1: Films/DVD Asylum, Thanks. Los Lobos always does the trick//nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2025-03-19, 05:04:08 (38.162.148.229)
Nt .......

2: Films/DVD Asylum, Love the ending of that movie//nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2025-03-10, 16:47:13 (38.162.148.229)
Nt .......

3: Speaker Asylum, I've had TSMs... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2025-01-15, 14:58:26 (38.162.148.229)
for about 17 years. I get the itch on occasion, but stick with the Merlins. I've owned Thiel, Linn, Vandersteen, and PSB in the past. For me, the Merlins have been the most satisfying over a broad ran .......

4: Inmate Central, Yawn (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-12-08, 11:32:36 (38.162.148.229)
Nt .......

5: Inmate Central, Your "real story" is opinion... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-12-08, 05:54:05 (38.162.148.229)
And a f*ck of a leap to read those opinions and claim "Joe Rogan was right." Bipartisan? "Ranking Member Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) said in his final remarks that it was "clear from our two final reports t .......

6: Inmate Central, Actually it's 4B feminism won't be coming for you! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-11-12, 06:14:41 (108.249.96.218)
Nt .......

7: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wonder if Will Lee was... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-10-25, 15:50:54 (38.162.148.229)
I don't remember the band members. It was probably late 76 or 77. I do remember Jones's drums thundering in that small downstairs club with low ceilings. I never saw them, but Cher and Gregg Allman ca .......

8: Vinyl Asylum, RE: wow, that sounds like a.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-10-25, 12:46:36 (38.162.148.229)
I remember being a 23 year old kid who didn't know sh*t and smoking reefer out in back of the club with the original piano player from SG, another fellow, and Elvin Jones. I just listened in awe. ::: .......

9: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning: Spyro Gyra Incognito NT. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-10-21, 05:52:36 (38.162.148.229)
I went to college in Buffalo in the '70s and Spyro Gyra, from Buffalo, played weekly in a small club called the Tralfamadore. This is before they made their first record. They were a lot of fun back t .......

10: Vinyl Asylum, I like the album, but in all honesty... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-08-02, 05:49:41 (38.162.148.229)
The lyrics to California are bland and stupid. .......

11: Inmate Central, Do get your hopes up... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-04-23, 08:11:49 (38.162.148.229)
The far right media smear campaign will begin immediately. She'll be trashed before she's even given a chance. .......

12: Films/DVD Asylum, Good to know... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-04-05, 15:58:27 (38.162.148.229)
I'll check it out. .......

13: General Asylum, RE: Develop your listening tastes later? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-30, 10:11:14 (38.162.148.229)
Yes, You should decide on speakers first, but spending all your money on speakers and matching them with a cheap amp will not make the speakers sound as good as they could. There should be balance. :: .......

14: General Asylum, RE: Develop your listening tastes later? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-29, 08:33:53 (38.162.148.229)
OK. It sounds like you're sold on the Wadia Topping combo and just looking for approval. The hobby's a journey of fun and joy, just jump in. .......

15: General Asylum, RE: Develop your listening tastes later? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-29, 05:11:01 (38.162.148.229)
I see that the Wadia is not out of your price range. There's one for sale on Audiogon for $750. I believe though that the Wadia is just an amplifier with no preamp section. That will prevent you for a .......

16: General Asylum, Develop your listening tastes later? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-28, 13:17:56 (38.162.148.229)
What do you mean by that? If your budget is $1600 for all three pieces, take Wadia off your list. It is too expensive and won't pair well with the rest of the components in your budget. I would concen .......

17: Vinyl Asylum, I just discovered her this morning flipping through Instagram reels... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-23, 08:54:36 (38.162.148.229)
Interesting performer with great material and great wardrobe. Have you heard any Charlie Crocket? Good songs, good covers and most of his albums sound pretty good. Americana via Texas and Louisiana. : .......

18: Films/DVD Asylum, A get out of jail free card... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-14, 03:18:01 (67.241.240.6)
Your response raises yet another debatable point, but I'll let it go and give you a pass. I can't force you to find a new appreciation for the film. .......

19: Films/DVD Asylum, If you saw a "thinly veiled porn film"... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-03-13, 08:58:48 (67.241.240.6)
You haven't perceived the depth of the film. You missed subjects that included God, innocence, and free will. Maybe it wasn't for you, but you sound a bit silly--IMHO--in your description of the film. .......

20: Films/DVD Asylum, Icelandic actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson who played... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-02-25, 04:56:55 (67.241.240.6)
the character Billy in The Tourist was the lead in a very good Icelandic crime drama called Trapped. I saw it a couple years ago on Netflix or Amazon Prime. It's worth hunting down. I see it's availab .......

21: Inmate Central, Gonna be a great one /nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-01-15, 16:44:07 (67.241.240.6)
Nt .......

22: Inmate Central, RE: Seems to me, the Bills don't play very well at all in bad weather. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-01-14, 07:51:09 (67.241.240.6)
You're right. I guess I just wanted that pizza so bad today. .......

23: Inmate Central, I was really looking forward to a bad weather game... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-01-14, 06:28:16 (67.241.240.6)
They're fun and I had stuff to make a pizza all set. Bills play great at 1PM on Sunday. Put them at any other time and things can go wrong--this year at least. .......

24: Vinyl Asylum, Love that album. Only have it on digital. Might as well be an Eric Dolphy album. // nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-01-07, 05:35:38 (67.241.240.6)
Nt .......

25: Vinyl Asylum, Go Used... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2024-01-07, 05:29:02 (67.241.240.6)
My advice would be to go used. Phono stages are in the "taste and try" category of audio and there are a lot of used ones out there that will beat the pants off that Bellari. Go to Hifi Shark, US Audi .......

26: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Often stated, but is it true? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-11-30, 16:13:06 (67.241.225.180)
I've seen it happen, and that was the warning back in 80s when I started getting somewhat serious. Perhaps the thinking has changed and I'm just not up to date. .......

27: Music Lane, Shame he's gone, I'll miss checking in on his life from time to time throughout the years //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-11-30, 15:07:30 (67.241.225.180)
Nt .......

28: Vinyl Asylum, Unopened shrink wrap is not good for vinyl over the long haul... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-11-30, 05:45:59 (67.241.225.180)
Just because that old gem is still sealed doesn't mean it's healthy. That's why they call it shrink wrap. .......

29: Inmate Central, It's unfortunate your discretion didn't kick in earlier. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-30, 17:01:34 (67.241.225.180)
Nt .......

30: Vinyl Asylum, Yep, my VPI is 36 years old and it still sucks. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-18, 11:13:09 (67.241.225.180)
Nt .......

31: Inmate Central, Original post...thanks for the correction [nt] (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-12, 16:52:09 (67.241.225.180)
Nt .......

32: Inmate Central, I've seen that argument before... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-12, 16:39:53 (67.241.225.180)
Did you do a search and check sources other than Snopes? They are out there. I think it was AP reporters who first reported on the falsehood. Believe as you want. I've looked into it some and don't be .......

33: Inmate Central, Probably a good perspective... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-12, 07:36:07 (67.241.225.180)
But I still check out what he posts with a little research. Even a broken man is right twice a day. .......

34: Inmate Central, Or did they? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-12, 04:59:07 (67.241.225.180)
Come on Chris. You'll have Beethoven rolling over in his grave... .......

35: Vinyl Asylum, If they bundled it with a Taylor Swift album and sold it for $99... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-10-11, 14:08:50 (67.241.225.180)
They'd sell a sh*tload. .......

36: General Asylum, The worst I heard was... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-08-11, 06:47:35 (67.241.225.180)
To dump my whole system and start over again. It was over the phone when I was just calling about a new component. At the time (30 years ago), I had Counterpoint separates, Vandersteen 2 something, Li .......

37: Vinyl Asylum, RE: technics 1300 mk2 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-28, 11:12:17 (67.241.225.180)
The Audible Illusions is nice. Someone who knows the 1300 intimately needs to weigh in here. I just don't think it's worth putting a high output MC on it when you can get a very good MM for it which m .......

38: Vinyl Asylum, RE: technics 1300 mk2 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-28, 07:46:25 (67.241.225.180)
IMHO, I wouldn't put a mc cartridge on that table. Rather than springing for a lower end moving coil, you'll get more value with the current crop of MM cartridges...and I think that table was made wit .......

39: Vinyl Asylum, Over 13,000 reviews about the glories of vinyl... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-12, 05:02:45 (67.241.225.180)
Please buy one and let us know. .......

40: Vinyl Asylum, I paid $895 for mine in 1986 and it's still going strong. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-09, 06:24:57 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

41: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-03, 06:14:37 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

42: Inmate Central, Better yet... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-07-02, 11:06:37 (67.241.225.166)
The female designer didn't even have a website yet. She claimed God was calling her to make a website to promote marriage, but she was afraid of going against Colorado law. I don't know how a case fab .......

43: Inmate Central, RE: Well, as I said, even the NYT and the WaPo. . . (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-17, 04:48:13 (67.241.225.166)
Shaffer's analysis of the dam destruction is silly. They blew it up to create an excuse for incompetence? Shaffer's critique of Millie is silly. What's "woke" about Millies comments? Where does Millie .......

44: Inmate Central, RE: Very generous of you (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-17, 04:32:22 (67.241.225.166)
Don't think that it doesn't bother me the way he hectors you. .......

45: Inmate Central, RE: Tony Shaffer on Judge Napolitano on YouTube... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-16, 16:06:58 (67.241.225.166)
I give him the benefit of doubt because he loves classical music. .......

46: Inmate Central, Tony Shaffer on Judge Napolitano on YouTube... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-16, 13:34:37 (67.241.225.166)
And you complain about NYT and WaPo? Hard to get the tilt of your brain. I acknowledge that facts can get distorted, turned around, or left out, but your link is just meaningless babble. .......

47: Jazz Alley, Isn't Dolphy only on one cut? //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-13, 04:55:55 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

48: Inmate Central, Perhaps it will make an old man's prostate shrink //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-11, 06:24:42 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

49: Inmate Central, I wonder if there is an historical precedent... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-05, 13:47:05 (67.241.225.166)
To corroborate your claim. Aren't they just giving Russia more time to prepare...and rest? .......

50: Inmate Central, I don't get why you would announce a counter-offensive... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-05, 04:09:16 (67.241.225.166)
a couple of months in advance. Force negotiations? I doubt Putkin even fears a counter-offensive. Whatever the strategy, US military has probably approved the planning. .......

51: Inmate Central, In theory maybe... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-06-02, 04:59:08 (67.241.225.166)
but many welfare recipients are disenfranchised from society and don't even vote. Any many welfare recipients live in Red States. I'm not sure about your logic. .......

52: Inmate Central, Home Insurance from the big players is too expensive... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-28, 04:44:56 (67.241.225.166)
because they assume risk for all states. Small local insurers are much cheaper because they're not covering high risk states like CA, FL and LA. .......

53: General Asylum, I just picked one up a month ago... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-27, 15:00:13 (67.241.225.166)
at Safe and Sound for $779 for an open box. It replaces my 16 year old Rega Apollo that was having long dropouts. It was acting up for about 2 years, but I thought I'd just put the approx 1000 cds I h .......

54: Inmate Central, RE: Actually, this is totally wrong (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-24, 16:21:31 (67.241.225.166)
I was referring to the cheap populist context which is what Caitlin Johnson is referring to, no? .......

55: Inmate Central, RE: Communism! (Today's quote from Caitlin Johnstone) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-24, 15:59:34 (67.241.225.166)
I think "communist" is a label given to any foe which you claim needs to be eliminated by "any means necessary." Trump, MTG and others use it to condemn Democrates. It justifies extreme behavior like .......

56: Films/DVD Asylum, Sounds terrible... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-24, 05:04:02 (67.241.225.166)
All the elements that put this viewer to sleep. I've never seen any of the franchise. I'd rather have my balls coated with honey and be locked in a room with a hungry bear. .......

57: Inmate Central, "They're already well on their way to disappearing as distinct ethnicities anyway. " (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-22, 14:25:39 (67.241.225.166)
I always go by a rule: in some cases claiming someone is racist is like trying to nail jello to a wall. Not saying you are, but that statement is a whopper. .......

58: Inmate Central, RE: Remote work? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-19, 07:32:14 (67.241.225.166)
Yep. Another example...have you ever gone into a place like Home Depot and noticed three or four employees trying to solve the same problem while you can't find help? That's one of the major insuffien .......

