AfricaBrass

As long as it's fun... more power to you! I had a lot of fun collecting jazz, but I just hit a point where I had to cool it down. I still enjoy hearing new music and listening to what I have, but I just don't feel the compulsion to buy every BN conn, or Verve elite, etc... It's funny... there are very few cds that I can't purchase used today for less today than I paid for them in 1994.

I had a terrible cd addiction a few years ago. I couldn't go a day without buying a cd (seriously). Usually, I'd hit the record stores at lunch or on the way home. I had a real low overhead at the time and a good job, so I'd buy at least 3 cds a day. I was in the different record stores so often that I knew people in every store. I'd even get comments about my numerous purchases. I got to the place where I'd cycle through the stores in my area because I was embarrassed to be buying so much. Here's an example, at my worst. This was about 10 years ago. I got on an OJC kick, made a huge list of the best ones and hit the stores. Within a three day period I had purchased over 120 OJC's. It took me a year to finally work through them all and open them. I also used to obsess about getting things before they went out of print. I'd make lists and obsess over it. It was really bad. Like Alexander, I've been in a cd drought. Except for a recent splurge, I've barely purchased anything this year. I started to cut back (before I had to) because I hated that I was obsessed. It stopped being fun. I don't like to be owned by anything, but I was controlled by my addiction. I think the biggest lesson I learned that helped me to cut back, was that I can get this stuff in the future (probably with better sound). There's no need to have everything now. I don't have the time to enjoy what I have anyway. I finally remembered that this was supposed to be fun. Now it is.

This has to be a top 10 best thread.

Big Al

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I hope you have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Wow This is awful. I always see Dimebag Darrell in my guitar magazines. My headbanger buddy used to play Pantera all the time. R.I.P.

I hope you have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Seriously

Only if you give The Porker Davis Group a gig! I wish I could.

My copy arrived yesterday. I've listened to it five times already. I'm about to listen to it again. Thanks for the recommendation, Chuck!

I would have LOVED that store! So... Can we call you Crockpot?

You should have seen him on a full moon You should post that picture in the monkey thread from the other day. Actually... I just listened to this album the other day. I really liked it.

I like Weir too. But he does have his quirks... Good observation about Kreutzman. In my opinion, during the period when Mickey Hart was away from the band (71-74), Billy K. really stepped up and the band was at its peak. Truthfully, I wish Mickey Hart would never have returned. I think having two drummers helped the band lose the flexibility it had gained.

Hey! What do you have against pink shorts and bad song choices? As I've been building my Grateful Dead live show collection, I've also been trying to keep up on the JGB/Legion of Mary, etc... shows. I really enjoy them. I'm sure I'll be buying these discs eventually.

Those are great sets. I've been listening to the H.R.S. set this week and it's an essential purchase IMO.

"But I'm... the Dude!"

Thanks Hans!

I think the concert was in Texas (Houston?). It coincided with the big auction that Clapton had recently where he auctioned off his guitars.