T.D.

There's now another one (or is it a branch?) in Roxbury, NY: http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/dallas-no-longer-the-only-city-with-an-eight-track-museum-as-ny-outpost-debuts-in-october-with-worlds-rarest-tape.html/ Not too far from me, but I haven't yet visited.

I respect AS's music more than I dig it, and don't listen that often or have multiple recordings of works, but find P-H Chen's recording of the piano music extremely good. That's the CD I most frequently (by far) take off the shelf.

Best wishes!

A. A. Milne B. B. King C. C. Rider

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/dick-trickle-former-nascar-driver-dead-self-inflicted-202844077.html RIP. Can't say I know much about NASCAR, but I heard Mr. Trickle's name many times on ESPN Sports Center. He's probably appeared in the "Name Three People" thread as well...

All the best, and many more! :party:

Art Pepper, Complete Village Vanguard Sessions

The first half-season of Big Bang Theory spanned the last months of my having TV, and I took a shine to the show. Now I rent each season from Netflix a few months late. The Newhart episode is something to look forward to!

This could have gone either way, but I really liked it. Very funny!

Sadly, this happened to me a few times (a number of years ago). Best solution IMO is to disassemble the player - I stupidly damaged some discs trying to forcibly dislodge them w/o disassembly (and they were parts of boxed sets, too! ).

Even my local public library got a copy! (They have IB, too.)

True enough (I actually saw Inglourious Basterds in a theater on its opening weekend), but I live in a very rural area, and cinema expeditions require big planning and a measure of luck... [Added] Watched it...Photography and (technical) direction QT's best to date IMO, acting generally very good...However, the violence became excessive to me, and some of the pop music on the soundtrack was not to my taste (par for the course with Tarantino). Enjoyed it for the most part, but didn't want to watch a second time. (I like to replay Netflix discs with director's commentary when available, but this release is too new for that feature.)

I'll be receiving it from Netflix tomorrow...

Maybe I shouldn't have spoken so soon on Tennstedt. The Tennstedt disc I own is an old singleton with only non-"Ring" overtures. Maybe the "soft" approach works better for "Lohengrin" and "Rienzi" overtures...Don't have a "Ring" excerpts CD; the full cycle I kept is Solti, who probably qualifies as "anti-soft".

I like Tennstedt's compilation a lot, but never bothered to compare with others, since I have full recordings of almost all the operas.

Harmonia Mundi "Lumieres" box from Berkshire: http://www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com/search.php?row=0&brocode=153608&stocknum=&submit=Find+Item&text=&filter=all

Classical music for chess enthusiasts: http://www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com/search.php?row=0&text=philidor&filter=all&cd=1&Label=ARION&genre=&RPP=25&pprice=&submit=Search Philidor! (No, I haven't heard it...)

The Festetics were often recommended in the rec.music.classical.recordings archives, but I had trouble finding their recordings and went for the Quatuor Mosaiques (which the OP already owns) instead. The other Haydn recordings I own are with modern instruments...

CD arrived A-OK, many thanks.

I have a TV, but it's not hooked up and is used only to watch DVDs. Gave up on cable in 2001 and dropped broadcast TV entirely after the HD switch - didn't find it worth the effort to update equipment. Don't regret either decision at all.

Starting in on this (yippee! huge fan of the underlying novel...). 3-dvd set.

7 Mozart operas, Gardiner recordings, 18 CD for slightly over USD 60: Not in the super-bargain category, but pretty darn attractive.

He's back! Dunno the proper emoticon - should it be or ? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstrong-to-compete-in-us-masters-swimming-event ...Armstrong is allowed to compete in US Masters Swimming events because the organisation does not fall under the anti-doping rules of the US Anti-Doping Agency...

Chessbase always has a good one: http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4009341/sainthood-for-bobby-fischer-010413.aspx

PM sent on Gary Burton A Genuine Tong Funeral(includes tracks from Lofty Fake Anagram)RCA Classic Edition Series 07863 66748-2 near mint $8