59: Inmate Central, RE: Remote work? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-19, 06:31:31 (67.241.225.166)
I did it for 30 years with a couple of year or two work at the office stints. Remote working is the best way to work for me. It refined my skills and made me superproductive. Most office environments .......

60: Inmate Central, RE: or vinegar? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-18, 07:22:15 (67.241.225.166)
Yep, and cheeses and pickles and the list goes on... .......

61: Inmate Central, RE: What is dystopian... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-18, 05:55:35 (67.241.225.166)
And my point is that besides being triggered by errant apostrophes, you seem more triggered by messenger's than message's. .......

62: Inmate Central, What is dystopian... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-18, 05:30:23 (67.241.225.166)
Is that people can't read a piece of writing about a tragedy without making the writer's perspective the only thing they absorbed. It's like taking a shower with a raincoat on because you don't like t .......

63: Inmate Central, No chocolate? //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-17, 16:01:16 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

64: Inmate Central, I know, right? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-15, 04:17:24 (67.241.225.166)
We've been doing it on these shores for over 300 years, and it's a very destructive, heartless way to conduct a society. .......

65: Inmate Central, Are you pulling our legs? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-14, 06:01:19 (67.241.225.166)
The amount of good fortune that happens to you is hard to believe. If it's true, then enjoy; if it's not, well I guess enjoy that too. .......

66: Inmate Central, RE: I wasn't specifically trying to find examples of a "vibrant culture" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-09, 06:20:52 (67.241.225.166)
I deeply appreciate Russian literature (Gogal, Dostoevsky) and music (Prokofiev, Shostakovich) and their chess players and string quartets. I'm sure there are vibrant cultural places in Russia, but th .......

67: Inmate Central, That's hilarious.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-08, 04:42:22 (67.241.225.166)
"Probably the most beautiful park in Moscow"? It looks like a construction site and there are no trees. I'm not sure what your message was when you posted this, but malls are not a sign of vibrant cul .......

68: Vinyl Asylum, RE: In Da Groove! nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-05-01, 04:56:23 (67.241.225.166)
Films are woven together by all sorts of what you are calling "unspoken contexts"--not just sexual. .......

69: Inmate Central, RE: You and my wife :) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-27, 05:34:21 (67.241.225.166)
I understand completely. If you recall, I'm the one who recommended Britbox to you a year or two ago. .......

70: Inmate Central, I don't want to be... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-27, 04:57:25 (67.241.225.166)
anywhere near some of the shit my wife watches on TV. .......

71: Inmate Central, Hilarious. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-25, 05:38:55 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

72: Digital Drive, RE: Have you received the new CD Player? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-23, 09:21:01 (67.241.225.166)
I didn't get too much feedback here, but I went ahead and ordered the CD60. I've been running it in since Wednesday. Kind of a hazy congested treble at first, but that went away. It's very listenable .......

73: Digital Drive, RE: Have you received the new CD Player? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-23, 09:06:08 (67.241.225.166)
Yes. I replied to you this morning. .......

74: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I borrowed a CD60 for a few weeks (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-23, 07:05:48 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks. I didn't get too much feedback here, but I went ahead and ordered the CD60. I've been running it in since Wednesday. Kind of a hazy congested treble at first, but that went away. It's very lis .......

75: Digital Drive, RE: Are the Marantz CD60 and CD6007 bright? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-19, 05:54:06 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks for replying. I wasn't getting much response here or in the vinyl asylum so I went ahead and ordered the Marantz CD60. I'm replacing a 16 year old Rega Apollo on the fritz. Other equipment is a .......

76: Inmate Central, RE: Future Organ Donor. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-17, 13:26:25 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

77: Inmate Central, RE: You lost me (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-17, 12:51:45 (67.241.225.166)
Trump profits from the promotion of conflict...no? .......

78: Inmate Central, RE: I think other presidents are FAR more deserving of being "held accountable" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-17, 05:21:40 (67.241.225.166)
Cheney and Trump are both war profiteers. They just use different forms of conflict. Trump's payment to Daniels was a product of his war profiteering and was sourced for unsuspecting donors. Both conf .......

79: General Asylum, Time to feed the dragon, not slay it... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-17, 05:04:08 (67.241.225.166)
Getting rid of media is a drastic choice if it's because you're not listening to any of it--at the moment. Time for a new piece of equipment to bring back some involvement. Treat yourself. If it's abo .......

80: Digital Drive, I know you couldn't resist... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-14, 17:00:51 (67.241.225.166)
and I don't blame you, but your response tells me nothing. .......

81: Digital Drive, Are the Marantz CD60 and CD6007 bright? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-14, 12:35:57 (67.241.225.166)
16 year old Rega Apollo is acting up. Listen to mostly vinyl on my Linn LP12. Don't want a transport/dac combo. Have a computer setup with an ifi Dac2 setup. Just want a CD play under a $1k. Is the Cd .......

82: Inmate Central, +1 ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-10, 06:54:59 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

83: Inmate Central, RE: The FAA's tight regulations... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-10, 06:48:04 (67.241.225.166)
Yep. Eliminating an environmental impact statement when it comes to a new nuclear energy plant is WILDLY RADICAL. That's where the stupidity and greed I mentioned comes in. Like I said--boneheaded. :: .......

84: Inmate Central, RE: The FAA's tight regulations... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-10, 06:09:37 (67.241.225.166)
I get that restrictive regulation can hamper progress, but let's try to eliminate human stupidity and greed when deciding which regulations to jettison. Let's not adopt the Trumpian SOP of letting ind .......

85: Inmate Central, The FAA's tight regulations... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-10, 05:21:25 (67.241.225.166)
Have given us much better flight safety over the years. It serves as an argument for the benefits of regulation. Airplanes are off the ground because of regulation. Zubrin brings up an analogy that ba .......

86: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Marantz CD60 or what... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-10, 05:08:32 (67.241.225.166)
Years ago I had the original Proceed CD player that had the Phillips TDA1451 chip in it. It was okay, but I still was not drawn into CD listening and didn't use it that much. I think back then I paid .......

87: Vinyl Asylum, Marantz CD60 or what... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-09, 11:12:09 (67.241.225.166)
Any of you vinyl folks here use a Marantz CD60 for CDs? I listen to primarily vinyl on my LP12, but need a CD player for my around 800 CD collection. My 17 year old Rega Apollo bit the dust. Looking a .......

88: Films/DVD Asylum, War Sailor (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-03, 04:30:16 (67.241.225.166)
Recommend this three part Norwegian film on Netflix. Music by the same person who did the music for All Quiet on the Western Front. Hardships of Norwegian merchant sailors in WW2 during German occupat .......

89: Inmate Central, It's a game... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-04-01, 05:17:47 (67.241.225.166)
If you can use woke and NPR in the same sentence you get 3 points. He seems obsessed with tearing down NPR lately. The fact that he also threw in the word "revolution" should tell you who's feeding hi .......

90: Inmate Central, RE: Man, if that's all NPR did, I'd be behind them 100%! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-28, 16:31:27 (67.241.225.166)
The difference between perception and reality is that you can change reality. .......

91: Inmate Central, Thanks for reminding me to send in my membership donation... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-28, 16:11:21 (67.241.225.166)
You know military marching bands get many many times more money than NPR. NPR had a lot to do with making me a serious music listener. .......

92: General Asylum, I walk in many houses with no music system and no books... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-27, 14:17:21 (67.241.225.166)
I suppose they might just use a music streamer on their phone and a Kindle for reading, but I think folks are just brain dead... Also no art on the walls. .......

93: Inmate Central, Rust Never Sleeps /nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-27, 06:35:08 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

94: Inmate Central, That's not "NPR" stating that... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-25, 12:21:29 (67.241.225.166)
They are simply reporting that another organization said that. And here you got some here wound up. .......

95: Inmate Central, NPR? Forgive my laziness, but... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-25, 11:17:34 (67.241.225.166)
What you linked was not NPR and my super-quick perusal of the article found no mention of NPR. Did I miss it? .......

96: Inmate Central, RE: That's not a bad article, but it ignores the fact that. . . (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-25, 08:20:08 (67.241.225.166)
". . the neo-fascist true-believers who control the government, the military and the police in Badera-kraine are much more dangerous than the population at large is." Therein lies the problem. Do you .......

97: Inmate Central, Might be relevant to your point of view... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-24, 12:29:39 (67.241.225.166)
Lengthy and I'll post without comment... .......

98: Inmate Central, TMI (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-23, 05:57:56 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

99: Inmate Central, Have you ever seen "Ancient Aliens" on the History channel? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-15, 06:09:12 (67.241.225.166)
That show can connect anything on this earth to an alien presence. Reminds me of people who see "woke" in everything. BTW, as per my previous comment. After having turned Everything Everywhere off aft .......

100: Films/DVD Asylum, Thanks... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-12, 15:52:28 (67.241.225.166)
If I get back to it, I'll will keep your comments in mind. .......

101: Films/DVD Asylum, Top Gun... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-12, 14:23:55 (67.241.225.166)
Doesn't belong in the running either. .......

102: Films/DVD Asylum, Everything Everywhere... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-12, 06:11:47 (67.241.225.166)
I attempted to watch that a couple of days ago and gave up after 45 minutes. Any words of encouragement? .......

103: Vinyl Asylum, The myth of the "slavish cult"... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-06, 06:37:19 (67.241.225.166)
I appreciate your opinion, but you're basing it on second hand, longstanding, Linn bashing cliches--you haven't owned an LP12 nor have you ever heard an LP12. That said, sure it was cultish years ago, .......

104: Films/DVD Asylum, I don't know about that... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-04, 06:47:43 (67.241.225.166)
My feeling is that it was a better than average year for films. There were plenty of "auteur" films--if that term is even valid any more--Banshees, Tar, Babylon, Amsterdam, Women Talking. All Quiet on .......

105: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: It's a mystery to me how... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-02, 07:55:53 (67.241.225.166)
Maverick barely had a script. On another note, I think last year was a somewhat remarkable year for quality movies. I don't remember a year in which I thought highly--or somewhat highly--of so many: A .......

106: Films/DVD Asylum, It's a mystery to me how... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-03-01, 06:32:09 (67.241.225.166)
Top Gun is even nominated for best picture. It's not. .......

107: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Destination...Out! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-02-26, 15:34:57 (67.241.225.166)
Yep, can't go wrong with Bobby Hutcherson and Grachan Mancur in the mix. I should get that on vinyl--only have a pretty good flac file. .......

108: Vinyl Asylum, BN Classic Jackie McLean Bluesnik... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-02-25, 06:32:13 (67.241.225.166)
Anyone received this new reissue from BN yet? Sounds just great and the music is great. This is getting a lot of play around here lately. Also got the new Craft reissue John Lee Hooker Burnin'. Sounds .......

109: General Asylum, Purpose, budget, placement, media used, speakers, amp/ preamp, cables //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-02-22, 14:11:40 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

110: Speaker Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-02-17, 11:56:57 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

111: General Asylum, Thanks for letting us know... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-02-09, 05:15:22 (67.241.225.166)
I think it was you who got me into Conrad Johnson and Thiel back in the 1980s. .......

112: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The 1961 "Night In Tunisia," that's been done, hasn't it? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-31, 04:20:04 (67.241.225.166)
Yes, there are reissues available used, but all are too expensive for my blood. I'd like to find a fresh copy in the $20 to $30 range on a reliable label--Blue Note maybe. .......

113: Inmate Central, RE: Cooking Recipe (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-31, 03:57:00 (67.241.225.166)
I just use espresso powder that you buy in the baking aisle. This is the chocolate cake recipe I've made 3 or 4 times. It's great. Use the buttercream frosting it suggests. Not for the diet conscious. .......

114: Inmate Central, Can psych exams realistically predict pack mentality? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-31, 03:43:16 (67.241.225.166)
Not so sure .......

115: Vinyl Asylum, Lateef "Eastern Sounds" and the 1961 Blakey "Night in Tunisia" /nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-31, 03:36:30 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

116: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: So, what knocked you out about it? *`) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-28, 07:01:01 (67.241.225.166)
The persistent anxiety and gray mud, the acting, the episodic approach--the movie is propelled along by one lengthy predicament after another, the arc of the mian character from innocent pacific to fo .......

117: Films/DVD Asylum, Yep, I can see that... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-25, 13:09:11 (67.241.225.166)
Given your indulgences .......

118: Films/DVD Asylum, All Quiet on the Western Front... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-25, 06:31:01 (67.241.225.166)
Don't understand how a film this great is nominated for best film, but not best director. Isn't a film's excellence a direct result of a director's effort? .......

