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Just closed, a magnificent exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum, Rembrandt: Etchings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
I went three times. I will probably not see a collection like this again.
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Sonny Rollins Quartet - TENOR MADNESS, Prestige PR 7047. 1964 pressing, blue Trident labels.
RVG etched in dead wax.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): RVG PRLP-7047-A 2 AB
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): RVG PRLP-7047-B ⇧
LP looks and plays VG+, with no skips and no clicks. The typical less than amazing 1960s Prestige vinyl, background rustling noise only audible between tracks. Vinyl is shiny, with light surface scratches and discoloration not affecting play. Sleeve has edge wear, minor stains, is intact and is VG+. Ultrasonically cleaned not using caustic chemicals and vacuumed on Loricraft, placed in a Japanese antistatic sleeve and a clear mylar outer. A very nice listening copy mastered by Rudy Van Gelder.
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On 10/20/2023 at 5:00 PM, sgcim said:
Back then there was a lot of prejudice against Italians. They were even lynched in New Orleans. In NYC, they're still listed as an oppressed group, legally.
My father changed his professional last name to Carter, and his best friend, who was responsible for the New Yorker hotel designs on the headstock of D'Angelico New Yorker guitars, changed his name to Duke Martin. His real name was Hugo Ciamarelli, a very talented guitarist and jeweler,
No one likes to discuss this:
https://www.history.com/news/the-grisly-story-of-americas-largest-lynching
That's interesting to me. Almost thirty years back, when I was in professional school at NYU, a hands-on National Board exam needed to be passed in order to progress to graduation. The organization administering these exams strove for impartiality, and the people overseeing these exams were hired from outside. Many of them were retired professionals in the same field I was learning. I spoke to one of them at some length. He, obviously seeing that I was an immigrant, made a suggestion to change my name to an "American" one. He said that his father changed their family name to...Carter from their original Italian name. The Italian Carter was from Ohio and of swarthy, Mediterranean appearance. Speaking with gravitas, he assured me that the only way to succeed was to blend in. I can absolutely see that an Italian kid in a waspy area in the 1940s would have a tough time. Just like it would be otherwise...
I remember a scene in the Untouchables, where Sean Connery's character grilled Andy Garcia's, as to who he was. Garcia said his family name was Stone. Connery called him a wop and that he wasn't fooling anyone with that name.
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He was remarkably memorable in the short role of Bobby Bacala Sr. in the Sopranos. His portrayal of a person dying from lung cancer is enough to make anyone quit smoking.
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I didn't know he was Italian. What a pseudonym for a boy from Corona. Burt Young sounds like a Jewish radio broadcaster. I wish they'd asked him why he chose a name like that.
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Just returned from a trip Istanbul-Riga-İstanbul-home.
An enormous variety of mopeds/motorrollers/scooters in Istanbul. Many are Chinese and, I'm assuming, local products, a lot of sundry Hondas. I spotted this Chinese Ruckus knockoff.
Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul is a fascinating city, the most vibrant and diverse place I've ever visited...the markets, street cafes, a million of well-fed cats and tens of thousands of street dogs resting wherever they see fit, Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern, Bosphorus at night, the twirling dervishes accompanied by traditional instrument virtuosos, TopKapi and its incomparable armoury, the most beautiful women in surreal, Cleopatra-like makeup...what a place!
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12 minutes ago, HutchFan said:
For me, the word might be therapeutic.
Bingo! You nailed it!
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I bought an expensive ($300) modular helmet by HJC. I was going to get the one with Bluetooth, but my friend who rides big motorcycles advised against it. He has one like that and prefers not to switch on the Bluetooth and just listens to the road. I also bought a light mesh jacket with elbows, shoulders and back armor plates.
I have to admit that just riding around the neighborhood after work, even if it's just a couple of miles is a wonderful feeling that I can't compare with any other. It's not just relaxing...I need to think of other ways to describe it. -
Jesus Christ Superstar
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@mjazzg Yes, I do remember him. Old Reading now, eh. Are they making any promises to get back into the Championship? Shame they got relegated.
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1 hour ago, porcy62 said:
My suggestions about safety, after 42 years on motorcycle: buy the best full face helmet you can afford, you’ll never regret it. Safety jacket is a good thing too, a good pair of gloves warmly recommended: the first thing one do in an slow speed accident is put the hands forward, gloves will not safe bones but your skin will love them. About helmet it has an expiry date, since material are intended to absorb crash it will be less effective after years of daily use. Sun and temperature shock “cook” the helmets. Said that enjoy your rides.
