big screens and 3 projectors. What they showed warped most folks in the venue. Like I said... You had to be there. I watched many frazzled folks leave before the end. I myself had to look at the floor for at least 15 minutes. 3) Judas Priest - Starwood - 1979 I do not miss the Starwood. But this changed my entire thoughts on big concerts vs club land. Later on in my life, I would bounce into a Judas Priest show at the Fab Forum... 30 something rows back... Need I say more. 4) Steve Hacket - The Roxy - 1979 Please Don’t Touch Mini Tour. Just my 2 cents here, but one of the best Genesis spin offs... 5) Peter Frampton - The Fab Forum - 1976 (maybe 1975) Frampton Comes Alive. I was there. I was in Nose Bleed City. But I was there. John Mayo on the keyboard, John Mayo... Maybe not the Cow Palace, but it was very kewl for a 16 year old. 6) The Dead - And I have thought long and hard on this one - But I will go with the Swing Auditorium, SB - 1980 Maybe there was 1500 folks. Maybe it was not their best sets. A big ole barn. But that day I understood, that maybe they were not the best band in the world, that day. But that day I knew they were the best band in the world. jakbeni: Sat Aug 23, 03 at 02:10:36 AM (EDT) - Larry Reading your earlier post on favorite concerts, I also have to include the KSCA going away party as one of my top picks for past concerts as well. jakbeni: Sat Aug 23, 03 at 02:07:54 AM (EDT) - correction In my TDN post, meant to say songs I was expecting that I have not heard in a long while. How can I expect to hear a familiar song I never heard before? Actually there may be an unfamiliar version of a familiar song, but that's about it. jakbeni: Sat Aug 23, 03 at 02:03:40 AM (EDT) - Sitting home tonight Didn't feel like seeing live music tonight (kinda a dead night anyway for live music), so just sitting home. Contributing is some swelling on the left side of my face that started a few days ago. Couldn't figure out why and decided to sit on it a few days to see if it got any better. It hasn't, but at least now I believe the discomfort is due to a cavity in one of my lower left mollars. So I'll have to give my dentist a call tomorrow and see what he's got to say. To change the subject, the next concert I will definately see is Z.Z. Top Sunday night up in Lancaster. Haven't decided on seeing anyone tomorrow night. jakbeni: Sat Aug 23, 03 at 01:58:03 AM (EDT) - Three Dog Night Listeinig to the TDN 2 CD set I bought called Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story. Hearing a lot of great old tunes I forgot about along with those I was expecting to hear that I haven't heard before. Also included on this CD are a number of more obscure TDN tunes. What a great 2 CD set! jakbeni: Fri Aug 22, 03 at 11:10:36 PM (EDT) - Forgotten Oldies Went to best buy today and picked up the following forgotten super groups from the '70's: Cat Stevens Three Dog Night Rare Earth In the radio world, nobody plays these bands anymore. You certainly won't hear them on those boring classic rock stations that keep repeating the same boring 40 overplayed classics over and over again. Not even familiar with any AAA outlets that play these bands. By the way, I do give credit to RTE for playing the Three Dog Night classic One during his gigs. jakbeni: Fri Aug 22, 03 at 11:04:43 PM (EDT) - Poatponed Was going to pick up my new stereo today, but last week, my audiofile friend was playing devils advocate on my choices, so I owed it to myself to go back to Systems Design Group to listen to more music. My friend is right. I'm much better off getting myself a surround sound system than a boring stereo. Hey, if your gonna spend audiofile money on a system, its worth being sure you get what you want. Another factor in postponing buying the system is the head gasket on my car is being replaced. ARRRRRRGH! Always hate when unexpected expenses like that pop up. But then again, as my mechanic mentions, I own a Supra Turbo and those are nototious for blowing head gaskets. But then again, after 11.5 years and 180k miles, you expect things like that to happen. Repairing the old gal is still cheaper than buying a new car. Dr. Larry Singer: Mon Aug 18, 03 at 03:43:50 AM (EDT) - Watts' shape lsinger9404@cox.net By the way...He looked really good, like he's been doing the "delicious shake for breakfast, a delicious shake for lunch, and a sensible dinner" thing. Dr. Larry Singer: Mon Aug 18, 03 at 03:41:57 AM (EDT) - That Mike Watt thing lsinger9404@cox.net TIKI: I just checked, and it's on