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  7. Jazz in TOKYO

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    we obviously travel in different worlds. time was most businesses didn't accept cards. however, those days are long gone and more than not, do, in my experience. certainly most major music stores, such as disk union, hmv, recofan, tower, and so on do (as well as restaurants, can't say about clinics, hospitals, or dentists....). all 7-11, family marts, and lawson convenience stores do. in 2010 i made something of an observation to see how long i could go without having to use cash.

    funny you mention cinemas. I was at toho cinema in shbuya in november (2013) and found myself without cash. not only do they accept cards, but they allow you to purchase your tickets from an automated kiosk without so much as interfacing with a human.

    however, your point isn't lost at all. many business do not accept anything but cash and the advice to visitors is always to carry cash. certainly wasn't that way when i lived there but my how it's changed over the years. even my 'home kissa' in sengenjaya accepts kurejitto kado... (I knew the old guard had passed when that happened)

  10. Jazz in TOKYO

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by etherbored

    more ochanomizu pics...

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    looking towards the rear of the store, this is essentially what you see when you walk up from the street floor to the landing. the shot above (from kinuta) is from the rear looking forward.

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    shinjuku jazz store. three floors (but each floor is rather small by western standards....)

  12. Charlie Haden R.I.P.

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    Charlie Haden's albums of duets on A&M/Horizon, "Closeness" and "The Golden Number", made a huge impact on me as I was getting into jazz, from rock.

    hear, hear! those recordings are very important to me, too...

  16. Classic Blue Notes on SHM-CD

    in Re-issues

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    artwork means everything to me. it was the stimulus that motivated me to begin collecting blue note as a teenager after a copy of 'speak no evil' was given to me (the same day as sanborn's 'taking off'...) and it still informs my choices to this day.

    that having been said, of course music is judged solely on its own merit, devoid of the package in which its delivered. my comments above were really tongue in cheek and in no way seriously representative of how i really make decisions. heck, i often think a covers are fugly with no correlative criticism of content. when a review is posted that describes a date as sleepy or boring, that's usually a magnet to me.

  17. Classic Blue Notes on SHM-CD

    in Re-issues

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    but that cover....it's a thing of, shall we say, anti-beauty. i could easily pass it when it was just another domestic issue, but now as an shm there's no denying it.

    Grant+Green+-+Born+To+Be+Blue+-+LP+RECOR


    maybe this review put me off;

    "Ike Quebec is the problem with Grant Green's "Born To Be Blue." He's way too laid back. A sax player with more energy might have elevated this beyond the doldrums, but as it is, they're just phoning it in. Grant Green deserves 2 Stars for showing up, but with so many great sets in his discography, you're safe bypassing this."

    now that i think about it, these two reviews highlight selling points;

    "This one was a little too subdued for my tastes. I didn't like Idle Moments or Street of Dreams either. And I'm really not into Ballads. So I guess if you like the slow stuff, you might like this one too. Otherwise, you might be a bit disappointed."

    ""Born to Be Blue" and "Cool Blues" are the standouts. Overall a very good, if somewhat subdued, recording."

  19. Is streaming technology saving the music industry?

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    Properly transferred and eq'd (and the eq is mediocre on nearly all of these) they are a delight to listen to. Back when I made about 1/3 of my living transferring LPs to CD for people, they were usually quite pleased with the results.

    is that to say that you could see yourself preferring to hear this material digitally vs physically....?

  23. Classic Blue Notes on SHM-CD

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    i'm guessing that the series will replicate the artwork from the original king release as well as the north american, if applicable, on the booklet exterior. or not. is that how 'oblique' is - the king color cover on the boklet front with the rvg on the booklet back? what are the other six you snagged?

    i normally love all the king covers, but 'my conception' is just plain ugly - and i still haven't convined myself i need/want it.

  24. High-Res downloads - Better than CDs

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    I just keep the stuff I obtain through bittorrent in storage on an external drive. I haven't run out of space yet. I only use them for background music while on the internet. But you're probably right these files are too large/contain too much information for the human ear to benefit.

    my useage precisely.... you'll pry my cd collection from my cold, dead hands.

    HD Tracks "Jazz Specials of the Week" has all Blue Note titles discounted: 96/24 @ $14.10 (regularly $17.98), 192/24 @ $17.50 (regularly $24.98).

    does anyone else find this pricepoint exhorbitant?

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