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Hi Søren,
You are right, we come from different backgrounds and cultures, but yet, like with most things there are similarities.
My father had a good job, built what was for him an expensive house and all was well. Early fifties in Florida meant no air-conditioning, so in summer we went to bed and SWEAT all night…. didn’t know any better and as a kid, just thought that was how everyone lived.
Then my father quit his job and went in business for himself with VERY little money, even had to sell my mother’s engagement ring AND their wedding bands. That was hard.
Dad started out hiring one man, a bench jeweller who taught him how to repair jewellry and opened a repair shop. In truth Dad was not great with his hands so I come by that lack of ability naturally.
The repair shop led to Dad’s first jewellry store which was austere. There was no money for carpeting so they painted the concrete floor. Terrible lighting and all, it is amazing he managed to sell anything, but he did.
When Dad sold a ring, they would order another one, as there was no money to order two at a time.
Food was not an issue, although it was basic, but the BIG difference was I never saw my father, literally for 5 years as he left for work before we got up and came home after we were put to bed. We are talking 7 days a week here.
In the fifties electric power was dirt cheap….. CHEAP, as Florida Power Corp. wanted to lure people from oil and gas. As such we didn’t go around turning off lights and because Dad purchased the television prior to leaving his good job, we had TV to entertain us.
If my sister and I were REALLY “good” our treat was to stay up an extra hour to see what was then “prime time” TV from 8:00 to 9:00.
Since you are sharing memories, one of my favourite memories was when we got colour TV, which was a big, big deal in 1964. The television showrooms of the time had lots of black and white TV’s for sale, but the colour TV’s were in a separate and closed room.
The day the RCA New Vista 21” Color TV arrived the neighbors came over to see the broadcast. CBS and ABC were still black and white only, which left NBC, “The Full Color Network” broadcasting a select few colour broadcasts.
The neighbors gathered early so not to miss the NBC peacock changing colours….. everyone was awed at the spectacle and then at 8:30 “Hazel” staring Shirley Booth was on and in colour!
Good memories all. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff
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Hopefully our moderators will tolerate our off-topic conversation here. I wanted to add that my children (about to turn 8 and 7) cannot believe when I was their age, we had 4 television stations. I can still remember them: VHF 5 was NBC, VHF 12 was ABC, UHF 19 was PBS, and UHF 25 was CBS.
EDITED TO ADD:
When I told the kids the above for the first time, I also added that from 6 to 7 pm, the only thing on was the news. And my wife added, on Sunday mornings, the only thing on was (Christian) church services.
Hi Rich,
Since we are in the lifestyle section, not the workbench section, I rather imagine they wouldn’t care. Actually, why would they?
This is the place for social stuff, not capacitor replacement.
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Mark:just bought and listening to Robert Plant lullaby and....... THE CEASELESS ROAR, am I getting fussy but I like the album but not the production. Is it me but the sound is too tinny whilst having a heavy bass undertone. Does age make me too cantankerous.... or the purity of sound from my system makes me too fussy
Does age make me too cantankerous.... or the purity of sound from my system makes me too fussy
I have been disappointed enough in the iTune samples that I browsed to make a decision not to buy !
BeoNut since '75
I use Last.FM to track my listening tastes ... lately with the use of ATVs and iPhones / iPads its stats are a little flakey, however I spotted this new tool for analysing my tastes ... it plots "gender" and "age" (seems I am not ready for the slippers & pipe brigade )
elephant: I use Last.FM to track my listening tastes ... lately with the use of ATVs and iPhones / iPads its stats are a little flakey, however I spotted this new tool for analysing my tastes ... it plots "gender" and "age" (seems I am not ready for the slippers & pipe brigade )
now that's cool .......
So Barbra Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male?
Rich: So Barbra Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male?
Seams right, she is also the mother of Edith Piaf.
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
Today is the 15th of September, in Mexico its the night where Mexicans are screaming, they scream the scream of independence, to celebrate the independence of 1810, they scream VIVA Mexico, several times, and this very loud, Sylvia normally doesn't scream, if she want to punish me she doesn't speak to for a couple of days. But this night the Mexicans screams a lot, they also burn a lot of fireworks. Mexican laws forbid the use of fireworks, but for Mexicans laws and rules are only friendly advises. I always participate in the scream, screaming very loud myself, but today I was working until late, so Sylvia will have to scream for me too. 23:00 the scream of the president just passed, and now they blow off the fireworks. I raise my glass and bring a toast for Mexico. (I dont scream)
And now I listen to and watch the TV, Mexican music until dawn, Fiesta Mexicana, VIVA MEXICO
Very nice resume of the Mexican celebration. Viva Søren!