119: General Asylum, My stay was by choice... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-21, 13:22:47 (67.241.225.166)
I had just graduated from high school and was hitchhiking across the country and back with no money and a bedroll. .......

120: General Asylum, I spent 3 weeks in the summer of 1972... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-20, 15:31:20 (67.241.225.166)
Sleeping in People's Park and panhandling. .......

121: Inmate Central, RE: Well, I am not a Ukrainian, and neigher is my wife (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-17, 09:35:05 (67.241.225.166)
Yes, I know that from your posts here. Are you misunderstanding my point? .......

122: Inmate Central, PA has lots of Ukrainians... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-17, 08:47:30 (67.241.225.166)
They all care. Been down in Central PA in Shamokin with a Ukranian friend years ago. What a wasteland, but plenty of Ukrainians. Just looked it up...PA has the second highest Ukrainian population in t .......

123: Inmate Central, Still have my original copy of Truth that I bought in '68 or '69... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-11, 15:15:39 (67.241.225.166)
One of the first albums I bought when I was making the leap from Young Rascals to mean guitar sounds. Rest in piece. .......

124: Inmate Central, Makes sense... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-10, 05:56:19 (67.241.225.166)
Give someone something worth protecting--like a home--and they will be motivated to do what's necessary to protect it. Most people... .......

125: Inmate Central, RE: A Political Issue You Can Sink Your Teeth Into (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-10, 05:44:42 (67.241.225.166)
Apparently those Fox folks haven't seen any Asian candies--its packaging is full of colorful characters. .......

126: Inmate Central, Nancy Reagan told a story about... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-08, 07:07:47 (67.241.225.166)
Ronald when he was diminished with dementia. Seems that they had an aquarium in their house with a replica of the Whitehouse in the tank. One day Ronald asked Nancy what that house was in the tank. :: .......

127: Vinyl Asylum, Funny... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2023-01-05, 09:21:29 (67.241.225.166)
I remember those days. .......

128: Inmate Central, OK, thanks... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-31, 13:27:04 (67.241.225.166)
I hadn't heard anything about different factions within the Ukrainian army other than the Azov, so I wondered. .......

129: Inmate Central, RE: Whose posts... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-31, 11:59:54 (67.241.225.166)
A video that occurred in the twitter link you posted in your original Happy New Years post had three Ukrainian soldiers speaking from Bakhmut. I'm trying to understand the meaning of what one says and .......

130: Inmate Central, hohol? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-31, 07:56:15 (67.241.225.166)
Please help me understand something... On your linked Twitter thread the 15th post by Dimitri at 2:49 has a comment about hohols. I thought hohol was a derogatory Russian term for Ukrainians. The spea .......

131: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wow. Never was overplayed here. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-26, 15:13:12 (67.241.225.166)
Not knocking it. Just heard it on Sirius about 6 days ago (I think it was Perlman, YoYo MA and Barenboim), and my local NPR plays it a bit. It's one of those pieces that can attract multiple stars sin .......

132: Vinyl Asylum, Overplay on radio... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-26, 13:23:51 (67.241.225.166)
Just like any music, generally turns off critics. .......

133: Inmate Central, I don't know...that looks like it's as cold as a well digger's ass** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-24, 14:10:00 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

134: General Asylum, Sam and Dave?? /nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-19, 09:14:02 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

135: Jazz Alley, RE: Norwegian Wood (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-18, 15:51:42 (67.241.225.166)
Nice...know if it's available on vinyl? Don't see it anyplace. .......

136: General Asylum, RE: I hope BB doesn't threaten Signature Sound... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-18, 07:52:01 (67.241.225.166)
Those Acoustat speakers you have will make a system shine! I got my Merlin speakers through Rick although I've never been in his shop. I'm down in Corning. .......

137: General Asylum, I hope BB doesn't threaten Signature Sound... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-18, 06:11:26 (67.241.225.166)
Aren't they up in that neck of the woods? .......

138: General Asylum, The listener** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-17, 13:56:18 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

139: Inmate Central, Take it from me... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-15, 07:19:14 (67.241.225.166)
I have afib. I've had 4 cardioversions and 2 cardic ablations...it's under control now. If you have continuing rapid heart beat, go see a doctor. You run the danger of stroking out. Do not self medica .......

140: Inmate Central, I got a book of beatiful mountain flower stamps... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-13, 08:38:27 (67.241.225.166)
Who needs the usually ugly holiday stamps? I'm never clear on why DeJoy can't be fired. .......

141: Vinyl Asylum, I can't respond to you because they'll think we're a cult, but... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-12, 13:33:16 (67.241.225.166)
Amen Brother! .......

142: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I was looking at used LP12s... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-12, 05:44:43 (67.241.225.166)
I've had an LP12/Ittok since 1986. Bought new for about $1500. Only upgrade I've done is adding the Origin Live DC motor. It's been front and center in my system since day one. I rarely need to adjust .......

143: Speaker Asylum, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-10, 06:10:16 (67.241.225.166)
With your moniker I wondered if you were driving the LRS with a triode amp of some kind. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. It's a good thing that you enjoy the LRS so much. ::: TOPIC:: .......

144: Speaker Asylum, OK then dammit...my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-09, 10:55:20 (67.241.225.166)
That's 4 questions you asked. If you don't want to satisfy our curiosity then so be it. .......

145: Speaker Asylum, It's hard to get a handle on your perspective when you don't list your system (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-09, 07:24:09 (67.241.225.166)
Am I missing something? .......

146: Films/DVD Asylum, Corrin was a scene stealer when she played Diana in The Crown** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-12-04, 06:34:19 (67.241.225.166)
Edit: should have written "they" I suppose .......

147: Inmate Central, Britbox was running a $1.99/month for first two months... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-29, 07:30:18 (67.241.225.166)
Black Friday sale. You can subscribe through Amazon Prime. You might like it. You can always cancel after a couple of months. .......

148: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Bobby Hutcherson on both... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-22, 09:37:42 (67.241.225.166)
True about Hutcherson. I had my vinyl re-release copy about 4 years. Haven't heard the new Kevin Gray one. .......

149: Vinyl Asylum, Great record... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-22, 05:32:37 (67.241.225.166)
Right up there with Dolphy's Out to Lunch. Play it often. .......

150: Inmate Central, RE: Buffalo Bills got just what the doctor ordered today... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-21, 10:07:46 (67.241.225.166)
6 feet of snow? They looked pretty lethargic and sloppy the first half. A couple of messy, score-costing penalty flags against them. After the first quarter I thought they might lose. They needed that .......

151: Inmate Central, Mid-century vomitorium** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-21, 05:22:07 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

152: Inmate Central, RE: Amen! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-19, 06:14:10 (67.241.225.166)
Kudos to you for being able to swing it and pay for most of your kids college. Your experience is the ideal, but not always the reality. I'm in NYS and my daughter went to a state university. I paid h .......

153: Inmate Central, RE: Amen! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-18, 16:27:05 (67.241.225.166)
I think community colleges are quite a bit more than $250 a semester. Throw in food shelter and books and it's a bit of debt. 4 year public colleges are quite steep now. The days of cheap public colle .......

154: Inmate Central, Upset my stomach... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-13, 16:15:22 (67.241.225.166)
Some sloppy play by the Bills. They should have gone for that field goal. Honestly...my first thought at the end of the game was "Music never let's you down the way sports can." .......

155: Inmate Central, As they say, we have term limits... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-13, 10:36:10 (67.241.225.166)
they're called elections. So many crazies now find a way into congress, why increase their chances? .......

156: Vinyl Asylum, I've been discovering Hill's Dance with Death lately... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-13, 05:47:47 (67.241.225.166)
Joe Farrell's soprano sax on the Yellow Violets opener is addicting. .......

157: Inmate Central, Yep (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-11, 13:35:18 (67.241.225.166)
Much of the joy gone now. They've lost games to division rivals the Jets and Dolphins which is not good. Now Allen's injury. Allen's fun to watch...most of the time. This was supposed to be their year .......

158: Inmate Central, Made me laugh (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-09, 05:58:50 (67.241.225.166)
SA for short .......

159: Vinyl Asylum, I feel sorry for that "record player" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-07, 14:31:17 (67.241.225.166)
Needs a rescue. I wonder how she'd do explaining a DAC? .......

160: Inmate Central, RE: NY Marathon was too warm for runners (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-06, 14:55:29 (67.241.225.166)
I did the first two miles of the Kaulalau Trail a couple of years ago in the rain and mud (4 miles in and back). Not a picnic...for me anyway. Rain's a challenge in Kauai. Enjoy! .......

161: Inmate Central, I don't understand why this problem can't be solved (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-04, 10:23:43 (67.241.225.166)
Lack of will, lack of technology? Can we hold the email providers liable? .......

162: Vinyl Asylum, I meant the whole Crown of Creation album** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-03, 09:20:09 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

163: Vinyl Asylum, Crown of Creation is my favorite** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-03, 08:13:40 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

164: Vinyl Asylum, You're Only Pretty as You Feel (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-11-03, 05:42:08 (67.241.225.166)
Loved that band in high school .......

165: Inmate Central, RE: Putin rails against 'Western elites': will it work with ordinary conservatives? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-28, 04:51:40 (67.241.225.166)
Christian means no homosexuals, no weed, no disruptive arts, etc. Killing and rape are OK. No hypocrisy there. .......

166: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A few more, mostly LPs (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-24, 12:05:54 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks for the recommendations. I will pick up a few. I may have overstated the tendency for current jazz to be on cd. I do have quite a bit on vinyl...Harish Raghavan, Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, M .......

167: Inmate Central, Sounds great** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-24, 05:41:41 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

168: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Now Playing: "The Enrico Rava Quartet." (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-24, 05:35:30 (67.241.225.166)
I have some of his stuff on digital and like it a lot. There's also Thomas Stanko that I have on digital. It's coming around lately, but current jazz is very CD entrenched. .......

169: Films/DVD Asylum, Who didn't see that coming (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-21, 05:03:32 (67.241.225.166)
No advance press, no advance release, opening in October. Disclaimer: No affiliation. I can't stand comic book movies. .......

170: Inmate Central, Finger Lakes in upstate NY is grand this year** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-16, 14:01:20 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

171: Inmate Central, Anyone here ride the Moderna stock wave? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-15, 13:43:26 (67.241.225.166)
I bought a few at $97 and sold at $445 about 14 months later. Nice little reward. .......

172: Inmate Central, Cheech and Chong ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-15, 13:19:31 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

173: Inmate Central, What ever happened to good old fashioned self-immolation? ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-15, 05:37:42 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

174: Speaker Asylum, To each his own... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-13, 06:53:58 (67.241.225.166)
But I find it silly when people ask for suggestions on buying $30,000 speakers. If your are in that territory financially, I'm not sure audio message boards are the place to go. Unless these posts are .......

175: General Asylum, The French were upset... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-08, 07:50:15 (67.241.225.166)
at the Judgment of Paris. Is there a chance of anyone being upset at the results of your project? .......

176: Inmate Central, Did you read the very good Timothy Snyder piece posted by vacuous below? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-07, 04:02:51 (67.241.225.166)
It made some good points about why the nuclear option may not be practical for Putin. .......

177: Inmate Central, Beg your pardon (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-03, 15:57:53 (67.241.225.166)
That's crazy. Russia had plenty of philosophers, poets, artists, composers, novelists, etc. I don't get your point. .......

178: Inmate Central, Sounding more and more like Gogol** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-10-03, 06:05:30 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

179: Computer Audio Asylum, Galaxy Tab A8... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-29, 16:37:25 (67.241.225.166)
Very reliable, 10.5 inch screen. I use mine for JRiver remote and web browsing. .......

180: General Asylum, I enjoy Delmoni... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-28, 05:24:28 (67.241.225.166)
Even from the cheap seats at the NYC Ballet. No need to apologize for promoting art and artistry no matter what the practicalities of business demand. .......

181: Vinyl Asylum, RE: That's what it's all about... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-27, 12:16:44 (67.241.225.166)
Just make a follow up post and in the subject line put something like Moderator please move original post to vinyl asylum. I think... .......

182: Vinyl Asylum, Hopefully they are out breeding and having fun... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-27, 05:45:16 (67.241.225.166)
We have already fulfilled that purpose, so unfortunately we are here. .......

183: Vinyl Asylum, That's what it's all about... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-27, 05:39:49 (67.241.225.166)
Discovering new affordable changes that increase your enjoyment. Good story...thanks for sharing. You should post this over in the vinyl asylum. .......

184: Inmate Central, RE: The Atlantic magazine (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-25, 06:08:42 (67.241.225.166)
I spent my career in print magazines and towards the end everyone kept telling me magazines were going to be a thing of the past. It didn't happen. Ad revenues have been a greater hustle, but the publ .......

185: Films/DVD Asylum, Thanks** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-25, 05:57:22 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

186: Speaker Asylum, Years ago my wife and I... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-20, 12:28:49 (67.241.225.166)
had a dinner party and hired a harpist to play for an hour and a half. My 15 year old daughter and her friend were wandering and serving people. I had them make a mix CD from Napster of '80s music. Wh .......

187: Whiner's Woad, Fat shaming is one thing, but bargain hunter shaming is down right vicious ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-19, 09:04:54 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

188: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I had (might still have) one Ella on Pablo. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-19, 08:58:58 (67.241.225.166)
I might still have that Ella's Basie set. If her voice is shot, I'll take it. .......

189: Vinyl Asylum, The Ella and Joe Pass records on Pablo... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-19, 05:42:20 (67.241.225.166)
Are pretty stunning. Especially the first one...Take It Easy. Could even make this stoned 20 year old purr back in the 70s when it first came out. .......

190: Inmate Central, That's a loaded assertion... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-16, 07:24:40 (67.241.225.166)
And probably too loaded to discuss here. .......

191: Speaker Asylum, Merlin... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-16, 07:08:41 (67.241.225.166)
As you may know, Signature Sound is now handling all things Merlin. I frequently see used TSMs available there. .......

192: Inmate Central, If they ask you if you'd rather have a caffeine shampoo or... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-14, 16:02:42 (67.241.225.166)
...a caffeine enema, choose the shampoo. .......

193: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: RIP Jean-Luc Godard (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-13, 16:38:48 (67.241.225.166)
The most diverse artist--at times he could put me to sleep and other times excite me with enlightenment. .......

194: Inmate Central, Off topic (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-13, 07:15:48 (67.241.225.166)
I didn't know much about that quote you use at the bottom of your posts. I just looked Michael Stanley Gee up. I used to have the album Smooth as Raw Silk in my collection. I bought it out of curiosit .......

195: Inmate Central, Really, that's what you think when... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-12, 06:05:28 (67.241.225.166)
... you look at something online from the Daily Mail? You trigger easily. Careful with that axe Eugene... Or am I missing your subtle humor--or humour in this case? .......

196: Vinyl Asylum, What Ghost said... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-12, 05:58:19 (67.241.225.166)
Did you try changing tubes or caps? I built a Foreplay years ago and little upgrades often made noticably pleasant changes. .......

197: Films/DVD Asylum, Yes, saw it a year two ago... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-08, 16:41:03 (67.241.225.166)
Well done and, if I remember, rather endearing and not your usual heroic movie. .......

198: Vinyl Asylum, You left me hanging on that one.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-07, 15:04:38 (67.241.225.166)
What happened with the FBI? I don't talk about this stuff much because people don't believe it. It's way out of the realm of their experience. But it's not really that unique. Most good people have s .......

199: Vinyl Asylum, Weird times, weren't they.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-07, 12:06:27 (67.241.225.166)
In the summer of 1971, just out of 11th grade, I took a van trip with a couple of friends up the Atlantic Coast from NY to Halifax Nova Scotia. Outside Boston we picked up a guy and girl hitchhiking. .......

200: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Humble as it may be.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-07, 09:28:25 (67.241.225.166)
I grew up on formula one racing...Jackie Stewart, etc. I had an elementary school friend whose father started the track...and formula one in the US, I think, Cameron Argetsinger. .......

201: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Humble as it may be.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-07, 06:42:59 (67.241.225.166)
In June of 1972 my mother's house was destroyed by a flood due to Hurricane Agnes. All those records were destroyed. Life was in upheaval, so I hitchhiked across the country with no money and ended up .......

202: Vinyl Asylum, Humble as it may be.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-06, 14:49:07 (67.241.225.166)
I grew up in Watkins Glen NY and graduated from high school in 1972. I could never find the records I wanted in that area. When I was in maybe 10th through 12th grade, I would hitch hike 25 miles over .......

203: Inmate Central, RE: Yes. We are told we must fear them. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-03, 15:18:07 (67.241.225.166)
Let's not get political please. But, what do I think? I think the world is full of assholes of all persuasions. My original post was encouraging people to read about American Redoubt. Did you do that .......

204: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah. Inappropriate. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-03, 12:52:49 (67.241.225.166)
I think when one side--a minority--seeks to overpower the majority through force if necessary then you pretty much can call that side evil and wrong. The darkest ring of hell is reserved for thos with .......

205: Inmate Central, RE: Yes. We are told we must fear them. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-03, 12:02:16 (67.241.225.166)
Inappropriate comment maybe? Hard to guage your level of understanding so I'll let it go. .......

206: Inmate Central, That Idaho armed locals story is worth reading... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-03, 07:39:28 (67.241.225.166)
Just to promote awareness of the dangers of group-think. .......

207: Inmate Central, If you give people the opportunity to be stupid, they'll take it ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-03, 06:12:18 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

208: General Asylum, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-02, 09:23:39 (67.241.225.166)
It was such a pain in the ass to scroll through, I guess I missed them. Still not hot on the list. Pistol Annies? .......

209: General Asylum, Taylor Swift in top 10? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-02, 08:37:01 (67.241.225.166)
Hank Williams way down the list. No Steve Earle? No Patty Loveless? Boo to that list. .......

210: Inmate Central, Doh, you are defending him with a conspiracy theory... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-02, 04:25:32 (67.241.225.166)
Ritter's points aren't that obscure or unique. Why not just find another source and be done with it? .......

211: Inmate Central, Scott Ritter? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-01, 16:26:52 (67.241.225.166)
The sex offender? .......

212: Films/DVD Asylum, There are moments of brilliance... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-09-01, 05:43:04 (67.241.225.166)
Like the discovery of a secret gay bar at a theatre playing Wizard of Oz. It says everything. Small town girl lands in a magical place... .......

213: Inmate Central, Very nice** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-30, 05:15:39 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

214: Speaker Asylum, Even the shipping costs are $3k (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-29, 05:20:29 (67.241.225.166)
Dorothy Parker: "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." .......

215: Films/DVD Asylum, Yes, good actress and intelligent show** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-20, 07:04:25 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

216: Vinyl Asylum, So sorry... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-20, 06:57:57 (67.241.225.166)
It must be very hard for you now. That King of California album lifted my spirits during some tough times years ago. Be good to yourself. .......

217: Inmate Central, Good poem** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-13, 10:10:08 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

218: Inmate Central, SMH** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-13, 06:28:57 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

219: Inmate Central, I'm with you** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-09, 13:24:15 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

220: Inmate Central, RE: Is it okay? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-09, 12:40:41 (67.241.225.166)
You can thank Ronald Reagan and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who summarily repealed its 38-year-old Fairness Doctrine in 1987 for the current state of things. (Disclaimer: This is not a .......

221: Films/DVD Asylum, Hard to watch for anyone who's been... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-09, 05:01:47 (67.241.225.166)
in a K-hole. I was given an overdose of ketamine in an emergency room about 3 years ago. For me it was a nightmare that left me shook for 3 or 4 weeks. It was hard for me to watch a movie with so many .......

222: Vinyl Asylum, Just imagine if Alan Lomax had that technology** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-09, 04:57:11 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

223: Inmate Central, RE: I do not believe that is correct. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-07, 16:43:07 (67.241.225.166)
That's good. I looked quickly over on the film forum and didn't see any posts by him, so I thought the worst. I'm not aware of what went on, but I hope he is merely suspended and not banned for good. .......

224: Inmate Central, RE: Is... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-07, 15:46:50 (67.241.225.166)
Ugh! Looks like he deleted his membership. Hope he comes back, but he was a proud man--or so it seemed--so I don't think it's likely. .......

225: Inmate Central, May I ask what happened? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-07, 15:31:22 (67.241.225.166)
I enjoyed his posts as well. .......

226: Inmate Central, RE: Pretty much... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-05, 06:49:12 (174.208.41.213)
Good on you for having a consistent viewpoint. I don't know the details of the Griner case. True or not, I've heard they were vaping cartridges prescribed by a doctor, and she had entered the country .......

227: Inmate Central, RE: WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-05, 05:56:06 (67.241.225.166)
Just curious. Do you feel the same about the many Christian missionaries who delusionally travel to dangerous lands and are murdered? It happens more than you might think. .......

228: Films/DVD Asylum, I don't use what you are calling AI... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-03, 05:42:44 (67.241.225.166)
On any streaming service. That makes it easier. I don't want to be fed what I consume. Perfectly capable of feeding myself. .......

229: General Asylum, If it hasn't been mentioned, Boulder should be on the list** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-08-01, 16:00:06 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

230: General Asylum, "Pathos...not so much" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-30, 13:44:26 (67.241.225.166)
That's not the way I read chocolate lover's comment. .......

231: Vinyl Asylum, You take that back right now! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-30, 05:11:50 (67.241.225.166)
Definitely a strong regional accent but great songwriter and hard working guy. See him live. .......

232: Inmate Central, RE: I thought it was Wilde, but maybe you're right. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-29, 05:33:52 (67.241.225.166)
I do love Wilde. When approached by a bill collector Wilded responded that once a month he puts all his bills in a hat and blindly draws out one and pays it. If the bill collector continued to harass .......

233: Inmate Central, RE: what part of my post were you unable to understand (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-29, 04:48:32 (67.241.225.166)
This is ridiculous. I meant no offense to you and you are being condescending and insulting. You are the one who is off kilter here. What's become of this place? .......

234: Inmate Central, Good one. Completely forgot about that band** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-28, 15:51:49 (67.241.225.166)
*** .......

235: Inmate Central, RE: what part of my post were you unable to understand (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-28, 15:46:45 (67.241.225.166)
I suppose I don't understand your high esteem for the professors reading Greek when you might have studied it yourself. That scenario was common in many of my classes. But truth be told, your last com .......

236: Inmate Central, You mean you didn't... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-28, 12:23:54 (67.241.225.166)
study Ancient Greek and Latin in college? We told ourselves back then it was part of a proper education. Was it though? Not sure. .......

237: Inmate Central, RE: Oscar Wilde said it best 140 years ago (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-28, 12:15:31 (67.241.225.166)
Isn't that Am. civilization quote from Gandhi? .......

238: Vinyl Asylum, Looks good. Check out Charley Crockett** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-28, 12:03:40 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

239: Inmate Central, Ha, good one** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-25, 13:38:27 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

240: Inmate Central, Frum looks like he's got an alcohol problem going on... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-25, 10:38:43 (67.241.225.166)
Over the last few years. Anyone else notice that? .......

241: General Asylum, Emotional indeed... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-25, 10:31:59 (67.241.225.166)
Hard to imagine a world without her. The Carnegie Hall concert recording recently released is a nice document of her talent. .......

242: Films/DVD Asylum, Possibly unfairly... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-25, 05:50:59 (67.241.225.166)
I turned it off after the first 3 lines of dialog. The remarks about Watermelon Bubblicious gum told me all I needed to know. It was going to be a heartless endeavor with the emphasis more on style th .......

243: Inmate Central, Lost in lights but CF should be benched for lack of hustle... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-23, 08:10:44 (67.241.225.166)
After he saw the ball .......

244: Inmate Central, How about the oil companies who profit off climate change denial? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-21, 16:45:35 (67.241.225.166)
That's where the big money is. Makes your argument seem silly. .......

245: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah - as if saying "bullshit" like you did is a valid argument (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-20, 13:16:42 (67.241.225.166)
I am familiar with Chomsky's comments regarding Ukraine. I hold Chomsky in high esteem on many issues, but don't fully buy it. Yes, the world is full of mighty powers that influence minor players, and .......

246: Inmate Central, +1 ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-20, 06:08:46 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

247: Inmate Central, If you mean I don't swim in the same cesspools... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-20, 05:31:43 (67.241.225.166)
you seem happy to inhabit, then yep, out of my depth. The only one defying logic during this tedious thread is you. IIRC, originally you claimed Zelensky needed a scapegoat. I countered your point by .......

248: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah, I know - that can happen when you're out of your depth [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-19, 13:37:26 (67.241.225.166)
Hardly. I just don't enjoy this as much as you probably do. You're impertinent in a sophmoric way because you want to have a back-and-forth, and your take on Ukraine is Youtube-inspired bullshit. It's .......

