neveronfriday

yes, agree with deus.. if you really looking for some other Verve O.P. , watch out for the "...with respect to Nat" (from the Verve by request series) which I bought recently (Oscar sings ) Cheers, Tjobbe Have it. He was quite a good singer but as the story goes, they decided that Oscar would go down the piano route while Nat would concentrate on the singing. No need for unnecessary competition. Cheers! Edit: Not saying that Nat didn't continue playing the piano (fabulously so) ...

Hi Flurin, I have the Clooney ( ) and am not all too happy with it. I really love a lot of her stuff, but somehow this one hasn't caught on yet. It's just too smooth around the edges. I'm by no way a Peterson completist (although I have around 40 - 60 discs), but the Soul Espanol I have listened to many times in shops etc. and always go for sth else. You could say I don't really like it (a rare thing with me when it comes to Peterson) ... do drop it. Cheers!

I was going to post the Monty Python Spam Song here. But I think I'll refrain.

Why do they actually choose someone like that to write the liner notes?

Thanks. I might put that one on hold then for a while. Cheers!

I knew Honda made some nice cars, but now I know why they are so popular That slogan comes from an old ad for their bikes!

I won't. I already have three full DVDs for you flying around here. Will get around to finishing them in February. I know I will. Really. Amen.

Yep, and handled well they were! Got mine today. Thanks a million, Mike! And Dana, of course! Cheers! P.S.: God, I need some good music this weekend. It better be on there! I'm also looking forward to a stiff Cuba Libre or two with this BFT. With all the ****load of work I have at the moment, this BFT will be my only recreation for quite a while to come. Am looking forward to it with high hopes for a relaxing/challenging evening!

For all of those parasites ( ) ... yes, the disc is available from me. You're just going to have to wait two or three weeks. I'm not burning anything at the moment. Too much work. After I get done with the next two major projects, I'll gladly pass on the discs to you. No problem. And mind you, this disc could prove dangerous to your health. But it's also LOTS of fun! Cheers! P.S.: I will try to post educated guesses before the end of 2006/2007.

The sound is at best historic (= sucks). The music is great, but the really bad sound quality takes a lot of listening pleasure away, I think. Cheers!

WTF? Right back to the Middle Ages.

I don't know the Definitive rip-off (which it probably is), but I will surely check it out. If it's better, I'll get it. Question: What I like about the Schaap one is that the high- and midtones are in there. Despite all that (irritating) noise, that made this reissue the best for me. All the other ones - and I've had plenty - seemed deficient in that department because of the noise-removal technology used which usually resulted in a more "dampened" sound. So everyone is saying that they took extreme care removing the clicks but otherwise made sure that this important aspect of the recording remains intact (doesn't sound like Definitive to me, but it could be true)? If yes, I'll certainly get it. Did anyone have both and compare them on a decent sound system? Cheers!

I have to admit that I've had quite a bad conscience lately. I keep grabbing the BFT discs regularly although I know that for the time being I simply don't have the time to participate. I have too much work which ties me down so much that I don't have the time to voice any informed opinion. And I don't like posting stuff like "Yeah, it sounds like Teddy Wilson on crack but I'm sure it wasn't." All I can say is that when my time comes, I'll try to repay everyone with a good selection (well, one I like). I know that defeats the purpose of the BFTs, but I'd hate to miss out on the discs that more often than not have turned me onto completely new stuff which I would not have considered otherwise. I'll also try to participate more when things become a bit more quiet, but in the forseeable future, things look bleak. Hell, At the moment I sleep during the afternoons, work from 8 in the evening until next day afternoon and head off to bed again - which I'm about to do now (for 4 hours ... groan). Sorry. Cheers!

Yuck! I prefer the B-52s.

Hm. All arguments not withstanding, that Benny Goodman Carnegie release is still the best available (on CD). By far! I love that one. So I don't really care about the rest. But if all of what's been written about Schaap is true, I'm sure as hell going to be more careful whenever I come across any of his "works". Cheers!

Hm. Although I usually always take the side of acoustic instruments when this kind of topic comes up (and I will as well in the future), recent developments in technology could possibly shake that kind of belief that digital can't hold a candle to analogue. Example (and I will try to dig it up in the basement): About two years ago a sound engineer friend of mine from Scandinavia sent me a copy of an article from some pro magazine which told the story of a test that (I think) Yamaha ran with three world-famous pianists. You know, the ones that always say that they can hear within a second if, say, a Bösendorfer is used or some "cheapo" digital solution. This test was supervised by some engineers to make sure the company presenting it's latest sampler (or whatever it was) didn't beef it up with a megaton of sound processors, effects, etc. Simple setup: master keyboard with sampler; known pianist playing. All three of the test persons were unable, in a live setting, to tell digital and acoustic apart. None. Two of them actually went for the digital one. I know that these tests are usually dumb, but they do show that these blanket statements that digital is "crap" are simply too strong. Hell, I've played drums for a long time and use a digital set (two Roland modules chained together) and if you know what you are doing, you can tweak them enough to get damn close. Not close enough yet (sample time is simply too short for cymbals, toms tend to "machine-gun" a bit, despite Roland's new interval control technology), but one or two more generations further down the road (that's about 12 to 15 years Roland time ... they milk their models to the max until their "users" are about to stage a riot) and we will have (I'm absolutely sure) the first drum set which copies (I use that term on purpose) acoustic drums. Sure, you can ask why anyone would want to copy something that comes with a price tag way below the machine copying it, but it sure does come in handy (studio, practice; live settings in which time is of the essence). Until the fuse blows. Then you're screwed. Technology has come a hell of a long way. I, for one, did not think it was possible, but I did change my mind recently. We're damn close. End of rant.

Yep, this release is Schaaped.

Straw Dogs is an altogether different film, Aric. Stray Dog, the one originaly mentioned in this thread, is Kurosawa. Straw Dogs is Sam Peckinpah. Easy enough to confuse though. And both were Criterions so..... Just imagine Straw Dogs filmed by Kurosawa. I wonder what colour(s) he would have chosen. A sea of red?

Thank God there wasn't any wardrobe malfunction. Imagine what that could have lead to.

Ooh, oh. I hear B3er running down the hallway. Almost here ...

WE WANT PICTURES! Congratulations!

The new apple IPod Shuffle sounds like the thing for me (although I'd buy an IRiver MP3 player or whatever instead). I can't for the life of me imagine why the entire population needs to have 20 GByte of music along. There might be cases where that comes in handy, but mostly it's total overkill and just the "Honda Gives More Head" school of thought. Make that "mine is bigger than yours", if you like. I think the idea of a small portable device which can hold a couple of albums which are then easily uploaded/exchanged via USB or whatever is a grand idea. I walk to work every day (15-minute walk or so), i often take the train or subway, and i regularly go on longer bicycle tours and need some good tunes along. But I DO NOT need a thousand albums or 10.000 songs along. Thank you. I have a hard time remembering what I have in my CD-collection or on my PC (170 GByte worth of music). I'll get one of these small thingies next chance I get. BTW: Does anyone have a small device that holds something like 512 MB and can recommend it? Sound quality is a priority (I guess the headphones play a major role here) ... I don't give a hoot about the menu system or functions. Play, Stop, Jump and Play next folder/album is all I need. I don't even care if it shows me a title. Cheers!