Armik, Rosas de Amor, among others.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

For ya, Donald, some real Celtic music:

http://youtu.be/n1gRDQEIiSM

Lovely, thank you. Fiona's Thistle was a bit on the quiet side tonight.......

Used to stay out at a local pub when Johnny played there ... three or four am, with a group of other world-class Celtic musicians. The room shimmered between the music and the good craft beer. Sometimes there were up to twenty musicians; all we're welcome, but after 2:00, the door was locked, and we had our own private jam/performance. Awesome memories. Johnny would be playing as fast as in the video and have a lucid conversation with the person sitting next to him, who also happened to be equally good (beers between his "break" and then some). It was jaw-dropping. That was in the early-to-mid '90s, and he had a beard, and hair to his shoulders, a Celtic wild man and good person. We lost him young, 46, 2003.

The Saturday Cup of Jazz can get magical like that sometimes, depending on who shows up. I have Silly Wizard and Relativity in my collection, but no CD sounds as good as a rollickin' live set...... And yes, 46 is way too young, even for as high-energy a fellow as he was.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Yes radio does tend to play the hell out certain songs and or albums. They have at least 50 years of rock, But they insist on playing the same stuff. Thats why I like stations that play the entire album. But those stations have allmost disapeared.
Back before I joined the service the next city over from me had a FM radio station that played the entire album with no commercials. This was 1970, 71 time frame. I got to hear some incrediable music that never got air time.
My brother who is almost 5 years younger than me ( we had to share a room ) Said, You listend to some pretty cool music.

There aren't too many stations like WKRP in Cincinnati. ;~}

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Yes radio does tend to play the hell out certain songs and or albums. They have at least 50 years of rock, But they insist on playing the same stuff. Thats why I like stations that play the entire album. But those stations have allmost disapeared.
Back before I joined the service the next city over from me had a FM radio station that played the entire album with no commercials. This was 1970, 71 time frame. I got to hear some incrediable music that never got air time.
My brother who is almost 5 years younger than me ( we had to share a room ) Said, You listend to some pretty cool music.

There aren't too many stations like WKRP in Cincinnati. ;~}

Thats a real radio station? I thought it was a TV show.
Back when I was a young teen I could sometimes pick up WLS from here in NY. I was sent to Chanute AFB, In Urbana/ Champaigne IL For traning quite a few times in my 8 years. I always tuned in that station.

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There aren't too many stations like WKRP in Cincinnati. ;~}

Thats a real radio station? I thought it was a TV show.
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No, and yes. I always liked Bailey on that show, but she didn't appear much. It was probably fun to be a dj back when you really could play what you wanted, or at least had some input. Nowadays, I doubt any commercial radio stations allow creativity like that. It's all predetermined by market surveys and preprogrammed with no variance allowed.

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There aren't too many stations like WKRP in Cincinnati. ;~}

Thats a real radio station? I thought it was a TV show.

No, and yes. I always liked Bailey on that show, but she didn't appear much. It was probably fun to be a dj back when you really could play what you wanted, or at least had some input. Nowadays, I doubt any commercial radio stations allow creativity like that. It's all predetermined by market surveys and preprogrammed with no variance allowed.

Back in the 60s and 70s, we had several radio stations like WKRP in our area. K-O-N-G, 1400 AM, the Mighty KONG. Ag weather and crop reports at 5:30 am, short news breaks on the hour, DJs with their own style and their own playlists. And K-N-G-S, Kings Radio, the Mighty 690, carried Wolfman Jack late at night......

And one of my high school classmates, who had a HAM ticket, got hired as the Sunday evening/fill-in DJ/engineer at KONG. Got to sit in with him a couple times, manning the request line and helping find the records in the library. Every once in a while, I fantasize about being DJ the DJ, Spinnin' the Wax and layin' down Tracks for your listening pleasure......

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Back in the 60s and 70s, we had several radio stations like WKRP in our area. K-O-N-G, 1400 AM, the Mighty KONG. Ag weather and crop reports at 5:30 am, short news breaks on the hour, DJs with their own style and their own playlists. And K-N-G-S, Kings Radio, the Mighty 690, carried Wolfman Jack late at night......

And one of my high school classmates, who had a HAM ticket, got hired as the Sunday evening/fill-in DJ/engineer at KONG. Got to sit in with him a couple times, manning the request line and helping find the records in the library. Every once in a while, I fantasize about being DJ the DJ, Spinnin' the Wax and layin' down Tracks for your listening pleasure......

It all boils down to a very nostalgic and fond appreciation I have of the record album experience. There's been a small resurgence in actual record stores here because I think others have similar memories and maybe even others simply want to experiment with the old format. I remember clearly the first CD I bought, and I thought it was cool, but that novelty wore off fairly quickly as I began to miss the visceral beauty of records.

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It all boils down to a very nostalgic and fond appreciation I have of the record album experience. There's been a small resurgence in actual record stores here because I think others have similar memories and maybe even others simply want to experiment with the old format. I remember clearly the first CD I bought, and I thought it was cool, but that novelty wore off fairly quickly as I began to miss the visceral beauty of records.

Yeah, Borders, Tower Records, and The WhereHouse chains are gone, but I'm seeing record stores poping up, and vinyl records and stereos with turntables coming back into vogue. Have you seen some of the Crosley retro-style turntables and portable record players? Target, Best Buy, Amazon all carry them. Seeing vinyl LPs again at local swap meets and flea markets, too.