249: Inmate Central, Yawn** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-19, 04:25:49 (67.241.225.166)
** .......

250: Inmate Central, RE: What do you think was happening in the eight years up to February 2022? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-18, 15:29:43 (67.241.225.166)
I don't get your post. Where did I show confusion about who's invading whom? Zelensky needs a scapegoat? For what? .......

251: Inmate Central, RE: the largest in landmass or (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-18, 15:25:13 (67.241.225.166)
Landmass. That Putin needs a buffer--more land--is a bit of an irony. .......

252: Inmate Central, Thems fightin' words... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-18, 05:42:53 (67.241.225.166)
That's one of them there alternative facts. .......

253: Inmate Central, You're funny. The largest country in the world just invaded Ukraine... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-18, 05:38:19 (67.241.225.166)
and you think Zelensky needs a scapegoat? Where do you get your material? .......

254: General Asylum, That's perennially true... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-15, 05:03:31 (67.241.225.166)
In the history of "pop" music, you could pinpoint any instance in time and make the same general claim. Little Debbie is not real cake... I think certain people make these arguments to satisfy somethi .......

255: Inmate Central, Did anyone think there wasn't going to be financial consequences after shutting the world down 2 years? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-14, 11:59:43 (67.241.225.166)
Can anyone really be suprised? .......

256: General Asylum, RE: I would think much more... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-10, 05:11:17 (67.241.225.166)
There was a post in my local Nextdoor Digest about fireworks nuisance. Someone posted there about the decay of society. Everyone wants to claim something is the decay of society. It's like trying to n .......

257: General Asylum, I would think much more... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-09, 10:17:27 (67.241.225.166)
Fairly recently a Curt Cobain acoustic that he used on MTV Unplugged went for $6 million. .......

258: Inmate Central, Congratulations on finding yourself in the right place at the right time //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-07, 05:38:09 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

259: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Let's not worry about story . . . (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-06, 09:38:40 (67.241.225.166)
Did I say I didn't worry about the story? This is an art form we are discussing here, no? .......

260: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: One doesn't watch an Amazon project . . . (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-05, 09:31:44 (67.241.225.166)
Effete me? You're hilarious. Why wouldn't one watch everything with a critical eye? I've seen plenty of stuff on Amazon. In the case of the Terminal List the poor lighting and cinematography is glarin .......

261: Films/DVD Asylum, Snoozer that desperately needed a new lighting crew and cinematographer... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-07-05, 05:08:58 (67.241.225.166)
Two episodes were enough for me. Poorly done. .......

262: Inmate Central, My wife insisted on the extended warranty... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-21, 13:31:15 (67.241.225.166)
When we bought a Hyundai Venue last year, and the salesman took a thousand off the price of it. If I remember the original price for the warranty was around $2,800 and we ended up paying about $1,800. .......

263: Inmate Central, RE: Any Connelly fans here? Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer Haller? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-16, 04:42:17 (67.241.225.166)
I watched the Lincoln Lawyer series and initially felt the same way you did. As it progressed, however, it was pure Connelley story telling, and I got used to the Haller actor. When I first saw Bosch .......

264: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Wonderful. Can't wait, but the theme has been preempted, sort of. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-12, 08:53:12 (67.241.225.166)
I saw Cowboys and Aliens with great excitement, but found it disappointing. Rewatching it a couple of years later, it seems okay. The Predator prequel is going to be on Hulu. BTW, the score of the ori .......

265: Films/DVD Asylum, Believe it or not... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-12, 08:35:51 (67.241.225.166)
There's a prequel coming in August for Predator. It takes place 300 years ago with Comanche Indians. .......

266: Films/DVD Asylum, It's more interesting than you make it sound... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-08, 12:16:55 (67.241.225.166)
You left out the important part. This is a prized truffle hunting pig that supplies the best Portland restaurants with truffles. This is how hermit Cage makes all his money. Cage must go to the "under .......

267: Inmate Central, RE: Let's not go on (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 15:03:27 (67.241.225.166)
The defensive rate numbers are about stopping a crime, not necessarily murder. Those numbers you're trying to glorify are NOT all saved lives. I might ask what you're smoking too, but let's not fight. .......

268: Inmate Central, RE: Biden could do (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 14:51:21 (67.241.225.166)
I don't want to go on and on about this but...that facts just don't support what you're saying. Have you not followed our conversation? Defensive rate numbers aren't all about saving lives. See how ha .......

269: Inmate Central, RE: Biden could do (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 14:37:28 (67.241.225.166)
Just curious...specifically what facts don't fit their ideologically narrative. This gun brandishing exaggeration is a good example of facts not fitting an idealogical narrative. It comes from both si .......

270: Inmate Central, RE: Ok I did (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 13:46:36 (67.241.225.166)
Think of WaPon what you will, but the quoted material from the study stands and speaks for itself. The economic desk? Why not economics; the whole spin is about what a great purchase a gun is. It's on .......

271: Inmate Central, RE: Ok (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 13:17:10 (67.241.225.166)
That's not 12 lives saved (at minimum) an hour; it's simply 12 defensive uses of guns (could be for any threat). In a country of 350 million... Here's a WaPo piece on the study. Pay close to the 4th p .......

272: Inmate Central, That study does not definitively... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-04, 04:29:53 (67.241.225.166)
Claim that number, and even states that the topic of numbers is disputed by other experts. I can't think of a bigger line of BS just meant to sell guns. .......

273: Inmate Central, I banked most of mine...//nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-02, 11:51:19 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

274: Inmate Central, Thanks to the pandemic stimulus checks...//nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-06-02, 10:22:26 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

275: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The word is out (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-31, 05:40:32 (67.241.225.166)
Nick nack and antique shops are the worst exploiters of vinyl. It costs them next to nothing to display their 50 or so albums and put a high price tag on them. If they sell, they sell. I've learned th .......

276: Inmate Central, i think that varies by state... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-29, 05:42:40 (67.241.225.166)
I have an acquaintance who has a felony record because he robbed a bank with a gun in his youth and goes to Pennsylvania--I believe--gun shows to purchase firearms. .......

277: Inmate Central, RE: "Anodizing a rifle black may make it look scary" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-27, 13:02:19 (67.241.225.166)
And again...I don't know who Swinestein is either. If you are claiming I'm parroting some rhetoric from a pundit you disagree with, you'd be wrong. You seem to live in a Blakean world of made up name .......

278: Inmate Central, "Anodizing a rifle black may make it look scary" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-27, 05:48:57 (67.241.225.166)
And that what makes it such a perfect choice for those who want to carry out their fantasies of power and terror. You can argue about bullets all day, but that doesn't explain the emotional draw of th .......

279: Inmate Central, Or Sweden... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-26, 04:19:30 (67.241.225.166)
Year long course (think how many that would weed out) before you can purchase and register All guns must be locked No guns to those who have domestic violence, drunk driving, restraining order, felony .......

280: Inmate Central, There are something like 400 million guns in the US... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-25, 04:45:09 (67.241.225.166)
You are wrong to think that EU or Australia "has guns too." US is swimming in guns. As Senator Murphy of CT implored, and I paraphrase--we are not an outlier on mental health. Other countries have men .......

281: Inmate Central, Had Propofol several times... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-24, 09:30:36 (67.241.225.166)
That's pleasant and dreamy compared to the nightmare hell of K. YMMV .......

282: Inmate Central, RE: Ketamine is used as an antidepressant (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-24, 05:37:06 (67.241.225.166)
I suppose I shouldn't have assumed it was recreational. Funny to me that it would be prescribed for suicidal thoughts. My experience with it was--and I'm guessing here--the closest I've come to a deat .......

283: Inmate Central, Never know why people take ketamine recreationally... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-24, 04:13:57 (67.241.225.166)
I had to have a cardioversion (afib sufferer) in an emergency room a couple of years ago, and they gave me ketamine. The dose must have been too high because I woke up in the infamous K-hole. It was a .......

284: Inmate Central, RE: George Carlin's American Dream... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-22, 04:55:20 (67.241.225.166)
Saw both installments yesterday. Thought Burr's Miles Davis comparison was accurate. Didn't know anything about his wife and daughter. They were such a guiding force in his life. .......

285: Vinyl Asylum, HA. I have wondered if... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-21, 15:45:18 (67.241.225.166)
He is the reincarnation of Bullethead--the horses, the Ukrainian refugees, the rich girlfriend. It's the polar opposite of Bullethead's claustrophobic, anxiety riddled, alcoholic nightmare. ::: TOPIC: .......

286: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Crackpot vitamin E theories, imaginary Ferraris...- (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-21, 14:11:48 (67.241.225.166)
I have wondered about those Ferraris, but was afraid to question it. .......

287: Inmate Central, As opposed to... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-20, 09:43:20 (67.241.225.166)
the Right that instills ignorance based on fear? That's where the real control game thrives. .......

288: Inmate Central, Can we un--invent the wheel too? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-20, 09:33:19 (67.241.225.166)
It's caused so many accidents. .......

289: Vinyl Asylum, OK. I missed the... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-19, 05:27:09 (67.241.225.166)
If a gun was to my head nuance. Still seems a strange choice to me, but to each his own. .......

290: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Have you seen The Offer... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 16:41:08 (67.241.225.166)
I didn't read any of the reviews prior to watching the first 5 episodes I have seen. I saw an ad for it on Instagram and jumped right in. I usually do read reviews to find quality content I might enjo .......

291: Inmate Central, I remember those too. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 10:48:27 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

292: Vinyl Asylum, I noticed // nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 10:35:21 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

293: Vinyl Asylum, RE: case in point: I believe you mean "Their Satanic Majesties Request," not "Their Majesties Satanic..." ;) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 07:42:56 (67.241.225.166)
Must have been a Freudian slip .......

294: Inmate Central, RE: The myth of the billionaire savior.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 07:35:10 (67.241.225.166)
Hmmm...as I recall it's the right always complaining about big tech bias. I suppose the left has concerns about monopolies. .......

295: Inmate Central, I definitely remember that. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 07:31:57 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

296: Inmate Central, RE: Watch The Offer... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 07:30:17 (67.241.225.166)
A lot of channels like Paramount or Britbox are available through Amazon Prime for an extra subscription price. I frequently just subscribe to something like Paramount for a month, watch what I want t .......

297: Inmate Central, Only in America... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:58:02 (67.241.225.166)
Would someone complain about the price of premium. But screw the folks who can't afford a loaf of bread. .......

298: Inmate Central, Getting old... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:51:00 (67.241.225.166)
I know I've seen Goldiggers 1933 a couple of times and--at least this morning--I can't remember that scene you posted. .......

299: Inmate Central, Watch The Offer... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:48:05 (67.241.225.166)
Another great series about the script and production of The Godfather. It's on Paramount Plus. .......

300: Inmate Central, RE: And Busby Berkely. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:40:59 (67.241.225.166)
Was that clip from a Berkely film? Don't recall that. .......

301: Inmate Central, The myth of the billionaire savior.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:34:32 (67.241.225.166)
Are you folks going to put us through that again? Wasn't your team against big tech? .......

302: Inmate Central, What a talent... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:28:58 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks. I've never seen this clip. I've developed a real appreciation for her over the last few years thanks to TCM. She was so much more than just her association with Fred Astaire. .......

303: Vinyl Asylum, This thread reminds me of the 4 blind men describing an elephant by touch... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:22:31 (67.241.225.166)
The diversity of opinion and exposure are amazing. I never thought I'd hear someone say that Their Majesties Satanic request was their favorite. .......

304: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The worst thing to happen to Ronnie Wood (ace guitarist, good bassist)... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-18, 05:02:58 (67.241.225.166)
I don't think it hurt Wood's bank account. It also gave him longevity. .......

305: Vinyl Asylum, Their run from Beggars Banquet to... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-17, 04:07:50 (67.241.225.166)
Exile on Main Street is a run like no other in rock. The Beatles may have written more romantic songs, but they don't rise to the level of passion the Stones can muster. .......

306: Films/DVD Asylum, Have you seen The Offer... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-16, 04:38:20 (67.241.225.166)
On Paramount Plus about the script development and production of The Godfather? Excellent and fun with insights I wasn't aware of. Good writing and acting. .......

307: Vinyl Asylum, Glad you are getting a lot of joy... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-13, 04:55:15 (67.241.225.166)
There is a lot of good sounding vinyl around today--at a price. But everything better today? Your amp, preamp and turntable are all from the '80s. I had a C-J preamp back in the '80s and have missed i .......

