Kevin Bresnahan

Worth the trip! I must've walked in on a day when they got in a large collection because the vinyl new arrival bins were pretty full. I ended up buying 11 LPs and 3 CDs. One of the LPs is toast though - I played it when I got home and it skips in an area where it looked rough. I almost bought a Mosaic. The had the Shorty Rogers Atlantic LP box. I brought it up front to have them open it to check the records out and we found CDs inside of a an "MR5" box. I did not buy the CD set.

I was just chatting with Dmitry about these UA blue & black 'b' reissues' prices on another thread. I just can't believe that they are going for $100+ all over the place. I bought a bunch of these just a few years ago for less than $20 each. I think my days of shopping for BN vinyl are just about over anyway, so no biggie for me. But if I were just getting into this... wow. It'd be painful.

Sounds like it’s worth the detour. I’m not exclusively into LPs but my CD collection is pretty extensive, so I often skip the used CD sections these days. It sounds like I’ll be there a while. I figure it’s about 6 hours from there to my home in York, so I’ll have to try and time it right. But Waze hasn’t let me down in finding the fastest route home in a while. Thanks for the advice.

I’m down in Delaware visiting the in-laws. This year, I drove down by myself and I’ll be driving back to Maine by myself tomorrow as well. I’ve always wanted to stop at the Princeton Record Exchange and this looks like a perfect opportunity to see what it’s all about. But is it worth the detour? They don’t post any listings online so I have no idea what their stock is like. They’ve never sold online either, so I have no idea how they grade their records or if they sell records that belong in a dumpster. So should I go? If I do, where do I park? Is there a decent place to eat nearby if I get hungry?

I watched Pee Wee's Playhouse with my daughters when they were very young and thought he was great. Mr. Rogers is a perfect comparison. I also thought his death scene in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" was great.

I thought I read that the reverb at CBS' New York studios was done using an echo chamber? I seem to remember reading that they had one in the basement that they pumped the music into and picked up the reverb'ed sound using a single mic. From this topic over on the Steve Hoffman forum: https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/history-of-cbs-records-30th-street-studio-nyc-many-pictures.388186/page-19 "Directly below 30th Street's recording room sat a simple concrete storage room that Laico and CBS head Mitch Miller transformed into one of the finest natural acoustic chambers in the world. 'After a few years, producers from around the world began visiting, wanting to know what we were doing in order to get that sound,' notes Laico. 'When in reality it was just this concrete bunker with a speaker, a U-47, and a bare lightbulb!'" Also in that thread: "Frank said that after they built the chamber and made it operational, it never really sounded right until Les Paul told them that the key was to separate the wet sound from the dry sound in time by adding a delay. In those days the only way to accomplish that was to record the signal onto tape on a machine with separate record and playback heads and then pick the recorded signal from the playback head and feed it back into the console, thus introducing a time delay. By adjusting the speed of the tape you could adjust the time delay. That simple trick "made all the difference in the world", in Frank's words, and was the key to the success of their reverb chamber."

I just got back from the Harvest Ridge Winery in Marydel, DE where I sampled several of their red wines and their one rose. All were very good. I picked up quite a few bottles for drinking at a later date. My favorite was their Cabernet Sauvignon.

I always wanted to like this one more than I do. I could never quite figure out why either. These tunes with Ben Webster are my favorites from the first Hodges Mosaic box. It's unfortunate that the majority of the material from that first box never made it to a legitimate CD release. There are those bootlegged Fresh Sound CDs but I never dropped my money on them. The vinyl Mosaic will have to do.

11 CDs with shipping for $24.85. Not too shabby. A few I've owned in the past but lost track of them so I figured I'd add them back in at these prices... Flying Colors - Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba $0.79 Dear Sir: Tribute To Wayne Shorter - Dale Fielder Quartet $1.27 Telepathy - Cindy Blackman $1.90 Deep Purple - Arnett Cobb $5.07 When Larry Met Harry - Larry Goldings | Harry Allen $1.69 Night Birds - Harry Allen/Totti Bergh/George Masso $2.53 With European Friends - Stan Getz $0.75 Jonas Plays Gullin – Bertil "Jonas" Jonasson $1.06 Are You Having Any Fun? - A Celebration Of The Music Of Sammy Fain - Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet $2.11 Andalucia - Kevin Hays $1.06 Angel Eyes Ballads & Slow Jams - Jimmy Smith $1.06

He mentions this at around the 12:30 mark. He has to edit it down for a paperback version. He also mentions it won't be called "Reflectory".

