Jim Alfredson

So does this mean that my plan to force my unborn child to be the next Joey DeFrancesco is off the mark?

I'll say it again, STAY AWAY FROM CDSTREET! To find out why, click here!

What the hell?!? http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/~xsvobod4/amanita/gr...yers/_17_05.jpg

We didn't lose any threads in the attack.

The problem with modern R&B or hip hop or whatever you want to call it is a complete lack of song-writing skills. Even Musiq, who everybody touts and being "influenced by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder", etc... even his tunes are just a simple four bar phrase repeated ad nauseum. The same four bars serves as verse, chorus, bridge, etc. It requires no craft what-so-ever. Sure, the beats are cool. But the stuff gets boring after you're into the second verse because you know that nothing else is going to happen. That's it. That's the song. Get a funky beat going for four bars, loop it, sing some made-up melody over the top, have a chorus and boom, there's your song. It's pitiful. Influence by Stevie, eh? Go back and listen to how Stevie actually constructs a song and doesn't sing melisma over every square inch of it...

Both of the CD-players in our cars "remember" where you were in the current CD, when the power is stopped. I think it does this by a "very technical method" whereby the laser position ISN'T moved when the car power is shut off – and thus it picks up right where it left off when you start the car. (Well, maybe not EXACTLY where you left off, but the same place within about 5 seconds, or less. I've disconnected the car's battery once (to replace it), and with the new battery, the CD left in the player took right off where it left off, despite the car having had no power for several hours. My point being that our car CD players (different brands, by the way), don't have to electronically store the position of the laser. It just stops right in its tracks, like if you turned off an LP turntable (and if it stopped immediately, dead in it's tracks), and left the needle in the groove. Then when you turned it back on, the needle would still be in the same groove. Sorry to say, Rooster, but your theory isn't correct. The laser HAS to go back to the beginning of the disc to read the TOC or else it won't know where it is. It won't know how many tracks there are or how long they are or anything. It'll be confused. The radio just stores the actual time the player stopped in memory. The reason it is off from exactly where you left it is that most radios automatically back up a couple of seconds. Don't ask me why... it's just programmed in.

CD players do not have belts. They are direct-drive. Think of it this way: You have a portable disc player, right? You know how you put the disc on that round spindle? Imagine what a pain it would be if the spindle were a different shape, like a square... you'd have to line up the CD perfectly in order to fit it over the spindle. Now, that's not too difficult for you and me, but now imagine just sticking a CD in a front-loading CD player... That square spindle now has to somehow go through the square hole in the CD player all by itself... no human hand to align it. Big problem.

A lot of times this means that they electronically separate certain frequenices. So for instance the "highs" all go to one side of the speaker (or maybe are doubled and panned hard left and hard right to produce a pseudo-stereo image) and the "lows" are on the other side. That's a simplistic explanation but...

If I had a dollar for everytime EVERYONE posted here, I could not be broke!

Yes, that Leslie is the best fuckin' Leslie I've ever heard!!! I bought that one in Chicago a couple months ago from a real strange and very cool cat. He had every kind of ancient audio gear you can think of... anything from pre-WWII he had. Lathes, huge tube amps, mixing desks, preamps... everything. Amazing stuff. And he had this Leslie 21H that he bought because he was going to take the Jensen field coil woofer out of it. Luckily he decided that the thing was so pretty it would be a shame to just part it out. So he put it up on Ebay for the unbelievable price of $650. You cannot find a full size Leslie for that price. So I snatched that baby, even though I had to borrow the money from a friend of mine. The Leslie 21H was made before the 122 which is the defacto standard for B3s. But RVG has a 21H with his C3. I had never heard one in person before hearing this one and now I see why Rudy never updated to a 122. The 122 has the "chorale" speed (the slow speed) as well as the "tremelo" speed (the fast one). The 21H only has fast, but the tone is infinitely better. There are multiple reasons. First, that aforementioned field coil Jensen woofer is incredible!! It's 15", just like the woofers in the Leslie 122. But it's a field coil woofer, which means that it doesn't have a permanent magnet on the speaker. They couldn't make synthetic magnets at the time and natural magnets were too expensive. So in order to have a magnet for the speaker they used an electro-magnet. So the Leslie amp also powers the coil with about 400v to create the magnetic field that actually runs the speaker... the bass is incredible on them! Those Jensen's go for upwards of $300 a piece on Ebay... just for the speaker! Nutty audiophiles love them because they work so well with tube amps. And the 21H I got has the original Jensen horn in it as well for the high frequencies. They are hard to find because they are easily blown by playing the organ too loud. But they have this silky, beautiful, smooth high end that is unmatched in any other driver I've ever heard in a Leslie. Sorry for going on and on... I could talk about this all day! Every organ and Leslie sounds different and there are ways to change the sound to your liking. I've worked hard finding combinations and fiddling with electronics that have really pleasing tonalities.

