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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:29:21 -0600, Curly Bill
<CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I have the Soundblaster Audigy MP3 sound card, under Windoze 98SE.
>I have a nice set of Gateway2000 speakers and an IBM subwoofer. I have
>had these for several years. They're pretty damn good speakers.
Well, you should be all set then. That's a good system you are
running, even if your OS is, well, ah,,,,,,,a tad outdated.<s>
>>>>>>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?
>
>Never heard of them.
Comic books from the 1960's, lot's of drugs, sex, anti-establishment
stuff, and considered classics.
>>>>>>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?
>
>Not in to James Brown.
You should be. He's a *real* wife beater!<s>
>>>>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?
>
>Can't stand the gravel voiced pig. Sorry!
It's the blues man, sung correctly.
No worries.
>>>>>>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?
>>
>They have a couple, but I have already stashed the hammer and nails. <g>
It pays to plan ahead.
--
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