Thursday from 8 to 10. And it's Dos (i.e, Mike and Kira). Dr. Larry Singer: Mon Aug 18, 03 at 03:39:19 AM (EDT) - Lovedolls! lsinger9404@cox.net TIKI: That was a great show! I've been keeping up on RK and I see they're in the studio recording as Redd Kross (not Steve McDonald Group or any other variation they've come up with). Speaking of Steve, he was playing bass on the Beck tour, which I saw. This world (and the radio) is LOOONNNGGGG overdue for some Redd Kross to kick it in the butt with their bell bottoms and platform shoes. Oh hey..Mike Watt sighting! I was at Lollapalooza yesterday, and on the second stage, while there wasn't the rumoured (more than gossip, it was listed on the site) Camp Freddy gig, Banyan filled the spot. Stephan Perkins on drums, and a leaner, meaner Mike Watt slapping the bass. You wouldn't have recognized him, were it not for the flannel shirt. I spoke with him, and he said he'll be on KUCI sometime this week. If you're not in spitting distance (cause they're the station that can spit as far as it can transmit) it's streamed at www.kuci.uci.edu. THOMAS: Actually, i've done radio psych talk (called, coincidentally, Psychtalk) at KUCI. It was a good experience, but I wasn't very pleased with the format we chose. It wasn't a call-in, in as much as a 1/2 hour information show where we were scripted. I would LOVE to one day do the call-in "Frazier"-style gig...but want to get some 'sperience under my belt. Not that I don't have much, but I'd like to fine tune something so I can compete in the cutthroat, overpopulated world of psych talk shows. Thomas More: Sun Aug 17, 03 at 03:59:49 PM (EDT) - Dr. Larry Hi Bud (and Mrs. Bud); Were those your favorite three? I'm glad I didn't ask for four! I see in the Radio News that Heidi Fleiss will be doing a talk show, sort-of-like advice to the battered girlfriend/ how to really piss off your boyfriend, and maybe some advice to the sexually-challenged. It's on 7 - 9 PM weekdays, KFSD 92.1 FM Residents of south county (Orange, that is) can tune in the San Diego station (it's in Carlsbad, actually). You may wish to tune to 92.1 during the daytime. They call their format "adult alternative," and while it's not exactly as good as KSCA, they have Rand DeWitt as program director, who used to do the afternoon show on "Cool 94.3" FM, here in OC. "Taz," the former mid-day jock at 94.3 FM will play straight man to Heidi Fleiss. At this point, can the "Dr. Larry Show" be far ahead? KD: Sat Aug 16, 03 at 12:20:05 AM (EDT) - concerts There've been so many [jealously eyeing Dr. Singer] ... I'll have to think about it ... np: music from Hair tea (aka Mrs. Dr.): Fri Aug 15, 03 at 04:53:41 PM (EDT) - I'll play your game My favorite concert? Could I pick more than one?? Someone else did...Certainly the most recent Lou Reed concert at the Wiltern (and getting hugs from Lou, and supplying him with chocolate chip rugala from Canter's Deli)...but I can never forget the Friends of Fred Walecki Benefit Concert at the Santa Monica Civic (Aug. 2000), with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Crosby & Nash (separate & together), Spinal Tap, and a host of others...or perhaps front row Jackson Browne unplugged and in a story telling mood at Chapman University...or Jerry Jeff Walker on Halloween 1980 with him calling me "darlin'" and wearing my hat during the show...or, or, or... Tiki: Fri Aug 15, 03 at 12:54:22 PM (EDT) - > Redd Kross at the Roxy LOL... I was at that one!!! Dr.Larry Singer: Fri Aug 15, 03 at 03:09:29 AM (EDT) - That sounded awkward lsinger9404@cox.net I didn't mean to say it was Lou Reed's LAST show...I meant the last time he played the Wiltern...mabye it should have read "his most recent show..." Larry Singer: Fri Aug 15, 03 at 03:07:06 AM (EDT) - The narrowed 3 lsinger9404@cox.net Well, THOMAS...you challenged me. And I could probably do it. Or mabye not. The top 3 that come to my head right now. Although they are not really personal faves or anything even close, the Pearl Jam concert at Verizon a few months back was quite memorable. Sitting on the stage with the band and being the closest person on the stage to the band gives that concert its specialness. And being able to look out at the audience while they were dancing, clapping, and singing along was quite a mind blowing experience. It was quite an adrenaline rush. Second on this list (which is in no way chronological) HAS to be the prince concert at the Kodak Theater last year. Being a member of his on-line music club, I had the opportunity not only