308: Inmate Central, RE: I feel like somebody beat me up with a bat... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-11, 06:04:48 (67.241.225.166)
I grew up on an old Allis Chalmers with the crank start. Family owned a small fruit farm and that thing was a work horse. Plowing, spraying, mowing, hauling, as a young kid--like 10 or 12--I loved dri .......

309: Inmate Central, RE: When sinister folk use label that aren't really true (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-10, 16:38:30 (67.241.225.166)
Hardly. MTG is the queen of commie fear. .......

310: Inmate Central, When sinister folk use label that aren't really true (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-10, 03:45:13 (67.241.225.166)
Like Putin and the word nazis or certain US House members who call the opposition communists it is meant to set up a formula where THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS. Destroy them with bombs or try to overtur .......

311: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Good times ... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 15:38:04 (67.241.225.166)
I lived in NYC from late 70s to early 90s. Went to that Tower weekly. .......

312: Vinyl Asylum, RE: That's when I obtained most of mine. Not happening today, unless (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 15:35:56 (67.241.225.166)
In the 80s I was living in NYC. .......

313: Vinyl Asylum, The best of times was in the 80s when... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 12:37:12 (67.241.225.166)
Everyone was dumping their vinyl and it was cheap. .......

314: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cost cost cost (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 10:06:03 (67.241.225.166)
You're right. Sorry about that. How could I have missed that? .......

315: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cost cost cost (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 04:43:10 (67.241.225.166)
Yes, I went there to look it up. If you read my post, I'm not saying it's overpriced. I just think price info should be included in a review. .......

316: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Cost cost cost (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-08, 04:04:49 (67.241.225.166)
I was scheduled for knee injections recently and was unable to determine the cost of my copay in advance. Insurance company said it depends on how the doctor bills it, doctor's office had no idea and .......

317: Vinyl Asylum, Anyone heard the Beth Hart Tribute to Led Zeppelin album? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-04, 05:36:14 (67.241.225.166)
My wife bought it, and I gave it a listen this the morning. Really well recorded album. Hart doesn't veer from the original tunes, but boy, you can tell she loves the material. I can't imagine another .......

318: Inmate Central, Optional passenger side mirror... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-01, 14:49:34 (67.241.225.166)
Made me laugh. I remember that option. .......

319: Speaker Asylum, RE: First Impression on my Merlin TSMs. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-01, 08:22:51 (67.241.225.166)
Enjoy .......

320: General Asylum, Auschwitz, the meaning of pain /The way that I want you to die (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-01, 08:19:25 (67.241.225.166)
I don't know. I just could never get into it. Weird to see all those Grammy folks loving it. .......

321: General Asylum, I've been on this board before Facebook, Instagram existed and... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-01, 05:27:36 (67.241.225.166)
It's still my favorite place. Subject lines on threads are displayed close together so you can make a quick perusal and pick those that interest you. Like Occam's Razor, it's simple and highly functio .......

322: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My favorite Dan Hicks album...-.. nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-05-01, 05:12:45 (67.241.225.166)
My favorite too. A revelation for a kid in high school trying to learn anything on guitar. I have all his albums from when they were originally released. .......

323: Speaker Asylum, RE: First Impression on my Merlin TSMs. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-30, 08:43:56 (67.241.225.166)
Isn't the Billie an integrated? .......

324: Inmate Central, Sounds like a great place for someone with a feverish agenda to repeatedly make their trolling posts. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-30, 03:35:06 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

325: Speaker Asylum, RE: First Impression on my Merlin TSMs. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-29, 05:11:05 (67.241.225.166)
You're not using the Heaven 11 Billie? I had to look that amp up. I wondered how that amp would work with the Magnapan LRS that I'm hankering to toy with. .......

326: Speaker Asylum, RE: First Impression on my Merlin TSMs. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-29, 03:47:16 (67.241.225.166)
Interesting amp you are using with the TSMs if your profile is up-to-date. .......

327: Inmate Central, Russia's goals are understandable? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-26, 05:13:52 (67.241.225.166)
No, I don't understand. Russia is the largest country by land mass in the world. They have plenty of territory to work with to allay the state's irrational fears. If they keep pushing west they will a .......

328: Inmate Central, RE: They are. nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-18, 12:49:12 (67.241.225.166)
I misread the sentence or the writer's intent. .......

329: Inmate Central, Fraternite and me-ism are polar opposites, no? //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-18, 10:40:27 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

330: Inmate Central, Sorry to hear... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-15, 05:58:11 (67.241.225.166)
My ablations did the trick. .......

331: Inmate Central, RE: Incorrect data displayed: Florida has the highest per capita rate of homelessness... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-14, 07:01:38 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks for challenging me on that. Can't remember where I saw it. But as I investigate now I see that FL ranks third in per capita homelessness. That still ain't great. It's not a democrat problem; it .......

332: Inmate Central, RE: I'm good. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-14, 06:27:40 (67.241.225.166)
Good for you. Afib is one of the leading causes of strokes. Afib is generally an electrical circuit screw up in the heart. It can effect the healthiest of hearts. The sword of Damocles hangs over us a .......

333: Inmate Central, Florida has the highest per capita rate of homelessness... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-14, 05:53:16 (67.241.225.166)
Imagine if DeSantis ran for president. .......

334: Inmate Central, Add a cardiologist to your biannual checkup... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-14, 05:49:33 (67.241.225.166)
Take it from me...Gottfried died from the effects of a cardiac arrhythmia. In 2016 my health crashed. I had extreme fatigue and difficulty breathing. I eventually went into congestive heart failure. C .......

335: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Last night's vinyl spins (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-12, 05:24:55 (67.241.225.166)
Michael Bloomfield and X in the same session--my kinda guy. What cartridge are you now using? .......

336: Speaker Asylum, RE: +3 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-11, 08:50:41 (67.241.225.166)
They sound great with all sorts of music. Never played a recording they didn't like. .......

337: Inmate Central, Thank you... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-09, 09:41:51 (67.241.225.166)
Your story is a good antidote to the impotency most of us feel watching this tragedy unfold. Hand shake to you and yours and give those poor souls a big hug for me. .......

338: Inmate Central, Get my wife's ass off your f*ckin' car! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-08, 10:09:38 (67.241.225.166)
Sorry...couldn't resist. .......

339: Inmate Central, Plenty of foolishness to go around... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-08, 10:04:40 (67.241.225.166)
Churches and guns are popular too. .......

340: Inmate Central, And you never know... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-08, 03:38:31 (67.241.225.166)
What uber beast is looking down at you and thinking the same thing. Stay safe. .......

341: Inmate Central, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-08, 03:32:05 (67.241.225.166)
The Lucky Devil album from 2010. .......

342: Inmate Central, You forgot to mention free... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-06, 07:55:45 (67.241.225.166)
Well, if you don't count the taxes you pay. DC has some good restaurants as well. .......

343: Speaker Asylum, RE: Epos M 12 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-05, 04:16:55 (67.241.225.166)
I would think the PSB Stratus Minis are the equal or better than the Epos M12. I have heard the Stratus line and the Epos line, but not the specific M12. Sounds like a lateral move at best. I would lo .......

344: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "Tell The Truth" from the same concert. (Link). (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-01, 15:28:46 (67.241.225.166)
Bobby Whitlock played frequently at the Saxon Pub in Austin until he moved a year or two ago. I saw him a few times and exchanged a few pleasant words with him. It is easy to hear his writing style on .......

345: Vinyl Asylum, Forget the haters, that's one great song... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-04-01, 13:57:52 (67.241.225.166)
I bet the album is a fun listen. .......

346: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Muddy Waters Folk Singer MOFI 45RPM One Step released (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-31, 12:00:02 (67.241.225.166)
I bought that record in the late 1980s when I think it was MCA had acquired Chess and released many titles for $3.99. It sounded great then and was a great bargain. Good enough not to spring for the M .......

347: Inmate Central, RE: Here's the problem for local politicians.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-28, 14:46:13 (67.241.225.166)
I live in Bills country and it's not the richest NFL region, but the fans love their team and show up for the games. I don't think most of them even follow the news or care how they get their Bills fi .......

348: Inmate Central, They make deals like this when teams are doing well... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-28, 12:35:51 (67.241.225.166)
It wasn't that long ago that there was talk of moving the team to Austin or Toronto. You think politicians got kickbacks? .......

349: Inmate Central, Plus a Spanish dictionary. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-27, 17:07:30 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

350: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Outer Sleeve: Flap or No Flap (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-27, 13:09:45 (67.241.225.166)
Flaps *may* keep out more dust, but the flaps are a pain in the ass. It's awkward to put the record back into the plastic, and the flap prevents you from easily sliding the record back on the shelf if .......

351: Inmate Central, The opening credits come on 41 minutes into the film...double yikes...N/T (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-27, 12:38:16 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

352: Inmate Central, Not afraid to say I loved POTD.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-27, 11:59:33 (67.241.225.166)
It was beautiful, the music suited the mounting anxiety, and there was plenty of psychological action going on. With everyone's whining comments, I thought it was going to be a love story. It wasn't. .......

353: Films/DVD Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-27, 04:37:41 (67.241.225.166)
You are right. Saw it last night and it was much more than a "gay-themed" film. It was quite cleverly done. RGB's comments here lead me to expect things that never happened. Was it slow? No, I think t .......

354: Inmate Central, Nice. Thanks //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-26, 12:07:45 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

355: Vinyl Asylum, It's a compliment //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-25, 08:56:14 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

356: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thanks. Pasquale Grasso is amazing... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-25, 07:04:49 (67.241.225.166)
Thanks. Have to buy CDs if you want to hear or support most new jazz. .......

357: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I suppose they know their market, and satisfy it with quality goods. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-25, 05:10:42 (67.241.225.166)
Good post. When people complain about current inflation, it can make one wonder where they have been. Inflation has been all around us since the 2008 crash. From grocery stores to $14 glasses of house .......

358: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks. Pasquale Grasso is amazing... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-25, 04:52:17 (67.241.225.166)
And her voice just honors the lyrics, nothing more, nothing less. .......

359: Vinyl Asylum, RE: +1... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-22, 07:48:47 (67.241.225.166)
long live the Meat Puppets! .......

360: Inmate Central, Oh, the horror! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-22, 04:48:06 (67.241.225.166)
Someone or something bullies someone and the private company where the bullying took place opts to give the bullies a temporary suspension. Not a big deal, unless you are a culture warrior and think t .......

361: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm a Mike Shrieve fan. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-22, 04:19:52 (67.241.225.166)
The few moments that Shrieve is on film in the Woodstock movie are iconic and capture both intense concentration and the free spirit of youth. Love that. .......

362: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Adv sought on turntables (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-20, 10:17:52 (67.241.225.166)
The P3 is better and normally I would say to stretch it and invest in the better TT, but that means more money for a better cartridge, more money for the power supply. I can't predict how your amp sou .......

363: Inmate Central, RE: The power of incumbency. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-20, 04:12:34 (67.241.225.166)
Quite right. Campaign financing overhaul or even publicly funded elections would hopefully solve that. I say "hopefully" because I don't know if you could ever fill all the cracks in the system at thi .......

364: Inmate Central, good point. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-19, 08:16:09 (67.241.225.166)
nt .......

365: Inmate Central, RE: Just look around Congress... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-19, 06:43:24 (67.241.225.166)
I agree with you. Whether it's Pelosi or Lindsay Graham, their sell-by dates have passed. But why aren't they voted out? What if the people of a certain district really want a candidate to continue se .......

366: Inmate Central, RE: I'm all for term-limits... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-19, 06:12:15 (67.241.225.166)
I've entertained the idea over the years, but judging by some of the current crop of ill-prepared wannabees that pop up in the House and do anything but govern, I'm not for term limits. It would open .......

367: Inmate Central, Just imagine what term limits would bring out of the woodwork //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-19, 05:06:26 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

368: Inmate Central, Pretending to know who is patriotic and who is not... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-17, 05:01:20 (67.241.225.166)
Is the first step toward tyranny. California is the top state in military recruits. .......

369: Inmate Central, How does he make Diamond irrelevant--in a nutshell?//nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-15, 11:54:13 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

370: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Adv sought on turntables (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-15, 03:56:04 (67.241.225.166)
In the late 80s I lived near the Long Island Railroad in Queens, NY. Put my LP12 on a Target wall shelf then and have continued to use it throughout the years. Entertainment racks and cabinets are not .......

