On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:46:36 -0600, Curly Bill
<CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:25:09 -0600, Curly Bill
>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:13:35 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:10:30 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:14:19 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>If you still need some music, I am upping *Those Were The Days*,
>>>>>>>>>>Cream's best, both studio & live, into alt.pub.
>>>>>>>>>>4 CD's
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I won't be able to get them because Giganews doesn't
>>>>>>>>>accept binaries in a non-binary group. Not much of a
>>>>>>>>>Cream fan anyway. I need The Beatles with cover art
>>>>>>>>>if you have any. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I see. Well, I do have my own binary group, alt.binaries.fastman, but
>>>>>>>>I seldom use it.
>>>>>>>>I also post into Auber's binary group, alt.binaries.aubergine, as a
>>>>>>>>favor to him, helping build retention and space for his group.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Now, *Beatles* I have, some of anyway, in both MP3, and DESS ( .ape
>>>>>>>>extension), and even some cover art.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The MP3's are my own rips, but the DESS stuff I find at
>>>>>>>>alt.binaries.beatles.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Which do you prefer?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The MP3s are my preference. Preferebly at 192, but any will
>>>>>>>suffice. Thanks. BTW, I don't get either of those froups. How
>>>>>>>about alt.binaries.checkmate.mp3? We can fuck with the Dutch
>>>>>>>and Germans that are posting in that froup. <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>OK, I have subbed into that froup, and will try and make some fresh
>>>>>>rips later on today. BTW, what did you mean by "...at 192"?
>>>>>>Bitrate?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes....bitrate. If you have them already ripped at another bitrate
>>>>>that will be fine.
>>>>
>>>>Hmmmm.. OK, I'll do rip them at that speed, just for you, even though
>>>>you recently tried to murder me, but that seems awfully low.
>>>>Oh well.
>>>>BTW, what else ya need, old chum?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>I too like MP3's, as they are quick & easy, *but*, the quality of the
>>>>>>non lossless DESS files is by far th best I have ever heard.
>>>>>>Damned .ape files are huge by comparison!
>>>>
>>>This is just my own opinion, but to me, any higher bitrate can't
>>>really be heard. I don't hear any difference between 192 and 320,
>>>except for a larger file. BTW, if I tried to murder you, I would
>>>have succeeded. <g>I would really like to regain "Surrealistic
>>>Pillow" by Jefferson Airplane. I think that we have different tastes
>>>in music. Let me know again what you have. Thank you!
>>
>>Well, I suppose it all depends on your sound system.
>>I have a way chic goochie type sound card, and some awesome Labtec
>>speakers, and I most definitely *can* hear a distinct difference.
>>I usually rip CD's at above 300, average, and that's why I was totally
>>blown away with the DESS (.ape) format.
>>Fuckers are consistently above 600 @ 44 Hz, and bro, that is humming
>>along close to original quality.
>>But, like I said, the damned files are up in the 12 - 20 MB's, and
>>that is nothing to sneeze at.
>
>Well, i'm just a poor boy on Social Security, so I can't afford
>a high fallootin' sound system such as you have.
Hell, it wasn't all that much, and it's worth every penny.
>>OK, OK, stop yer crying.<s>
>>In a few days, I will rip the JA's Surrealistic Pillow, just for you,
>>promise.
>>I was going to do it earlier, or later, last year, but, well, you
>>change yer socks more often than I change my underwear, and so,,,,
>
>Kewl, sounds good to me. Do you think I should go back to
>my original nic.......again? <g>
I dunno. You know best, one hopes.<s>
>>And no, I'll be god damned if I am going to catalog all 400+ CD's &
>>bootlegs, that I have.
>>It's pretty simple:
>>You ask, if have, you get.
>>You ask, I don't got, you don't get.
>
>Ok, Ok.........Ya got any Dave Clark Five?
No. I should have some, now that you mention it.
What else?
>>I got some blues CD's that go back to the 1950's, a ton of Stones, and
>>stuff all in between.
>>Mostly I am stuck in the 1960's -1970's rock scene.
>>My latest acquisition is the complete *Velvet Underground* series.
>>Awesome, really fucking awesome.
>
>To me, the 70s was a non-music decade, except for Jim Croce and
>the Bee Gees. HeHe
I sort of agree, sort of.
FWIW, I am still trying to forget disco music.
>>We are probably not all that different, except that you are taller,
>>while I am better looking.
>>
>>BTW, you divorce that bitch yet?
>>HTH
>>
>We Go to court March 4, 2004. I'm going to nail her ass to the wall.
Right there in the courtroom? Gee, pretty understanding judges you
all have back there.
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