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Cold, snowy morning. Had a nice leisurely breakfast with one of my sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws . . . well the food was not great but the company was. . . and now after a few episodes of Project Runway All Stars wtih my wife I’m in front of the system for the first time of the day. Starting off with Marcus Printup “Unveiled” Blue Note cd

I won't comment on this (as that would be political...) From the AP: The board of trustees voted to add Trump’s name, making it the The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Trump, a Republican, is chairman of the board.

Just hold everything up to a light. If there's even the tiniest pinhole, it's game over.

Price reduced to $95 for all 4 Sun Ra lps (+ $8 shipping). My Sun Ra collection has taken over a good part of my music room so I am thinning the Sun Ra cosmos at my house and offering the following 4 Sun Ra lps (and one is 2lp) for one low price of $95 (+ $8 shipping). All are NM/NM Stray Voltage 2 LP, Modern Harmonic, 2025. RSD 2025. Color (orange frosted) vinyl. Although a few Arkestra members appear on a few tracks, this is mainly just Sun Ra on a variety of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Excelsior Mill Modern Harmonic, 2024. Color (violet) vinyl. Another Sun Ra electronic keyboard and synthesizer workout. Cosmos Inner City, recent (perhaps 2010 or so) 180gram reissue Sun Embassy Roaratorio, 2018 $95 (+ $8 media mail shipping) U.S. shipping only I can only ship on the weekend Payment by pay pal friends/family

Well, I'm talking about full-size LABELS on CDs (i.e. CD-Rs). I.e. almost the same diameter as the CD itself. Price stickers (or similar) are a totally different category, and I'd guess cardboard LP sleeves (that the sticker is attached to) are MUCH less sensitive to mistreatment (with potentially dire results) than CD-R discs.

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Any albums with Byrd and Pepper Adams are a treat, e.g.,

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Last time there was a ton of Zorn, I talked to a few folks who were there basically only for his stuff. Maybe this is to make it easier on their tootsies?

Me too ...

Excellent!

Right back to the basics of Christmas listening for me:

Nope! NP:

👍 Been binging on Paul Desmond. Sometimes, I much prefer Paul over Dave Brubeck. Is that bad of me to say?

For stickers on my vinyl sleeves I use lighter fluid. Let it soak for 3 minutes and then try to peel it of gently

Any hints on how to remove label stickers without impairing the "rest" of the CD-R? (A question because of my problems described in my earlier post about labels that have come detached along the outer and inner circumference(s) - but not nearly enough to allow them to be peeled off yet apparently enough to upset playability of the CDs) Not that I have high hopes because the data layer may have become damaged anyway, but a try is a try ...

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The science of the CD playback system says that this cannot be true. The 1's and 0's are converted to an analog signal. That's it. If the 1's and 0's are messed up beyond the ability of the error correction, you don't get different analog, you get no analog or noise (ticks, pops).

More Paul Desmond:

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Taking suggestions from best of 2025 lists. Here John Patitucci's "Spirit Fall", trio with Chris Potter and Brian Blade. Sounds good!