porcy62

If you can't appreciate the positive effects of a great wine, or a good jazz vinyl, for your mental health, you need a good doctor, no matters what the analysis of your liver indicate.

The most depressing Mosaic is the one that you really wanted and now is out of print.

The Sixth of LvB, Vienna Philarmonic, Boehm directing. Fortunately Clem didn't rummage in the vinyl forum, otherwise I would be a dead man.

I have a 36" Sony 4:3 CRT XBR TV now. I've become an HD junkie. I watch it almost exclusively. Georgeous picture. Unfortunately, the 16:9 picture is only 33" diagonal. It's big, but I want bigger. The biggest 16:9 CRT TV ever made (and still being made) is a 34" by Sony. When you pillar box a 4:3 show, it's 22" diagonal. Microscopic. BTW, Sony still makes a non-XBR 4:3 36" diagonal CRT. If you don't need or want one bigger, it's a great bargain at less than $900. Be aware that it weighs 216 lbs (75 kg)! Kevin I didn't look at your particular model yet, I was talking about my professional experience. (BTW the Pro Sony monitor is 17'', sorry for the mistake) BTW in Italy it's almost impossible to have a look at CTR bigger then 17" in any shop. So I presumed they didn't produce them anymore. Anyway, in the broacasting the bigger is the depht of the monitor, the better is the accuracy. Since I am not a physician I haven't got any explanation for it. And when I was looking for a new TV for my new house, I saw a lots of flat screen models, and nothing that justified their costs, compared to quality.

Let me tell you one thing, and I am speaking as professional film and video editor. None of the today's LCD or Plasma monitors can reach the definition, the realism and the quality of good catode tube monitor. When I check my final work for broadcasting I do it on a professional Sony catode tube monitor, 15 inch, that cost twice the price of the best flat screen you can find on consumer market. So if you HAVE TO buy a flat screen, do it, I understand all the facilities that a flat screen has compared to a bulky cathode tube. If you HAVE TO buy a biggest TV, buy it, I know that manufacturers deleted from their catalog cathode tube bigger then 17 inch. BUT if you don't need a new TV, just wait. Technology is running fast, companies put huge amount of money in the field. Flat screen IS the THING now. Maybe we will have some pleasant surprise in the next future.

After a morning spent on DEXTER and McLEAN on BN, I just put on the TT 'The Basament Tapes' from Dylan and the Band. I am very proud of my new LP shelves, designed by a friend, an italian designer. I'll post a photo of it one of this days.

I have the Kempff stereo cycle on vinyl, plus a couple of records of Gilels, I inherited from my father. I prefer Kempff, BUT I am not a CLEM-XPERT, or NESS-EXPERT, nor a musicianz. I just love that hiss and pops and clicks the needle produces on my DG records. I didn't listen to Brendel cycle, but I like the guy, maybe because his photos on the covers of some Mozart records remind me of my dad, I am not joking, they look like twins, in picture. Sorry for the useless post, but this stuff moved some nostalgia for my old father.

Some years ago, the producer sold the records still in stock on internet. That was prior to eBay crazyness. On the contrary of BN I found these vinyls fairly often in italian used record shops and at decent price.

My wife did mention salmon's mousse when she talked about Christmas dinner the other day Welcome back, Porcy62! Thanks! In order to prevent any risks, you should donate your collection to someone before Christmas

Thanks! I am glad to be here again, after my intemperance and drinking for the victory in WC. Meantime I moved in the new house.

At one time not that long ago I had FOUR copies of TRUE BLUE in various states of condition. I eventually took the best jacket and the best hunk o plastic and put them together and sold the rest--too early as usual, but now I have one VG+ jacket and one NM hunk o TRUE BLUE plastic. But it actually hurt a bit when I mailed them out to Japan, Hong Kong and Germany . . . I think you're not married with a greedy wife and didn't grown up greedy sons...otherwise you should have already taste the Salmon's Mousse.

The querelle can last indefinitely, 'does cables sounds?', 'the measurements...' and all these bullshits Easy to joke about it. But is anybody out there who can explain the difference of a Stradivari's sound and a new violin scientifically and philologically built like a Stradivari? Same woods, same trees, same forest. Why do they sound different? The pollution of modern trees? Was Stradivari the Devil? Or the wood in the Stradivari's era was different because of an ice age, or, like someone said recently, Stradivari cut the wood during the full moon in August?