371: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Carbon cart is an AT. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-14, 15:47:32 (67.241.225.166)
Yep. My son's got the Carbon and he's a stubborn cheapskate. Can't get him to spring for more. I do know that LP Gear sells a couple of nifty replacement styli (from AT) for the Carbon. The Carbon is .......

372: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Adv sought on turntables (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-14, 13:11:58 (67.241.225.166)
Two of my kids (in their 30s) both have Rega P2s--one into a Heed Elixir with a Nagaoka MP150 cartridge and one into a Rega Io with the original Carbon cartridge. I think they both get the music right .......

373: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Sorry Sam (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-10, 03:26:39 (67.241.225.166)
Good observation. I've also noticed that heterosexual propaganda is everywhere too. What's a fella to do? .......

374: Inmate Central, Ukraine not "the Ukraine"... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-09, 03:59:46 (67.241.225.166)
that's what the whole war is about. "The" implies it is a territory. Ukrainian people I know cured me of that mistake 30 years ago. A proud people... .......

375: Inmate Central, Wings (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-03-05, 05:10:19 (67.241.225.166)
Back in the late '70s, when I first moved in with the woman who would become my first wife, she was working at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo-- the Anchor Bar that would soon become famous for chicken wing .......

376: Inmate Central, You are wrong again (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-27, 04:06:14 (67.241.225.166)
Trump was not pro Ukraine or Nato. Putin had no worries that Ukraine might join Nato under Trump. Trump was weak. Then came Biden who promotes Nato and understands its strengths. Putin felt he had to .......

377: Inmate Central, Wrong on both counts... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-22, 16:47:59 (67.241.225.166)
Read a little history on that $250 million that was congressionally approved and Trump held up in 2019 until he caved to pressure from both houses. Biden funded Taliban 80 billion in military aid? Wis .......

378: General Asylum, Perhaps you don't like music; you just like the way it sounds... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-13, 09:43:15 (67.241.225.166)
But then you're just trolling, no? .......

379: Inmate Central, RE: Smudge? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-09, 06:39:26 (67.241.225.166)
Haven't heard of cow patties being referred to as a smudge. Also didn't know Miller was referred to as the White Skull. Or am I missing some humor, perhaps? .......

380: Inmate Central, He reminds me of smudge-on-humanity Stephen Miller... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-08, 12:16:31 (67.241.225.166)
in tone and presence...the spokesperon not the reporter. .......

381: Vinyl Asylum, The food was terrible and the portions were small...** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-02-07, 16:49:48 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

382: Inmate Central, Didn't recognize Kenny Rogers** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-27, 09:16:49 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

383: Inmate Central, Set eyes on her when I was 14... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-25, 06:31:37 (67.241.225.166)
Anita Ekberg .......

384: Inmate Central, "increase count paranoia"?? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-22, 12:31:39 (67.241.225.166)
Do you think maybe tests are provided so that if people aren't feeling well, they can test themselves before they go to work or out in public? You're free to express your random thoughts here, but why .......

385: Inmate Central, At least you're backpeddling now** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-21, 12:33:25 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

386: Inmate Central, RE: The elephant in the room (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-21, 12:19:08 (67.241.225.166)
Ha. Kaylee McGhee White, a 24 year old recent college graduate with no science or medical credentials, writing in the Washington Examiner of all things. Please don't waste my time responding. ::: TOPI .......

387: Inmate Central, RE: The elephant in the room (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-21, 12:14:16 (67.241.225.166)
Kaylee McGhee White .......

388: Inmate Central, RE: The elephant in the room (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-21, 05:41:31 (67.241.225.166)
If you don't think masks have any value, then you are the elephant in the room, but then I think you knew that. .......

389: Inmate Central, Good book... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2022-01-21, 05:35:31 (67.241.225.166)
How the world got to be the way it is. .......

390: Films/DVD Asylum, You left out Melanie Lynskey in your "heart and soul" list //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-12-29, 06:21:28 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

391: Films/DVD Asylum, Glad you have an appreciation for Tom Waits... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-12-12, 05:55:42 (67.241.225.166)
BTW, if you are in need of another recommendation...the PBS Masterpiece channel is available on Amazon for 99 cents a month for the first two months. Some decent stuff to be had like Press and Roadkil .......

392: General Asylum, Opening instructions sound close to colonoscopy prep** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-12-06, 05:06:34 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

393: Vinyl Asylum, Check out Charlie Crockett... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-12-01, 15:17:08 (67.241.225.166)
If you haven't already. His vinyl sounds pretty good... .......

394: Vinyl Asylum, Sounds like a good plan** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-12-01, 06:46:31 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

395: Inmate Central, I believe that's 3 months to prepare and... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-30, 06:36:16 (67.241.225.166)
And another 3 (approx) for testing and approval...or so I heard the Phizer CEO say. So it's 5 or 6 months out. Wouldn't hurt to just get that booster now and not wait for the omicron version. ::: TOPI .......

396: Vinyl Asylum, Good record, you'll love side 2 even more** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-24, 05:43:19 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

397: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I did that for my first Expedit, but there was still some movement. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-19, 17:13:02 (67.241.225.166)
My Better Homes & Gardens shelves sit on hard wood floors, and beside the angle bracket, the tops are anchored to the wall with straps that came with the shelves. No movement so far. .......

398: Vinyl Asylum, I just added right angle brackets at all 4 corners... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-19, 05:22:24 (67.241.225.166)
So far, so good .......

399: Vinyl Asylum, I bought a few of those last year... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-17, 05:20:44 (67.241.225.166)
No problems. Happy for the price. IIRC, delivery was free. .......

400: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I wouldn't worry about it. .... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-11-02, 14:33:39 (108.249.96.218)
I bought my son a Rega IO about 5 months ago and--coincidently-- just got a chance to listen to it today. It's better than I even suspected it would be. Full and authoritative sound with his Rega P2 a .......

401: Films/DVD Asylum, Judgy much? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-30, 06:21:22 (72.48.109.2)
You may well be the disagreeable one here. .......

402: Inmate Central, RE: Evidently (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 16:23:49 (174.208.37.219)
You didn't take my advice and do your own research. I'm in a hotel room and have a 5am flight. If your not up on this stuff, then so be it. I have other joys to attend to. .......

403: Inmate Central, Look it up... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 16:00:51 (24.39.68.211)
I didn't invent this. .......

404: Inmate Central, Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown.** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 15:46:43 (24.39.68.211)
Nt .......

405: Inmate Central, and please don't make this a long argument... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 08:32:57 (67.241.225.166)
nt .......

406: Inmate Central, Good for you... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 08:31:33 (67.241.225.166)
you have convenient way to sweep it under the carpet...that doesn't mean it's not there. .......

407: Inmate Central, RE: That one is better than this one... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-26, 05:43:08 (67.241.225.166)
I noticed the white power hand gesture in one shot. Not surprised. And the OP's video seemed to be a not so subtle call to arms. I do feel fortunate that I don't know who "Brandon" is though. ::: TOPI .......

408: Vinyl Asylum, Bought my LP12 in 1986** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-25, 05:56:14 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

409: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I think that is a relative of the Rega Carbon... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-21, 09:53:37 (67.241.225.166)
There is discussion of the cartridge at vinyl engine if you're interested. .......

410: Vinyl Asylum, I think that is a relative of the Rega Carbon... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-21, 05:37:57 (67.241.225.166)
But the Carbon comes with a conical stylus, though you can purchase the lp gear elliptical stylur and use it on the Carbon. But yes, a satisfying cartridge on something like the Rega P2. .......

411: General Asylum, Definitely... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-18, 11:01:58 (67.241.225.166)
I was 14 in 1968 and always reading song composer credits on albums. Wheels of Fire and earlier Cream records and Progressive Blues Experiment by Johnny Winter and a couple of Paul Butterfield albums .......

412: General Asylum, Thanks...that cuts right through the bullshit. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-18, 06:21:36 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

413: General Asylum, Rolling Stone Mag is trying to revive its business... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-18, 06:12:42 (67.241.225.166)
WaPo piece on the business behind articles like this. .......

414: General Asylum, +1...You'd think a rockstar never said stupid stuff before... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-16, 06:10:09 (67.241.225.166)
Is the article linked by the op a sleazy hit piece prompted by cancel culture? The hate people direct toward Clapton is relentless. Sure...a lot of his music is throw-away, he did go on a drunken stag .......

415: Inmate Central, Yes, anyone can achieve great wealth, but not EVERYONE. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-14, 06:18:35 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

416: Inmate Central, It's a shame? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-13, 06:43:22 (67.241.225.166)
Over half the country lives paycheck to paycheck. It's not a question of them not doing the right thing. .......

417: Inmate Central, It's not about skills... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-13, 06:32:27 (67.241.225.166)
Sure, those folks deserve wealth because they developed something and worked hard. The problem is when money just generates more money and has nothing to do with your product or skill level. Wealth cr .......

418: Inmate Central, So what? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-10-13, 06:21:46 (67.241.225.166)
That doesn't negate the fact that there are still those among the top tier who don't pay their fare share. What did Trump say? "Not paying taxes makes me smart." .......

419: Inmate Central, No harm done... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-28, 13:12:05 (67.241.225.166)
Your reply was well put. Thanks for listening. .......

420: Inmate Central, RE: You all have to look back to understand the history of obesity... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-28, 07:05:28 (67.241.225.166)
If you haven't lived it, you just don't know. I have struggled with a propensity to obesity most of my adult life. I've lost 70-80 lbs several times in my life only to gain it back. Over and over. In .......

421: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: We are... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-22, 15:35:11 (67.241.225.166)
There's a couple of the things that I've seen on Amazon Prime recently which I would recommend--Howard's End (the 4 part series, not the 1992 movie) and The Tunnel (a British/French take on the Danish .......

422: General Asylum, Good post. Thanks. ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-18, 05:28:17 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

423: Inmate Central, Interesting point you make** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-10, 05:36:30 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

424: General Asylum, Not to be intentionally contrary but... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-10, 05:25:14 (67.241.225.166)
Pretty yes, but if you consider how few records it would hold, it becomes a rather expensive storage choice. .......

425: Inmate Central, Do you understand what "insufficient statistical significance" is? ** (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-09, 07:13:12 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

426: Inmate Central, Perfect (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-08, 05:21:06 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

427: Films/DVD Asylum, Classical music and drugs... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-08, 05:13:37 (67.241.225.166)
There are lots of examples with violinist Eugene Fodor and heroin, Michael Tilson Thomas arrested for cocaine, Glenn Gould and many others for pills and composers like Berlioz and others for opium, Be .......

428: Inmate Central, If covid was passed through sexual contact... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-05, 06:49:57 (67.241.225.166)
there wouldn't be silly disagreements about wearing protection and personal freedom. .......

429: Inmate Central, The job creator myth.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-03, 10:48:41 (67.241.225.166)
Sure billionaires create jobs--most of them anyway--but when they get more money, they don't always create more jobs. They invest it; then money just starts generating money. Why do you think the stoc .......

430: Inmate Central, Unfortunately, blocking flights from China... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-09-02, 05:19:08 (67.241.225.166)
Wasn't nearly enough. People were still flying into the country without being checked. I had a friend who spent March 2020 touring Vietnam and Japan. Every place he traveled he was stopped and tested. .......

431: Inmate Central, And a bad reaction to a few public safety measures... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-29, 17:13:19 (67.241.225.166)
I would never disparage the man because his early work had a big impact on me but... I must be hard to be rich and be told what to do to help others. .......

432: Films/DVD Asylum, You're welcome. Nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-27, 10:59:26 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

433: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: I will be grateful! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-26, 10:55:12 (67.241.225.166)
Sorry for the delay...I see that Britbox is running a promotion now for 99 cents a month for the first two months. For that price you should find something you like. The Victim Little Boy Blue Bancrof .......

434: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Speaking of Honky Tonk, Charlie Watts has died...nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-26, 06:19:26 (67.241.225.166)
Couldn't agree more. I don't think anyone here was disparaging him. .......

435: Inmate Central, Um...okay,...not sure what your point is..nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-25, 10:00:36 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

436: Inmate Central, RE: So you admit the vaccines were during in the "Former Guys" term, not he "New Guys" term (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-25, 08:20:30 (67.241.225.166)
No. I'm just here to help keep the facts straight. Of course, the vaccines were created while Trump was president; that's when the virus started. But they were actually created while the Former Guy wa .......