The Gonzales brothers & their Fort Apache band were a blast to see live. They cooked on that stage. Both gone far too soon.

I would have passed too. $200 is way more than I would have been willing to pay. The last few Liberty Blue Notes I bought cost me less than $25, which I know is not reasonable today but $200 is crazy.

Not me... Philly Joe Jones is great on "Whistle Stop". It's one my favorite PJJ dates.

I have most of this session as part of an odd Affinity CD release called "Stablemates", which combined "Pressure Cooker" (minus the track "The 8th Cat") with George Coleman's "Big George".

Cool looking bike and a great price but the range is a bit limited... which is likely true with all electric motorcycles, since there is only so much space for the battery.

I re-watched the movie "Nobody" again last night. I know it's just another bloody gore-fest a la John Wick, but I enjoy this movie so much more than those Wick movies, mainly because his everyday life is so like my own at times. Alarm, breakfast, bring out the trash, get the kids off to school, commute, work, commute, dinner, bedtime - over & over ad nauseam until...

I haven't played that one in a while. Graham's use of overdubbing gives this quartet the sound of a much bigger band. Not having played an instrument myself in man years, I sometimes wonder how easy it is to play along with yourself. Do you find yourself thinking about what you already laid down as you play the new accompaniment or do you try to forget that it's you and play like you're a member of the band?

I have that CD. It's really good. The copy I had came with a bunch of promotional stuff about Plas. I waited for him to come through Boston but he never did as far as I am aware.

E-bikes are not burning down NYC. Lithium batteries are causing a lot of fires everywhere - including NYC. But Lithium batteries are not exclusive to E-bikes and NYC fires are not only due to E-bikes. They are in every cellphone & laptop made today. Is your co-op board going to ban them too? Will they ban EVs from being charged in your parking lot? It's a serious situation that needs to be addressed, but trying to place the blame entirely on E-bikes seems shortsighted. Lithium battery fires are a big problem and I truly believe that what is needed is better regulation. No one should be able to sell any battery or charging system without it undergoing UL certification, but since the US pretty much dismantled their regulatory departments to save money, this isn't being done. I don't think it's even required. And I don't see this changing with what's going on in the US. In fact, there is probably going to be even less industry regulation as the US seems intent on allowing big businesses to cut corners in order to maximize profits. My Magnum Cruiser comes with a UL charger that shuts off when the battery is charged. They still recommend not charging the battery after the green light goes off (indicating a fully-charged battery) and never leave it plugged in for more than 24 hours (heat?). I am very careful when I charge my battery, only doing it when I'm home and making sure to unplug it once I see that green light. Self regulatory - that's me.

Great article. I particularly liked where it said, "studies have shown that riders using pedal-assists—a type of e-bike that amplifies your pedal power but does not take over entirely—get more exercise than those on regular bikes, because they cycle longer and more frequently". I know this is true for me. I pretty much stopped riding for about 3 years, only going out when I felt guilty or, more likely, after a look in a mirror at my gut.

All this Sonny Clark talk... Great sound quality to my ears... even back when my ears could tell the difference.

I've been riding bicycles for many years. For the longest time, I've ridden a Trek hybrid. I liked the riding position more than a straight street bike. As time has gone on, my rides have gotten shorter and I plan my trips to avoid big hills. Then my friend brought over his new ebike and had me take it for a spin. Wow - What a blast! I bought a Magnum Cruiser and off I went. I love this thing. Hills have completely disappeared and long rides are enjoyable again. Yes, I am playing my "old fart" card, but at this point of my life but I earned it. My older brother refuses to even sit on it. He acts as if it's not even a real bicycle. But we both know the real reason is that he would love it and have to buy one himself.

Tried watching Citadel but we got stuck about half way through episode 3 and haven't really gone back. Should probably try to push through. Surprisingly enjoyed Daisy Jones & the Six on Amazon. Lately, my wife & I have tried to find a half-hour sit-com to fill up those "do we stay up or hit the hay" times and we started watching the ancient repeats of Caroline in the City on Paramount+. We're finding it very funny and far enough back in our memories that it's somewhat new again. Although I seem to remember it went dramatically downhill after season 1.

They do say this: The first six titles are AAA-mastered from tapes, and the final two are mastered from a hybrid of the highest quality digital and physical masters available, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith and Barry Grint.