I have a Pioneer component system, I bought in 1974, sitting in a cabinet in my living room. Hasn't been powered up since about 1996. Going to take it up to Fresno, have it reconditioned - cleaned, new drive belts, the works.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

As an old fart, Who grew up with records, 8 tracks and cassets. I liked CDs. But I converted them all to what ever they are called now,( MP3's? ) I had records and converted them. I still have my Cd's but I keep them as just stuf I dont want to get rid off.They did cost a lot to aquire.

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As an old fart, Who grew up with records, 8 tracks and cassets. I liked CDs. But I converted them all to what ever they are called now,( MP3's? ) I had records and converted them. I still have my Cd's but I keep them as just stuf I dont want to get rid off.They did cost a lot to aquire.

I've got all my CDs loaded into iTunes on my computer, and I am starting to convert my LPs and cassettes (and my 8-tracks, if they are still playable, once I get my Pioneer system working again). But there is something about the sound of those LPs that the digital recordings don't have - they just sound better, even to my damaged ears. Even my Dad's old 78s from the 1930s, as scratchy as they are. I'm gonna keep them all. except maybe any I have 2 of - trade them in at the used Record store downtown....

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

As an old fart, Who grew up with records, 8 tracks and cassets. I liked CDs. But I converted them all to what ever they are called now,( MP3's? ) I had records and converted them. I still have my Cd's but I keep them as just stuf I dont want to get rid off.They did cost a lot to aquire.

I've got all my CDs loaded into iTunes on my computer, and I am starting to convert my LPs and cassettes (and my 8-tracks, if they are still playable, once I get my Pioneer system working again). But there is something about the sound of those LPs that the digital recordings don't have - they just sound better, even to my damaged ears. Even my Dad's old 78s from the 1930s, as scratchy as they are. I'm gonna keep them all. except maybe any I have 2 of - trade them in at the used Record store downtown....

Well they do say that an analog recording is a true representation of the sound. Untill the second time you play it. But to my ears I will take a digital recording. I like the crispness of it. And I will admit I have a really bad right ear. Anything over 18,000 Hz is unheard. A cricket that gets in the house and drives the wife crazy, I dont hear as long as I turn on my left side while going to bed:)

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Digital is crisp, but that's part of the reason I gravitate toward my old records instead. I loved, and still love the convenience of digitally stored music, but when I have the time to sit down and enjoy a record, the whole process is important to me. I always have liked watching those things go around and it's sort of hypnotic and fascinating. Good with beer, too. ;~}

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Digital is crisp, but that's part of the reason I gravitate toward my old records instead. I loved, and still love the convenience of digitally stored music, but when I have the time to sit down and enjoy a record, the whole process is important to me. I always have liked watching those things go around and it's sort of hypnotic and fascinating. Good with beer, too. ;~}

It had a sort of reverential ritual to it... and I loved stacking several at once. If you went too far - the last to drop would occasionally slide about with some very interesting effects :)

Digital is crisp, but that's part of the reason I gravitate toward my old records instead. I loved, and still love the convenience of digitally stored music, but when I have the time to sit down and enjoy a record, the whole process is important to me. I always have liked watching those things go around and it's sort of hypnotic and fascinating. Good with beer, too. ;~}

It had a sort of reverential ritual to it...

~Very good way of putting it.

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There aren't too many stations like WKRP in Cincinnati. ;~}

Thats a real radio station? I thought it was a TV show.

No, and yes. I always liked Bailey on that show, but she didn't appear much. It was probably fun to be a dj back when you really could play what you wanted, or at least had some input. Nowadays, I doubt any commercial radio stations allow creativity like that. It's all predetermined by market surveys and preprogrammed with no variance allowed.

Back in the 60s and 70s, we had several radio stations like WKRP in our area. K-O-N-G, 1400 AM, the Mighty KONG. Ag weather and crop reports at 5:30 am, short news breaks on the hour, DJs with their own style and their own playlists. And K-N-G-S, Kings Radio, the Mighty 690, carried Wolfman Jack late at night......

And one of my high school classmates, who had a HAM ticket, got hired as the Sunday evening/fill-in DJ/engineer at KONG. Got to sit in with him a couple times, manning the request line and helping find the records in the library. Every once in a while, I fantasize about being DJ the DJ, Spinnin' the Wax and layin' down Tracks for your listening pleasure......

And let's not forget Carlin's WINO....Wonderful WINO....
WINO radio.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

One of my favorite movies, and it has great mood music:

Summer of '42

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The Muppet Show: Season 4 with Luke Skywalker, C3PO and R2D2...

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The Muppet Show: Season 4 with Luke Skywalker, C3PO and R2D2...

Thanks Zoom! I loved the Muppet Show, and that was a great episode.

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Peter Gabriel: The Last Temptation of Christ, soundtrack

The movie is very good too!

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rOZZ
Music
Pictures

This was released back in 1970, and was considered rather decadent at the time.

I have not heard in full for ages.

So, for Easter, I post a link to it.

You may revel in it, if you have not heard it before.
You may remember it, if you have.

It was a most amazing Broadway production, and quite beyond it's time.

Jesus Christ, Superstar.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster