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Carson Smith Bob Whitlock Chet Baker

Wanda Jackson Wanda Hickey Juan de Fuca

I suspect the illiteracy of Chewyspeak must be due to someone not being old enough to remember a world before texting.

The Jolly Green Giant Pete Jolly Benny Green

I currently have my audio system and TV in the same unit, but the receiver is on the fritz, and I'm wondering if I can get by without one and still use my Bose 301 speakers. I find the sound profile of those speakers just right for my room and my mostly jazz listening. Right now I have a blu-ray player connected to the TV with HDMI and to the receiver with RCA cables, and it doubles as my CD player. I also have a Western Digital WD TV unit connected with HDMI. I don't need a radio, since I use the internet for all my radio. So the question is, what would it take to make my speakers work with a TV that has an optical audio out. Any ideas? Or are my only options either powered speakers or a new receiver? Do powered subwoofers have standard stereo speaker outputs, or are they stand-alone? Or maybe something like this?: http://www.amazon.com/Audioengine-A5-Black-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B005OA3BSY/ I'd really prefer to simplify my setup and ditch the receiver. But wait (third edit)--maybe this is the solution to my original query. http://www.amazon.com/PCA2-80-Watt-Stereo-Power-Amplifier/dp/B001P2VV50/ and I may need to add something like this: http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B0053VKP8S/ I think this answers my own question, but I'm still interested in other ideas.

Man Friday Tuesday Weld Wednesday Addams

Al Sears Stephen Fry Peter Boyle

The devil made me say it.

Slim Harpo Harpo Marx Gummo Marx

Dick Bock Lester Koenig Sonny Lester

same here. the only problem is limitations the stations might have with streaming. there are always blackouts while the squeezebox is rebuffering. i still don't know if that's a problem on the station's side or on the squeezebox's. Or your network.

Not definitive, but a little research suggests it might be Talib Kibwe (T.K. Blue). Mike Fitzgerald lists his name as Talib Qadir Kibwe here: http://www.jazzdiscography.com/fitzgera/muslim.htm

The Egyptian The Rajah The Rumproller Horace Rumpole Horace Walpole Quintus Horatius Flaccus (aka Horace)

What a horrifying juxtaposition. Not all that "horrifying" IMO. Both singers (anything Dion does and Franklin in her post Columbia years) have a tendency to be way over the top. I much prefer a certain level of subtlety from a female vocalist, something I get none of from either of them. With regard to Doris Day, sexy is as sexy does. She may have tried to come across as a June Allyson-like girl next door, but there was a certain "je ne sais quoi" bubbling beneath the surface that whispered of something entirely different. This is not intended as an insult, but I think you don't really have an understanding of soul music. Aretha's Columbia albums are tepid wastes of her true, Gospel-based talent. I assume you'd really hate Shirley Caesar and Inez Andrews.

Some of my '80s work with Elliott Sharp & Lee Feldman: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=260210&content=music

Minnie Minoso Mini Me Memphis Minnie

What a horrifying juxtaposition. Yeah, though I'm not really a fan, her performance of The Very Thought of You in the film is exquisite, and very sexy.

For late Roy I also like the duo session on Pablo with Oscar Peterson. In fact, though I'm not a big Peterson fan, most of those duos with trumpeters are quite nice.

Beetle Bailey Ringo Starr Lorne Greene

I love his version of Twilight Time. The tune has a special place in my heart since it was written by a family member (Al Nevins, of The Three Suns).

The Amazing Kreskin Rumpleforeskin (a Paul Krassner pseudonym) Horace Rumpole

Yes, I actually searched for a thread like this because I think Ammons would make an interesting bio--or even better a dual bio of Albert and Gene. I've grown to love Jug. I didn't really appreciate him enough when I saw him when I was 16 (Mingus and Friends at Philharmonic Hall). To paraphrase Schaap, "It may be your life, but you're WRONG!"

Bernard Punsly Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell

Ramona A. Banuelos (who remembers the name?) Luis Bunuel The Exterminating Angel