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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:52:14 -0600, Curly Bill
<CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I'm sure it's well beyond my means.
What sound card are you using, and with which speakers, on which OS?
I have some way cool sound cards that I bought, but won't be using,
and one of them might work with your setup.
>>>>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>
>
>Shit, at this point in time, I don't know much of anything.
Well, OK, I guess.
BTW, do you like the old Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics?
>>>>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?
>
>Jim Croce
Had some, once. Don't see it now.
How about James Brown?
>>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.
>
>There were too many story tellers. BTW, do you have any Gordon Lightfoot?
Nope.
Like Janis Joplin?
>>>>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.
>>
>Well, you know how it is in a cowtown.
No metal detectors, eh?
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