to purchase tickets allowing me in to the first 3 rows but also allowing me in to the hour long sound check. The topper, for those with the endurance of the gods, was this same ticket allowed one admission to the after-show at the House of Blues later that night (or next morning). I did the first two, but had to forgoe the later only caue I turn in to a pumpkin at a certain hour (i.e., I had an attendent coming for me to put me to bed). As an extra added bonus, Prince walked right up to me and shook my hand, turning me in to a blubbering fool. No...he's not for everybody..but the sheer musicianship and perfectionism would have even RTE saying "Wow...that guy can play!" Third on the list? Well...this is a toss-up, and there's really TOO MANY great shows to truly narrow it down. The KSCA Farewell event in which Mrs. Dr. managed to slide us both in to, and then we get shown on Ch5 news that night playing tonsil hockey; the first installment of Lollapalooza (of which I will be attending the 2003 incarnation of this weekend); being Lou Reed's personal invites to his last show at the Wiltern (which was recorded and will be released this fall); ANY show with Zoey's Trip (tho my personal faves are the ones when I had them instudio at KUCI, as well as our wedding and my graduation); Sonic Youth and The Waterboys at the El Rey (at different times...both having insane guitar god frontmen); Redd Kross at the Roxy (with them kicking Lovedolls in to the audience and I caught one, and singing the line from Peach Kelli Pop - "Laughing at the assholes at the Rainbow"...with the Rainbow 10 feet away; any of the numerous Swamp Zombie shows at the Sawdust Festival; the return of the invincible Cadillac Tramps at the House Of Blues; seeing the Pixies at the Roxy two hours after interviewing them in the dressing room upstairs; too many U2 shows to name; the Damned at the Celebrity Theater with Captain Sensible walking by me as they were gong to the dressing room before the encore and looking right at me and saying "I'm getting too old for this!"; I don't know which Paul McCartney show to name...however they were...polished...not that there's anything wrong with polish...; Radiohead at the Bowl...definitely (tho that may be surpassed by Radiohead at the Bowl in September); hmmm...oh...The Church at the Coach House...virtuoso musicians the lot of them!; mmmmaaaabbbbyyyyeeee the Ramones at Irvine Meadows for the Escape From New York tour (with Debbie Harry and Tom Tom Club); Jane's Addiction at the John Anson Ford Ampitheater; Daniel Lanois at the Henry Fonda with Edge joining him on stage (and then Marianne Faithful). Ummmm...I think that's it. Oh wait....Zwan at the Galaxy BEFORE they had anything out, and were just a sparkle in Billy Corgan's eye (or his dome, whatever the case may be). Gathering of the Tribes at the Pac Amp with Fishbone and Primus, as well as John Wesley Harding doing "When the Beatles Hit America"...this was circa 1990. Yeah...I think that might be it. Tiki: Wed Aug 13, 03 at 10:04:53 PM (EDT) - My Favorite Concert? I am afraid I could not pin-point this to just one. In the long run, I prolly saw more smaller gigs than big concerts... But I am sure if I rounded it out to a small number — Venom/Slayer, The Butthole Surfers and at least one of the many Grateful Dead shows would prolly be the highlights. Cal Jam II would NOT be on the list! Tiki: Wed Aug 13, 03 at 09:55:51 PM (EDT) - Poogie If you have a chance, give me a call tonight. Home land line. A very FOTFPIP e-mail showed up today... Judi: Wed Aug 13, 03 at 07:15:56 PM (EDT) - concerts? what are those? It has been so long since we got to attend a good concert I'll have to think about my choices. Most of the concerts I attend are the "free outdoor" arts in the park sort of things. Memorable concerts we purchased tickets in advance for were John Gorka at Raouls, John Gorka at Stone Coast Brewery, and John Gorka at Jonathan's.(all small local restaurant venues, with concert space upstairs) He was a consistantly good showman and that is why we saw him several times. Another memorable performance was Richard Thompson at the State Theater, Livingston Taylor at the Merrill Auditorium, and Dave Mallett at the Common Ground Country fair. Hubby would also vote for any of the Schoonerfare concerts we attended and the Peter, Paul and Mary concert he and our son attended at the Cumberland County Civic Center.