You guys are forgetting one very important detail: Take a look at this picture: So the above is a standard tray-loading cd player, with the tray extended. Notice the black mechanism with the circular indent in it, just to the right of the tray. Now look at this picture: The tray is black in this picture, but it's the same mechanism. Notice the tray is not extended anymore. So the loader is closed. The thing on top, with the white circular part, is the crux of why a CD's hole is round. That unit on the top with the white circular contraption (I'm sorry I don't know the names for these things)... that piece is lowered onto the CD when the tray is closed. On the underside of that white contraption is a spindle that goes through the CD and a clamp to hold it steady. Now on the underside of the mechanism (ie, if you were to flip the entire unit over) another piece comes up to the bottom of the CD and clamps it as well. So you have two clamps, one on top, one on bottom, that suspend the CD between them, one of which is powered by a motor to spin the CD. Now remember that the upper clamp (or the lower clamp, I'm not sure which) has a spindle that has to go through the center of the CD in order to make sure it's aligned with the laser and also that it (the CD) is suspended exactly in the middle of the clamps, so when it spins, it doesn't spin lop-sided (that wouldn't be good). Now how much of a pain in the ass would it be if the spindle hole of the CD was square? Or plus-shaped (like a Phillips screw driver)? That would mean the spindle in the CD mechanism would have to be square or plus-shaped as well. And then you'd have to put the CD in the player in a certain way.... with a certain orientation or else the spindle wouldn't go through. You have to line up a square peg with a square hole. With a circular peg, you can just shove that baby in without worrying about corners and such. Get my drift?

Yeah, it took him awhile to feel comfortable, which is totally understandable. But by the end of the night he was as relaxed and blowin' as good as he did in practice this past weekend.

No problem, Peter. I appreciate any advice.

...fairy-fucker pentatonic parrot food... Man, that's more funny every time I read it! What an apt description. And what poetry!

HAH! I finally got to the Kenny G quote:

Criminey, this is funny: Where's the banging-head-on-table-laughing-so-hard smiley?

The bold is mine. I find that statement funny because I emailed them three times last June and told them to terminate our contact and take our product off the website. Two weeks ago I got an email saying someone had bought 2 CDs of ours through them. I had to email the person (they supply the buyer's email in the email to me) and ask them to please cancel their order and order instead from CDBaby. I explained the whole non-paying thing and she was very kind... but how embarassing.

And finally, one for my brother Joe... "This next jam goes out to my hero and mentor, Aldo Nova!"

From that site: So you're gonna be on Cribs... We've got a few pointers to make your CRIBS taping the best it can be! By CKOne 1. You don't eat, sleep or have sex, you "Get your eat/sleep/fuck on." 2. Whenever possible, end sentences with "at". Ex: "Dis where I make my babies at." 3. It's not a "room". It's an "area". Ex: "Dis here the pool area." or "Here go the kitchen area." 4. Cars & Trucks = Rides. Never call your ride a car. 5. 20's aren't denominations of currency, they are the rims on your ride. They must be blinged out. (See #6) 6. Things are not shiny. They are blinged out. 7. Your ride needs at least one Playstation and DVD player integrated into a seat back, visor, dashboard or all of the above. 8. They are not friends. They are dawgz. 9. On the day of taping, you must have a minimum of 8 to 10 dawgz kickin' it in your pool, studio and theater areas. 10. One does not relax. One cheelz. 11. When you are kickin it, you are not playing soccer or angry at the dog, you are having a few friends over for drinks. 12. Consider trading a Lexy for a pit bull, Rottweiler or other menacing dog. 13. Tattoos are a must. When choosing a tattoo, they must evoke memories of someone you haven't seen in a great while like a dawg you lost or one of your children. 14. Remember, the only woman worthy of respect is your "Moms". All other women are hoochies and hos. 15. Build a sunken platinum basketball jersey humidor area. 16. During taping, try not to shoot any white chauffeurs. If you happen to shoot a white chauffeur, try to make your visitors accessories after the fact. 17. The proper "Crib Touring Stance" is to hold your right fist in your left hand and place both over your sternum. Hold your lips inside your mouth to evoke a placid demeanor. 18. You may own any or all existing video game systems other than a Nintendo, which is for beeyotches and kids. However, you may only own NFL or NBA themed video games. (No one has ever said "This is where I get my flight simulation on.") 19. If possible, breed or buy a chrome Rottweiler. 20. Fish tanks may only house piranhas or sharks (a.k.a. "The Rottweiler and Domerman of the Sea") 21. Remove all books, computers and cats from the residence prior to taping. (No one has ever said "This is where I get my read on." or "Dis where my cat gets it's poop on.") 22. Self portraits aren't only for corporate executives and historical figures! Remember, the bigger the portrait, the more respect it commands! 23. Two words: Black Lacquer 24. Keep the table in the formal dining area set at all times with gold, chrome and/or diamond flatware. 25. Make sure you have at least two large rooms/automobiles that "You ain't even go in/drove ever." 26. Bet on everything with your dawgz. Always win. 27. A pile of credit cards is not impressive. CASH ONLY! 28. When the MTV crew is leaving, be as rude as possible. Ex: "Now you've seen the crib, you best get to steppin." 29. Most importantly, do not get too attached to any of this. You will not have it in five years.

These guys are probably a corny neo-swing band, but who's the guy in the front? MC Way Out Cat?

"I made a special trip to Home Depot for this chain so I'll be posing up front!"

The only things missing on "Phishy" are the wiggly stink lines.

Windsor County JVS - Auto Mechanics - Class of 1983

Just to bring this up, I got an email recently from CDStreet claiming that they are now under new ownership. They also claimed that unpaid sales would be paid for in due time. It gave me a little hope of seeing our $340 from march (not much, but a little). Well, I just got this email today, entiteld "Happy Holidays from CDStreet". The red type is my doing. Can you believe this?? The new ownership is not responsable for anything before November 1st when they took over... great... so who gives a fuck that they took over?!? And I love this one: Oh I bet. I bet the old ownership is just itching to pay me the money they fuckin' owe me in the first place... what a stupendous idea... sell my MORE of my product through you so you can pay me money you've owed me since March 2003. Brilliant idea, Watson. BOYCOTT CDSTREET!!!!! DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE SHYSTERS!!!! TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Fuck them.

Nice to see you!