Big Wheel

Ok, I've got foobar2000 downloaded, but I can't seem to figure out how to get LAME to show up in the "output presets" bar in the Diskwriter menu. When clicking "add new" I just get 3 options: Legacy 0.7 output support, WAV fixed-point, and WAV floating-point. There doesn't seem to be a way to add LAME the way it shows up in Jim's screenshots. I've hunted around and they suggest copying LAME (and all the files in the LAME directory besides lame.exe?) into the foobar2k directory, but that doesn't seem to work for me...

You live in the Bay Area, home to one of the biggest Asian populations in the country, and you can't find a wok?! Just go to the biggest Asian supermarket you can find...they should have cooking supplies somewhere in there, if they're anything like what we have in Boston... (the reason I don't have one is because I can't afford a good one, not because I can't find one...)

I've wanted to visit Slovenia for quite awhile, especially after running into some Slovenian tourists this summer while abroad. They seemed surprised that I knew their country existed, let alone its location.

There is (or was yesterday, anyway) a set of Lifetime at the Village Gate in 1969 on easytree. Five tunes, I think. Supposed to be their first gig. Haven't listened to it yet but the sound quality was said to be "B to B-", with the organ way up in the mix.

Awesome, Jim. That looks like just what I need! I'll probably have a couple more questions, but thanks!

Just signed up on easytree and picked up a couple of shows in FLAC format. What's the best way to convert them to MP3 so I can listen on my portable? I've been searching a bit and it looks like this can't be done entirely with LAME, but I'm not sure... Appreciate all the help!

Thanks for the tip!

Oh great...now I have to start thinking about ditching my Japanese version (picked it up in Tower for $5) to get the bonus tracks... SS1, the version of Just In Time is sick.

Wow, thanks! I wish I had a wok... By Siamese ginger, do you mean galangal?

D'oh! I should have recognized that...

Nothing's coming to mind...almost looks like a part of the "So What" solo, but I don't think that's it either...

Any chance you can post your recipe? You're making me long to go back to Indonesia...

I picked up some salmon filets at the Boston Haymarket today. You can get the cheapest produce in New England there, too. Thinking of doing the salmon in a wine ginger sauce tomorrow night...

Usually pie, if the crust is done right. Brownie, I love Portuguese pastries also (although I suspect we may not be talking about the same thing). There's a bakery nearby that has these wonderful sweet cheese-filled things. A little like a cannoli, but differently shaped and the filling is more custard-like than mascarpone...

Listening to the Connoisseur of Face to Face now. It's really a shame the organ bass was not recorded/transferred louder--this is the first time I've listened to it with headphones, and I can finally sort of hear Baby Face's bass lines, which are really very interesting in some cases. Definitely changes the way I thought about some of the tunes!

Which part? Are we talking near Jacksonville, Tallahassee, or Pensacola? It's been over a decade since I was in any of those parts. Used to go almost once a year.

It's amazing how much better EAC does when I make sure to give the disc a thorough wipe with a soft cloth before ripping. Last night I tried to rip a CCR album and there were tons of errors; today I gave the same CD another good wiping and it blazed through at about 10x. I think EAC may slow the whole CD down if there are errors on the very first track (in other words, it doesn't speed back up again very much even if the rest of the CD is nice and clean).

I don't own it yet, but did buy it as a gift for someone else. The little I've heard is great.

I just made a big alldirect order that included a bunch of OJCs. In an interesting coincidence, most of the ones I ordered feature alto players who are new to my collection: Simmons/Lasha -- Firebirds Ernie Henry -- Seven Standards and a Blues Roy Haynes -- Cymbalism, with Frank Strozier as the lone horn Lennie Niehaus -- Octet #2 Gigi Gryce -- Rat Race Blues

I think the confusion stems from there being no Newton title in the list Scott posted. edit: looks like this is the one-- 1023 James Newton Suite For Frida Kahlo

I just ordered the Octet disc. Any idea why it's called "The Octet #2"? Edit: Just checked and realized it's because Zounds is with an octet as well.

Well, I do have some tapes I made of two August 1998 concerts at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. The first show, I think, was Joe Lovano/Cedar Walton/Rufus Reid/Billy Higgins/Tootie Heath (yes, two drummers, with Harvey Weinapel guesting on alto) and the second was Jackie McLean/Walton/Reid/Higgins. However, I recorded them to some shitty Memorex 120 minute cassettes on a portable walkman, so I'm sure the sound is absolutely atrocious, if even audible.

I think it's probably that jazz fans everywhere are just more likely to be somewhat more irreverent and questioning of traditional authority and institutions. (If your only source about American politics was this board, you'd assume that George Bush was despised by 85 percent of Americans, and a dig through the BNBB archives would leave you scratching your head as to how he was ever elected in the first place.) It sort of reminds me of when I went to London for the first time a few years ago and a the subject of the British royals came up in a conversation with an older guy in a pub. I was expecting all but a few Brits to be fairly equanimous about the subject and was promptly shocked when he loudly proclaimed them the biggest waste of life and money he'd ever had the pleasure of subsidizing.

The program gives me a choice between "Actual" speed, and then a bunch of speeds from 4x to 24x. Should I choose "actual" or 24x? Also, how should I set the extraction/compression priority and error recovery settings? They're both set to "medium" now, but I wasn't sure if that was the default.

Thankfully, it was just that one disc. Everything else I've ripped today has been very speedy--averaging about 5x. Crazy what that one little scratch can do!