(I was not invited to that one) The First Annual North Atlantic Blues festival in Rockland was eventful. Nothing stands out as "FANTASTIC!", all were your average under $20/person admission fee. And all concerts were attended right here in the great state of Maine. Thomas More: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 08:04:47 PM (EDT) - My Favorite Concert? Cal Jam '74, maybe? No, I'd have to say that my all-time favorite was in my all-time-favorite venue, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I don't remember the exact year, maybe 73 or 74. Bonnie Raitt was performing, and I was in charge of house sound. It was a star-studded benefit for some liberal cause (always liberal, with Bonnie). In the afternoon while setting up the stage I got to meet one of my favorite actors, Jack Nicholson. Our short conversation will be included in my book. Later that night I was handed a note from Jane Fonda, who wrote "Thomas, Nice sound tonight - Jane," on her personalized note pad. Thanks, Jane. O.k., now; the rest of you get busy and post YOUR favorite concert. I know Dr. Singer will have a hard time narrowing it down to less than three. Poogie: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 01:03:17 PM (EDT) - packing...shredding...packing...shredding akageorge: You have no idea how much I would love to visit your neck of the woods! I feel like I'm stuck here in Southern California. Judi: Whoopie pies?!?!?! Om my gosh, I thought we were the only ones with whoopie pies (we being the Pennsylvania Dutch). My mom just FedExed me 2 dozen. Yummy! jakbeni: Nice equipment you're getting. B&Ws are really sweet. Rotel is nice, too. I auditioned B&Ws on my exhaustive search for audio nirvana. Very nice speakers. I ended up with Paradigm Studios, an Onkyo 898 (used as pre/pro) and Parasound Halo 5-channel amp. Of course, my set-up is constantly in a state of flux. Who knows what I'll have tomorrow. Enjoy your new system! Tiki: Stay healthy! We need you around! jakbeni: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 01:17:00 AM (EDT) - Correction The name of the song in my Kansas post is Magnum Opus, not Magnus Opus. Listening to the live version right now. Great piece! jakbeni: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 12:46:50 AM (EDT) - Brand X/Steve Hackett@the Strand in Redondo Beach Forget the exact date, but recall it took place in the early '90's. The warm up act was Brand X. I always really liked Brand X and their version of jazz-rock fusion. And much to their credit, they lived up to my expectations and put on the excellent show I was expectimg. But then Steve Hackett came on and he put on such a terrific, overpowering performance, you totally forgot about Brand X. For the first 2 hours of the show, he did his solo stuff which included a very good and eclectic range of music. It made you realize how one-dimensional Brand X was. Then between songs, he said, "and now we're gonna go back to an era a long, long, time ago." and pulled out a whole bunch of instrumental pieces that were performed during hiw tenure with Genesis for about an hour. I would have to rate Genesis as one of my all time favorite Prog. Rock bands. When Peter Gabriel left Genesis, sure it was a big loss to Genesis and Peter went on to have a terrific career of his own. But they still remained one of my favorite prog. rock bands. But in 1979, Steve Hackett left the band and Genesis moved away from their prog. rock roots to more of a pop-like sound. After listening to Steve's solo stuff and seeing him live, its obvious (at least to me) where most of the magic that made Genesis my favorite prog. rock bands of the '70's went to. jakbeni: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 12:33:49 AM (EDT) - Tell Us About Your All Time Favorite Concert With all this talk about keeping my music reviews coming, I thought it would be fun to get everyone else in this room to post a review on what their all time favorite concert was. Mine will come up in my next post. jakbeni: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 12:30:37 AM (EDT) - Kansas Obviously did not get enough Kansas at the concert last night since I am playing my 2 CD set called "The Ultimate Kansas which has my 2 all time favorite Kansas songs on it: Sweet Child of Innocence and a live version of Magnus Opus, The studio version of Magnus Opus is on Leftoverture which I only have on vinyl. Can't play records for another 1.5 weeks due to lack of a stereo but can play CD's on my computer. jakbeni: Tue Aug 12, 03 at 12:25:52 AM (EDT) - Thomas Thanks for the advice. I was speaking with my colleague and friend, John