437: Inmate Central, Warp Speed didn't have anything to do with actual creation of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-25, 05:31:54 (67.241.225.166)
Warp Speed was announced mid-May 2020 and addressed issues of mass production and distribution of the vaccines. The vaccines had been "created" and were in clinical trials about 3 months prior to Warp .......

438: Vinyl Asylum, Speaking of Honky Tonk, Charlie Watts has died...nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-24, 10:27:18 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

439: Inmate Central, RE: The Hyundai Accent checks all of Mrs. Ghost's boxes. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-22, 14:34:44 (67.241.225.166)
My wife traded in our 2016 Accent Hatchback with 41k miles for the new Venue. The Accent hatchback was a good car and never had a problem. The 2016 had 14 inches wheels and handled better with some me .......

440: Inmate Central, All good points, but... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-21, 05:32:33 (67.241.225.166)
those had no bearing on my wife's emotions when she fell in love with the car. .......

441: Inmate Central, Hyundai Venue (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-20, 14:26:03 (67.241.225.166)
Bought one a couple of months ago while searching for a decent hatchback. I'm no expert but it's quite easy to drive and I like the 17 inch wheels. Trunk space is small but back seat lays down perfect .......

442: Rocky Road, RE: The Left Banke, "Walk Away Renee" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-20, 04:59:30 (45.46.231.43)
My first live concert when I was in 6th or 7th grade. My mom took me. I learned recently that actor Michael McKean was briefly in the Left Banke prior to his Spinal Tap role. Rickie Lee Jones did a gr .......

443: Vinyl Asylum, Nah (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-19, 05:01:07 (45.46.231.43)
Nt .......

444: Vinyl Asylum, RE: St. Vincent and Richard Thompson have something in common? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-18, 13:27:48 (45.46.231.43)
Don't know that unless he's confusing it with "Vincent Black Lightning." .......

445: Vinyl Asylum, Don't think that's Clapton.nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-15, 09:18:55 (45.46.231.43)
Nt .......

446: Music Lane, RE: Celebrating Nanci Griffith... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-15, 08:09:13 (45.46.231.43)
A Townes Van Zandt song. Love the version by Steve Earle too. .......

447: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Any recommendations? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-14, 10:44:16 (45.46.231.43)
Our agreement on hit or miss may not align, but I've kept a list of what I've watched. Unfortunately, I'm on a lake vacation for a few days, and my list and TV are far behind. I'll post a few recommen .......

448: General Asylum, A blurry line between the perception of good and hi end.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-14, 05:30:29 (67.241.225.166)
Thought I had achieved bliss until 1985/1986 when I first heard what a Linn LP12 could achieve. Bought it immediately. At that point I had NAD separates, Polk speakers, and I think a Garrard tt. The L .......

449: General Asylum, Sad news, an artist who tugged at the heart...nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-13, 13:54:33 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

450: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Bloodlands on Prime (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-13, 12:02:52 (67.241.225.166)
Yes, I enjoyed Bloodlands. James Nesbitt is a good actor. A subscription to Britbox has keep me entertained throughout the summer with plenty of good crime dramas. .......

451: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Well... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-12, 05:42:30 (67.241.225.166)
I've struggled through five episodes and will probably finish it. It is very mediocre though, and the main character is one dimensional. What I have to say though is that it is one of the worst lit sh .......

452: General Asylum, Ray Wiley Hubbard knows more than 3 chords? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-06, 16:43:15 (67.241.225.166)
Jk .......

453: Inmate Central, I bought Moderna stock last year around May for... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-08-06, 05:15:50 (67.241.225.166)
$96 a share. It's now hovering around $420 a share. Wish I bought more. .......

454: General Asylum, Enjoyed that...thanks. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-26, 07:58:20 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

455: Music Lane, RE: She Came and She Touched Me - Townes Van Zant (live at the old quarter) (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-19, 14:24:47 (67.241.225.166)
That Townes is a good album. Just saw Steve Earle yesterday. Good show. .......

456: General Asylum, Chuckle...nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-15, 16:22:34 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

457: Inmate Central, Tell Americans they can't have burgers delivered to their door... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-12, 12:14:18 (67.241.225.166)
and they freak out. Another faux rage. .......

458: Vinyl Asylum, Tomorrow you can do Savoy Brown...nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-09, 08:37:15 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

459: Inmate Central, Bennet Cerf Book of Laughs (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-08, 04:57:46 (67.241.225.166)
About 60 years ago my mother gave me Bennet Cerf's Book of Laughs. That joke was in it in slightly different form. As mundane as it seems, I've never forgotten it. .......

460: Films/DVD Asylum, Good film...reminded me of the Coen Brothers style. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-06, 05:38:55 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

461: Inmate Central, Yes, people want high speed rail in the US... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-04, 16:18:34 (67.241.225.166)
Even in Texas. .......

462: Inmate Central, Tibet even has a bullet train now... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-07-04, 16:12:50 (67.241.225.166)
Link to story .......

463: Inmate Central, Isn't the important point that... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-27, 06:04:57 (67.241.225.166)
both guests have been vaccinated by the Moderna vaccine? Both guests are vaccinated. It's just the host who isn't. .......

464: General Asylum, Good article. Thanks //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-21, 06:13:23 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

465: General Asylum, I don't who Mustafa is but... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-20, 06:09:47 (67.241.225.166)
**Don't know..." He really hit the nail on the head. Thanks for posting. .......

466: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: 'Conjuring 3': We're going to need a bigger Cross. (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-10, 04:16:54 (67.241.225.166)
I don't know about the film or your review, but "we're going to need a bigger cross" is clever and made me laugh. .......

467: Films/DVD Asylum, That's where we differ... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-10, 04:13:20 (67.241.225.166)
I see it as a moral tale. .......

468: Inmate Central, BTW a word about lawyers... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-09, 10:49:43 (67.241.225.166)
Lawyers thrive on contentious divorces. As a matter of fact, they have no incentive to encourage quick, peaceful divorces. Don't get caught up in the "battle". During my divorce, I had a sobering mome .......

469: Inmate Central, Been there... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-09, 05:42:44 (67.241.225.166)
Very difficult and painful situation, but I finally emerged on the other end a better person and a happier person, and found love again. Trust yourself and importantly, when you decide to go through a .......

470: Films/DVD Asylum, Scarlet Street by Fritz Lang terrible??? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-09, 05:28:29 (67.241.225.166)
Dan Duryea's performance alone is worth the price of admission. .......

471: Films/DVD Asylum, A little humor about "Mare of Eastown" (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-08, 04:13:57 (67.241.225.166)
via SNL .......

472: Films/DVD Asylum, If your hate for Aronofsky hasn't reached it's fullest... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-07, 11:42:25 (67.241.225.166)
...potential, Mother should get you there. .......

473: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thanks so much! (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-05, 05:25:32 (67.241.225.166)
Is you accusin' me of being an audiophile? Seriously though, despite my wonderings about miking and mixing, the music is great. Great compositions imaginatively arranged. Hill shines, Ron Carter shine .......

474: Vinyl Asylum, Yes... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-04, 16:30:15 (67.241.225.166)
Side four is a blank. I'm no expert, but the mix doesn't seem to be up to BN standards. There's a lot of musicians and some parts get buried a little too much, and they're hard to follow. Not sure if .......

475: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Deja Vu, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-06-03, 06:08:53 (67.241.225.166)
Their first album was mostly Stills as well. .......

476: Films/DVD Asylum, Good film... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-31, 11:07:06 (67.241.225.166)
Hard to believe he directed Tango & Cash. .......

477: Vinyl Asylum, doh. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-30, 06:24:17 (67.241.225.166)
nt .......

478: Vinyl Asylum, ST? /NT (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-30, 04:56:29 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

479: Films/DVD Asylum, "A study in stress..."? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-29, 14:37:45 (67.241.225.166)
You are being way too generous. The only thing that saves this film--I use that term lightly--is the rather good score. Otherwise, it's one rung above a student production with little emotional--or re .......

480: Films/DVD Asylum, Mulligan is quite good in Collateral on Netflix. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-26, 17:50:00 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

481: General Asylum, You mean like sex, right? (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-24, 05:00:03 (67.241.225.166)
You may think it's great, but it's nowhere near as great as you're telling yourself because other folks are having better sex? That's not a lie I'm telling myself; that's being in the moment and enjoy .......

482: General Asylum, Women audiophiles (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-23, 06:52:31 (67.241.225.166)
Here's a killer system and the owner... .......

483: Inmate Central, Thanks for the replies, but (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-16, 10:51:45 (67.241.225.166)
If I put the tank on the deck where I grill, that deck is treated lumber and attached to the attached garage. So if the house ever catches fire for whatever reason, wouldn't the fire probably make its .......

484: Inmate Central, RE: I store camping propane in house (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-16, 10:30:17 (67.241.225.166)
Yes, I've got a couple of the little green propane tanks in my basement as well. .......

485: Inmate Central, Propane tank and gas grill stored in attached garage.... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-16, 07:26:29 (67.241.225.166)
Yes or no. Trying to figure this out...is it safe? Internet search reveals all manufactures, suppliers, and sellers say never store propane in an attached garage. Looks like the topic splits about hal .......

486: Inmate Central, RE: He talked about that (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-15, 13:56:04 (67.241.225.166)
Those are some parties you've been to... Completely different format and end goals, but my favorite interviews are Marc Maron's WTF podcasts. I realize the Ferguson interviews were 7 minutes or so and .......

487: Inmate Central, RE: He talked about that (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-15, 06:08:20 (67.241.225.166)
"I don't like to be offended on behalf of a guest who is not." I didn't bring it up to enforce some edict of political correctness. The observation is completely my own. However...you can't be sure ho .......

488: Inmate Central, RE: He talked about that (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-15, 04:26:05 (67.241.225.166)
I used to enjoy Ferguson. Once in a while I watch interviews from his show on YouTube. I cringe now at the way he sophmorically sexualized every female guest. It's a bit over the top. .......

489: Vinyl Asylum, SMH that the GO Gos get in but still no Richard Thompson. NT (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-15, 04:11:32 (67.241.225.166)
NT .......

490: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning...Joe Jackson---Big World (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-14, 06:06:00 (67.241.225.166)
That album is packed with so much good stuff. Good drums. Always was fond of Home Town. .......

491: Vinyl Asylum, Look forward to your follow-up. //nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-10, 14:29:33 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

492: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I should add--be careful about getting worked up over What HiFi? reviews... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-10, 08:14:57 (174.208.9.26)
Products like Cambridge usually get hyperbolic raves... .......

493: Inmate Central, Instagram has many audio and vinyl posts by women... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-10, 06:42:32 (67.241.225.166)
Check this out if you have Instagram. And no, it's not some candy for the sex-starved... .......

494: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cambridge Audio CXA81 vs. Pathos Acoustics Classic One (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-10, 06:24:55 (67.241.225.166)
I've been using the Pathos Classic One since 2007. I haven't heard the Cambridge. I would think the Cambridge would not be anywhere near the same league. The Pathos just sounds right on every kind of .......

495: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Charley Crockett Lonesome as a Shadow... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-09, 10:20:28 (67.241.225.166)
Yes...Crockett's got a side project or 2 and puts out a few albums. All good. All good musicians. He had open heart surgery 2 or 3 years ago and then the pandemic comes along. How's an itinerant music .......

496: Inmate Central, Silicone? /nt (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-09, 06:09:37 (67.241.225.166)
Nt .......

497: Speaker Asylum, I'm aware... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-08, 15:51:08 (67.241.225.166)
It just doesn't bother me. I personally think Lummy has terrible taste in music and takes us on detailed autobiographical equipment reviews that are painful...but, there are plenty of paid reviewers w .......

498: Speaker Asylum, Good on you for standing up to the bullying... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-08, 08:53:45 (67.241.225.166)
I don't always read your posts, but I've read through some. You're enthusiastic about this hobby and want to write about it. I see lots of posts about music or equipment I don't like. I simply don't r .......

499: Vinyl Asylum, Charley Crockett Lonesome as a Shadow... (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-08, 06:35:06 (67.241.225.166)
I don't often make a "listening" posts, but I want to recommend Charley and this album. Well recorded, simple Americana. Foot-tapping, joyful sometimes, sometimes pensive. Great voice. I have most of .......

500: Vinyl Asylum, AT shibata (0.00)
Posted by MaxwellP on 2021-05-08, 06:00:46 (67.241.225.166)
I've been using an oc9xsh with a shibata for about 6 months now. Prior to that I had used the 150mlx with the microline for about 10 years. I switched because I wanted to try something different. Admi .......

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