//Bo.A long list...
Søren Mexico: Rich: So Barbra Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male? Seams right, she is also the mother of Edith Piaf.
Hey Rich and Søren,
Where the heck did this Barbara Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male come from? I must have missed something good.
Age notwithstanding, Barbara Streisand is well known for being an insufferable prima donna, greatly talented, but impossible to work with.
Then on to “the mother of Edit Piaf.” Ah, that alone must have Jacques ready to jump out a window, as Piaf is the elder of the two by a considerable margin!
Poor Edith Piaf, an unwanted child and an indifferent mother in her own right.
I don’t get the Streisand connection, if anything I see Mireille Mathieu as the daughter (successor) to Edith Piaf. [I fear I am sending Jacques back to the window for a second jump!]
For the record, and now I am being serious for a change, if Edith Piaf has a genuine successor I firmly believe it to be the relative unknown Jane Oliver, an amazing talent who transcends the ages musically.
Continuing the Piaf connection, Jane Oliver shared the PBS spotlight with Charles Aznavour, a Piaf protégé, in a duet concert where the young and unknown Oliver stole the spotlight from the French treasure that is Aznavour…. one of my personal favourites. Aznavour was wonderful, but Oliver out-shown him…… considerably.
Beocord 5500 playing a home recording of Dr Hook.
No - it means, that if you listen to Barbara Streisand, you are a 34 years old, 47% male person
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Millemissen: Rich: So Barbra Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male? No - it means, that if you listen to Barbara Streisand, you are a 34 years old, 47% male person MM
OK, that explains it, although I listen to Barbara Streisand, but barely remember being 34 years old.
Piaf:Hey Rich and S ø ren, Where the heck did this Barbara Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male come from? I must have missed something good.
Rich: Piaf: Hey Rich and S ø ren, Where the heck did this Barbara Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male come from? I must have missed something good. I for one was purposely misreading E's graph. It was a straight-faced attempt at humor. Clearly it missed the mark.
Piaf: Hey Rich and S ø ren, Where the heck did this Barbara Streisand is 34 years old and 47% male come from? I must have missed something good.
Hey Rich and S ø ren,
I for one was purposely misreading E's graph. It was a straight-faced attempt at humor. Clearly it missed the mark.
I got it, Edit Piaf is some 19 years old and 10 % male. And as such most be the daughter of Barbara. Millemissen may have another opinion@ Jeff, yes Mireille was the natural "follower" I have a CD somewhere of her singing Piaf, but no one goes up against the original PIAF
Guys,
Fun is fun, but you are missing the single most important part, Jane Oliver.
If you haven't discovered this great lady, I suggest, you haven't lived. NO KIDDING!
This is my gift to you.
The must have cd box set of Gasolin' The Danish answer to Led Zeppelin in the '70s and mostly produced by Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker at the same time so sounds awesome and also the first band to record in Sweet Silence studios with Flemming Rasmussen.
Right now the '76 Live Sådan on the CD6500.
We got Made in Japan by DP as a classic but this ranks up there as well.
"....Gasolin' The Danish answer to Led Zeppelin in the '70s..."
Never thought of Gasolin that way - for sure!
Millemissen: "....Gasolin' The Danish answer to Led Zeppelin in the '70s..." Never thought of Gasolin that way - for sure! MM
With they impact they still have in Scandinavia with any new release they can agree on putting out and the offers they get for getting back together which they are never going to it holds up at the same level.
The major difference is they never got into the English speaking countries though they tried UK and US.
Gasolin is a national treasure in Denmark.
Litteraly every one knows them - although they haven't existed as a band for decades now.
Kim Larsen (the singer) has made lots of records ever since then.
I love the music from both Gasolin' and Kim Larsen!
A typical morning at MM.
This time listening to Leonard Cohen - brand-new - Popular Problems.
iPad Mini in front of me, the Beo4, a cup of coffee - and the Blu Ray disc from yesterday evening.
Man - life is good
Source: WiMP HiFi to Squeezebox Touch/iPeng HD connected to Playmaker, connected to my 4500 AudioMaster/A.Tape through the BL5000 on my BV8-40.
Seems complicated !!!
But is actually quite easy.
Pick the album from WiMP HiFi on iPeng/iPadMini, hit play and push the A.Mem button on the Beo4.
That's it !!!
Two new favourites, great chill out music:
Zara Larsson - Rooftops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPzEEyfBIk
Astronomyy - Nothin' on my mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQs9hco8HVw
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After a hard weeks work, Saturday morning, fresh brewed coffee in the cup, the smell of fresh baked waffles coming from the kitchen, what is the better music to go along with this if not Griegs Morning Mood, followed by Ravels Bolero.