Lopez, who you met once when we seen T.J. Parker at Perq's. He's into high end audio and I showed him what I was getting and he answered, "You're getting a Rotel amplifier with B & W speakers! You scumbag! I may never speak to you again!" By the way, scumbag is his word for somneone who's doing something he wishes he was doing. So I interperet this as a good sign rather than an insult. As far as the used Marantz is concerned, I have a lot of junk that needs to be attached to the back of the receiver. Don't know if the Marantz would have enough jacks for me. Maybe it does. But this is about 25 years later and technology keeps improving as time goes on. So I don't think I'd be doing bad buying the Rotel. But you know where to get in touch with me or I can get in touch with you, so we should probably talk more about it over the phone. It's almost 9:30 tonight and i know you often go to bed early, so I won't try tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Thomas More: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 11:17:37 PM (EDT) - You go, Judi! The "all the lobster you want" didn't persuade you? What, you do that already? Well, just give up the carbs and sugar, and you'll be on your way! I weigh now about the same as I did when I was 18, and that's supposed to be healthy. I wish I could enjoy eating more, tho' jakbeni, jakbeni; You did the right thing, spending most of your stereo budget for speakers. All electronics are good, if you don't crank it up too much. Remember that the best speakers will sound good with mediocre electronics, but cheap speakers will never sound good with even the best electronics. That's Thomas's first law of audio. I'm afraid that I couldn't afford my recording studio speakers if I had to replace them today. I acquired them when I could get them wholesale, and of course I was employed then, too. That helped. Lately I have been trading vintage audio components on eBay, like Fisher, Marantz, Phase Linear, Dynaco, SAE and others from the last days that high-end audio components were made in USA. And it's not jingoism to say that since about 1980 nothing has surpassed the quality of those components. It was global economics, not the country of origin, that caused first the manufacture and then the design of stereo electronics to be moved further and further offshore. First to Japan, then Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and now China. Possibly Africa is next. So I would advise you to find a nice Marantz reciever made in the late 1970s. They were built like tanks, and most are still like new. They had so much power (these are transistor circuits, not tubes) that most were never turned up much. One can find a model 2230 or 2240 for $200 or less, and these are receivers that cost as much as five hundred back in '78 when that was real money. They couldn't be made today for less than $3,000, even in mass production. They were made with the best audio components available, damn the cost, and in some cases they made their own if they didn't like what was available on the market. If you haven't purchased the electronics yet, I happen to know a fellow who has a Marantz model 2240 for sale, only because he found a higher-powered one. It receives AM and FM, and puts out 40 watts per channel, but don't compare that to the "watts" they advertise nowadays. Those are real, measured RMS watts, and today it would probably be advertised as 80 watts per channel (peak). With a vintage stereo receiver, you will also need a surround-sound synthesizer if you want four or five channels. They're not expensive, and they provide power to the rear channels for multi-channel sources like DVDs, plus they will also create synthetic rear channels for most stereo sources. Judi: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 08:18:11 AM (EDT) - Thomas Yes I did LOOK at the Atkins link, but no way will I go on a diet! My son's girlfriend is on the Atkins diet, she said it worked for her once before although she doesn't have much if any weight to lose. I eat only healthy home cooked foods, all natureal stuff, no preservatives, fruits and veggies in season and I'm really healthy so why mess with perfection? ;-) jakbeni: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 04:54:06 AM (EDT) - Correction In my earlier post, I said I was buying B&E speakers. I should have said they are B&W speakers. In particular, I'm getting their CDM7NT line of speakers. This is the most expensive component I'm getting. The receiver I'm buying is made by Rotel, but