Great advice, thank you. Some may think it’s an overkill to even wear a jacket in addition to the helmet while riding a 35 mph scooter, but I will definitely look into that.
I just read an article about various types of helmets and a quote stuck in my head (no pun intended), “A ten dollar head deserves a ten dollar helmet.”I find the following statistics very informative.
The average speed of a motorcycle prior to an accident is 29.8 mph, 21.5 mph at the time of impact, and in only 1/1000 of cases is speed approximately 86 mph at the time of impact
Interesting reading here, don’t know how true it is, but why not? https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/little-known-facts-about-motorcycle-accidents-31124
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2 hours ago, mjazzg said:
That presupposes that Reading's free fall doesn't continue to League 2 next season...transfer embargoes, points deductions and Andy Carroll
Dulwich trip sounds great (even with necessity to cross the river). I know someone who really enjoys taking young son to see Hastings Town.
That level is where the real football is, perhaps
Andy Carroll played for Villa or WH or team with similar purple and blue shirts? Striker, beard? ( testing my memory purposefully without resorting to Google). What is his story now?
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19 minutes ago, mjazzg said:
Which is why I'm not too sad to be following my team in League One this season, first time for a while in tier 3...
What is the club?
And yes, Championship is crazy this season. Several very strong clubs will be battling for promotion. In the US ESPN+ televises many Championship matches for just $10/month.
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Season has started for Leicester City with two wins, first in the Championship, over Coventry, and then in the League Cup over Burton Albion. We have a new manager and four new players. We lost James Maddison (amazing footballer and club favorite) to Tottenham, Harvey Barnes to Newcastle and Yuri Thielemans to Villa. Our new manager Enzo Maresca was one of the Man City coaches under Guardiola for the past several seasons, including the last, treble one.
Usually the stadium chants are just a background noise when watching on TV, but the Burton match was in a smaller venue, and I could hear some seemingly spontaneous nasty shit sang acapella. Hilarious!
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15 hours ago, paulfromcamden said:
Congrats on your Ruckus! Brilliant little bikes. I ride a Yamaha XF50 daily - similar idea but like a beer cooler on wheels. Loads of space for groceries under the seat 😀
I ride in most weathers unless there's a lot of snow or it's really icy on the road. I've done that a few times and it was a bit unnerving. Otherwise those little wide wheels are really solid and grippy.
I've always gone with a full face helmet. The one time I was knocked off (car pulled across my lane at a junction without looking....) it was the chin part of the helmet that took the impact. Also consider a white or bright yellow helmet - they make a big different in helping car drivers see you in low light.
A helmet that can take a pinlock insert will help with fogging - though I generally ride with the visor up anyway so I can hear what's going on around me on the road. Little bikes like ours don't make much noise.
If you haven't already consider getting some decent boots. A pair of DMs will do it or there are lots of 'bike trainers' that give more support to your sole and ankles if you take a tumble.
That does look like you're sitting on a picnic cooler. I like the styling! If that compartment is waterproof, you actually could fiill it with ice and beer!!!
Your machine is way more advanced than the Ruckus. You have a fuel injector and cool useful gages, R has a carburetor and just the speedometer and odometer.
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12 hours ago, HutchFan said:
I've ridden motorcycles on-and-off since I was a kid. I learned to ride on my neighbor's Yamaha 70 trail bike. As an adult, I've owned three different motorcycles: a Honda CB650SC, a Suzuki GS650G, and -- most recently -- a 2003 Kawasaki ZRX1200R. Unfortunately, a few years ago, I had a nasty spill on the Kawi while riding on the twisty, mountain roads up in North Georgia. After the wreck, I sold the bike to a friend who was able to repair the damage and get it back on the road more easily than I could have.
So I don't have a motorcycle now. But I've been eyeing motorcycles lately, looking at online sellers and such. I'm thinking about getting a late-model used Suzuki V-Strom 650. All of my bikes have been inline-4s. The V-Strom is a twin. A different vibe, figuratively and literally.
As far as comparing full-face helmets and open-face, it's difficult for me to say. I've used nothing but full-face helmets since I've been an adult. They're much safer. Studies show that the two most likely places that your head will be struck if you fall off the bike is on either side of your jaw. Obviously, only a full-face helmet provides any protection there. . . . Incidentally, when I wrecked, that's exactly where my helmet hit the ground -- on the left side of the front of my head (also my left shoulder). My helmet did it's job. Thankfully, I didn't have a head injury. But the helmet was all scraped up (as was my riding gear -- shoulder, knees, and hands).