After that I will just have to go a little crazy with "Svantes Lykkelige Dag" with Povl Dissing
How will that end
Please tell us more!
Well, I went really wild, just could´nt let it, and played at more than adequate volume, my self portrait song, Den Grimmeste Mand i Byen, (the Ugliest Man in Town), And then just as a tribute, and thanks for the waffles, to my lovely wife Sylvia Venne-Sang (Friend song). I am still with Povl Dissing "Troubadourens Bedste", now playing God Morgen Rosalina (Good Morning Rosalina)
Here the Gourmet Waffles
Søren,
Yikes! Must be a million calories in that magnificent waffle….. and from where I sit, darn worth it!
Music choice was pretty good too.
Searched on Amazon for some hardware.
The guys - as you know - are aware of which music I have been searching for as well.
So this came up ---- which I had to listen to immediately
Possible nowadays - thanks to my Wimp HiFi account.
The Earls of Leicester is a Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt (Foggy Mountain Boys) tribute project - very skilled musicians, a supergroup - playing 'just like in the old days'.
I love that kind of music.
Piaf: Must be a million calories in that magnificent waffle…
Must be a million calories in that magnificent waffle…
If Soren's waffle was a million calories, my dinner yesterday must have been two million calories. While doing the prep work, I listened to Pink Floyd's The Final Cut. While eating, I listened to Led Zeppelin III. III was the recent 180 gram LP reissue. It is perfect.
From top to bottom:
Grilled cheese sandwich
Cocktail sauce (really just prepared horseradish/ketchup 50/50 blend)
Romaine lettuce
Tomato
Pickle
Sauteed (in bacon grease and Worcestshire) pickled salad peppers
Sauteed (ditto) yellow onion
Half pound flame-broiled hamburger
2 slices bacon
Fried egg
More cocktail sauce
Another grilled cheese sandwich
Yes, I'm a glutton. But I have one of these burgers once every so often. In fact, I think my first avatar here was one of these burgers. If you've never tried using 2 grilled cheese sandwiches as your hamburger bun, you should. Not only are they tasty, they will not disintegrate like every other hamburger bun ever baked.
Rich:If Soren's waffle was a million calories, my dinner yesterday must have been two million calories. While doing the prep work, I listened to Pink Floyd's The Final Cut. While eating, I listened to Led Zeppelin III. III was the recent 180 gram LP reissue. It is perfect.
My kind of music and food, once in a while you just have to do it, while cooking (I cook a lot) what is better than some Rock and Roll music, dancing around in the kitchen while cooking makes better meals.
Rich: Yes, I'm a glutton. But I have one of these burgers once every so often. In fact, I think my first avatar here was one of these burgers. If you've never tried using 2 grilled cheese sandwiches as your hamburger bun, you should. Not only are they tasty, they will not disintegrate like every other hamburger bun ever baked.
I am well impressed. And I'm going to get me a sandwich grill.
--mika
OMG, Rich you win! Southern Comfort indeed!
NIGHTLY LISTENING
My very first iDevice - and the Form 2, which I have (and have used) for over 20 years now....ready for goodnight listening.
Some people do read a book before falling asleep - I prefer listening to some of
what I stumbled upon during the day, and did not have time to hear.
The Form 2 is perfect for lying down (the head on the pillow) and has a pretty good sound too.
And the iPod Touch is on the bedside table (as alarm clock) anyway.
T-Bone Walker (album is: Good Feelin') is in some way the 'godfather of the electric blues'.
The recording is old now.
But it is one of those, where the mixing engineers still did not spread/pan the drums all over the stereo image.
You can easily locate the instruments in the mix..
Of course I did not quite finish the album (was a hard day), so I had to listen to the rest on my main system today.
Pretty good recording and damn good music!
The source was WiMP HiFi - lossless streaming.
Check if out - if you like blues music
VOX: From Spain to Spain (Medieval chants and instrumentals referring to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimages, voices, strings, electronics, arrangement: Vladimir Ivanoff). Label: Erdenklang
Believe me, it works fine.
Black Keys Turn Blue on CD: CD X -> *cough* Dark Side *cough* -> M70s.
I don't see why these cats are the darlings of the New York critics, but whatever. I'm fans just because they released this album (and El Camino, which I like better) on 180 gram vinyl with a free CD copy enclosed.
Rich, did you make new grills for your M70s or was it another pair of speakers, if yes link to thread please.