is considerably less than the speakers. jakbeni: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 04:08:53 AM (EDT) - Larry Thanks for the offer! But as I stated in an earlier post, I cannot see music next weekend due to family commitments (if it were totally up to me, I'd go for the music since that's my passion). My current plans are to head down to San Diego that weekend for Street-Scene for the first weekend in September and the Sex Pistols will be playing there on Sunday, 9/7. Haven't made up my mind as to whether I want to see the Sex Pistols or R.E.M. who I believe are both playing at the same time on competeing stages. One small nit-pickey item, do please spell my handle correctly since I often use the find utility on my browser for all occurances of jakbeni. For those of you wondering, jakbeni (pronouced the same as Jack Benny) was a warped concept I came up with back in my high school days. Its a multi-definition word that can mean anything you want it to, a one word language. As I like to call it, jakbeni language. Had a lot of fun tripping out classmates with that concept back in those days. I still use it today in honor of my class clown past. jakbeni: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 03:54:50 AM (EDT) - New Stereo Saturday, I paid the good folks at Systems Design Group In Redondo Beach a visit and put on order a new AM/FM Receiver with new speakers and will get a new cartridge for my Record Player. Its been something I've wanted to do for nearly 30 years. The speakers are a real nice pair of B&E speakers with a very good midrange. The salesperson also showed me another pair of speakers that had better perfomance in the bass region, but I muc prefer a krisp sound in the midrange. I should be picking it up next week Friday (about 11.5 days from now). I'll see how it sounds and give a report. The next step will be to upgrade other parts of my stereo, but will do that later. Fiscally, I'm a very conservative person who does not like to stretch his finances too thin. So I do not want to spend too much at one time. Besides, I'm also going through a learning curve myself, so if I do it all at once, I may screw up to where I am not happy with what I've done. By the way, here is a web listing of high end audio dealers Southern California Audiofile Dealers. jakbeni: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 03:35:48 AM (EDT) - Kansas/Paul Rodgers@ the Grove of Anaheim I really like Kansas. I finally seen them last year for the first time when they appeared at the Cerritos Center for the performing Arts with America. Last year America came on first (which makes sense since they have a more acoustic sound) and did a huge number of songs that I haven't heard in ages and the Kansas put on an amazing show and even played a few songs I forgot about such as Sweet Child of Innocence. So I had to see them again this year. Originally I tought ir would be Paul Rodgers warming up for Kansas, but was proven wrong when it ended up the other way. Kansas put on the usual excellent show. Paul Rodgers did a lot of songs tha he did back with Bad Company and Free as well as some solo stuff he has come up with over the years. Never really was much of a Bad Company fan and Free was O.K. but I never liked them as much as Kansas, so I kinda got board with his performance. The highlight of his set is when he pulled out the Free classic All Right now. But the night was worrh it just for Kansas alone. I know there are other people that would disagree with me about Paul Rodgers (I sat across the table from someone that would), but its all a matter of personal taste. Dr.Larry Singer: Mon Aug 11, 03 at 02:31:56 AM (EDT) - misc. stuff lsinger9404@cox.net Huh?? There's someone who goes to more shows than me?? Well...the reason i'm trailing is because I'm married. Well...this coming weekend i'm busy. Thursday is the Jimmy Kimmel show to see the Sex Pistols (I may have an extra ticket, jackbeni, if you wanna go); Mrs. Dr. and I are seeing Hall & Oates at the Wiltern on Friday; and Saturday holds Lollapalooza for me (which is worth about 13 shows...if I play my cards right). Camp Freddy is playing second stage, which I don't want to miss. Billy Morrison, Slash, Duff McKagan, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephan Perkins, Matt Sorum, and Donovan Leitch. THOMAS: How do you get the word on Yonko's whereabouts. I'd love to see him. I went to the website and signed up for the mailing list. |
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