You are lucky! What happened, how did you get injured?
I will go to Razee next week to try on some helmets and riding gear. It's only a 35 mph-capable moped, but I'm sure the vast majority of accidents involving motorcycles happen at lower then highway speeds, especially with the inexperienced riders.
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1 hour ago, HutchFan said:
Yep.
A few months back, I watched a YT video of two guys who rode these bikes -- one rider was on a new one and the other was on an unmodified old one from the 1970s (!) -- all the way from Anchorage to the most northern point in Alaska.
The new one did it without so much as a hiccup. The old one needed some repairs, which isn't surprising, given the fact that it was about 50 years old. But it made it.
Honda makes unbelievably reliable products.
Hutch, be prepared to wait for that Trail125. They are in short supply. I asked the salesperson at Razee's about that model when I was filling out paperwork for the Ruckus ( they are the legendary motorcycle dealer in RI, ran by the same family since the late 1940s), and he said that he didn't remember the last time they had one on the floor. In his words, "When I order three or four, one will show up, and we don't know how long it'll take to get it."
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6 hours ago, jazzbo said:
I've been a motorcycle rider since '78 and from '80 to '90 it was my only vehicle in Austin, and then again from 2008 to 2016 a motorcycle was my only vehicle.
How did you manage to get to work or travel in heavy weather, you still rode? What about getting groceries and traveling? I'm assuming your wife had a car?
Question to all you riders. After just two short rides I'm considering a full face helmet or similar. The open face that I bought for my safety course is not mitigating the wind even at 25 mph. I put in my air buds and they barely helped with the wind blowing in my ears. I've just read that full face helmets can be optioned with bluetooth. Do they provide significant protection against road noise? Does the visor get foggy from your breath?
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Fellow motorcyclists, as of yesterday I am a proud owner of the mighty Honda Ruckus. 49 cubic centimeters of freedom! Already took my first voyage - a one mile round trip to the supermarche, to obtain a multigrain baguette.
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31 minutes ago, Daniel A said:
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OK, so NM- sounds better than VG+ . Like overweight sounds better than fat.
Believe me, it really is in tremendous shape, not even a light scratch, labels pristine. The jacket has a tiny delete hole in the bottom left. Comes with original paper sleeve. The sound is magical on this RVG recording.
The first pressings from 1960-1963 should have the familiar black-orange labels that say Product of Am-Par Record Corp., then from 1963-66 they say Product of ABC-Paramount, and from 1967-68 Product of ABC Records. After that the label design changes to red-black.2 hours ago, sidewinder said:For some reason those mainstream Impulses can be absolute bargains, yet stick a modernist player on the cover (or Paul Gonsalves) and prices can go through the roof.
Best I’ve done is probably a nice Ben Webster ‘See You At The Fair’ mono first press for £3. Alas, the shop is long gone.
You are probably right. Certainly when compared to its contemporary Prestige, with it's crappy vinyl, these could be an absolute bargain. When I was actively buying 22 years ago, I'd come across some real good, clean swing Impulse! titles for under a tener, but all I wanted was hard bop and modal. Those covers are so classy!
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Original 1963 Mono of Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins in a tremendous NM- , both cover and record. Paid $10, couldn't believe it...
What a stupendous album, I remember playing my father's Melodiya-licensed LP when I was 9 or 10. This is my find of the year so far.
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Never mind Fishtown, have a look at the names of other Philadelphia neighborhoods. I think it rivals London for the most colorful neighborhoods’ names.
ebay madness re: vinyl
in The Vinyl Frontier
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If we read the description:
The is the rare original RVG-stamped deep groove “P”-pressing of John Coltrane “Blue Train” on the NY 23 label (Side 1) and West 63rd label (Side 2) of Blue Note BLP 1577. The playing surface is in new condition, with a beautiful luster; perhaps played once. The laminated West 63rd St. cover is exceptional condition – clean throughout; the back slick shows norman age toning and a 3/8” x 1” stain at the lower right corner. Personnel include Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. $3000.00
Bidding started at $3000. He was confident it would go a lot higher.Also dig the Norman age toning reference. I bet William the Conqueror would appreciate the Coltrane connection.