I bought basically every BN cds I could find in the last fifteen years. (new, used, you name it) Now I am buying the original BN vinyl I really love and listen to, plus some records never reissue on cd. I don't know the exact number, but it costs me a lot of money. At the same time I get so much pleasure to listen to them, and tomorrow my wife and sons will put them on eBay when I will be gone. So, what's the problem?

The main reason is that most of great jazz collectors died, and their sons are much more interested in money then in vinyl. And what about the wives ? http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZado1357QQhtZ-1 When the Grim Reaper knocks at your door, look at your wife and blame the salmon's mousse, take a last look at your Lexington BN" and RIP. One little suggestion: never, I say never, let your wife and sons understand the value of that stupid round piece plastic called TRUE BLUE, and avoid salmon's mousse.

The main reason is that most of great jazz collectors died, and their sons are much more interested in money then in vinyl. I personally know a guy whose father was one of the main italian jazz critics, his collection was around 15,000 original pressings. The only problem for me is that the son is a good and talented jazz pianist so, no way to put my hand on the collection. Maybe I gonna make him an offert he can't refuse. As soon I'll find a horse's head.

Exactly

What is your problem?? As far as I know no one mentioned any of those things, whereas your comments are rude and insulting. Actually I haven't got any problems: some of your past comments about italians edged the trivials commonplaces about us: 'divers', 'catenaccio', 'typical italian playing', ecc.. The party goes on right on so who cares...

at least they are more coherent than yours! go party, man!!!! If Germany won the WC, would you be coherent?

I forgot: the party is starting right now: PIZZA; MAFIA MANDOLINO and all your preferred commonplaces about iitalians.

Right! We are The CHAMPIONS, we lost at KP in US 1994 with Brasil, we gained this. Tell me, who deserves it? I don't need your answears : the team who won. That's it. I still remember what the italian speaker of Spain 1982 cryed after the end of that match: 'CAMPIONI DEL MONDO,CAMPIONI DEL MONDO,CAMPIONI DEL MONDO! All your snob comments are worthless. 'CAMPIONI DEL MONDO,CAMPIONI DEL MONDO,CAMPIONI DEL MONDO!

About 'catenaccio', maybe it's a 'boring' way of playing, but everybodys, (ask to 1982's Brasil and the following Carioca's coaches who won the WC), knows that you can't win a WC without a solid defense. I think that a match that ends 45-38, could be very funny to watch, but is like the match we used to play when we were kids in the Chuch's courtyard, great football is another thing. BTW, Catenaccio is another one of the commonplaces about italians, US 1994 team with Sacchi as coach didn't adopt it as way of playing, exactly like germans didn't drink beer and eat wuesrstel from breakfast to dinner.

Please keep politic outside my post. It was a very tactical match, both team were afraid of each other. The point is that Germany played with two forwards, Italy with one, but I was expecting a most aggressive german team. If you consider the ball's possession, Italy overwhelmed the germans, I was expecting some sort of pressing on the ball's owners, but Germany was passive, or afraid, they didn't. Klinsmann was afraid of Totti, and everytimes he had the ball, two or three players was on him, that leaves more space to Pirlo. The same with Toni, two or three players on him, that open spaces for 'italian boring playing'. In the extra times the funniest thing is that italian team ended the match with FOUR, I said FOUR, forwards. So forget 'catenaccio'. At very first of the first extratime we got two great occasions. Lehmann and Buffon are great goalkeeprs, the referee was correct. Overall I thinks we played better and deserved to win. It will be a classic? Mexico 1970: Italy vs Germany 4-3 is a classic Spain 1982: Italy vs Germany 3-1 is a classic Italy vs Germany 2-0 at in last three minutes of the extra times, in Germany, in a stadium with 60.000 german supporters against us will be a classic, no matters what will happen in the final.

Frankly, I didn't see any stellar team, maybe some episodes, but this is not the best WC I saw in my life, and I started watch football in 1970.

Italy played well, (and I usually tend to be critic about his playing). Italians defense is definitely the best defense in the WC, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Nesta, and Buffon, the goal keepeer, is the best one I saw in this WC. With Zambrotta, Gattuso and Totti reaching their top form, Italy would be a tought client for everybody. Out best forward, Luca Toni, more then 30 scores in national championship this years, breaks the curse with two goals. All the polemics and scandals unite the team. I was more afraid of Argentina then Germany: we beated them in 1970, we beated them in 1982, we scored to them four goal in the last test match. Overall I am optimistic, like in 1982 WC in Spain. If our players can bear the tension, they could beat everybody. Obviously all my considerations could be wipe off by Klose.

It seems that football pull out the dark side side of the force BTW, the 'divers' are in semifinal