Allow me to introduce myself

Topic 1 · 236 responses · archived october 2000

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~terry Sat, Aug 10, 1996 (09:39) seed

This is the "allow me to introduce myself" item. Just about every conference has an introductions item. So, you may want to relate your introduction to the theme of this conference. What is your background and what are your interests, specifically, in music. What kinds of topics would you like to see in this conference? What do you like to talk about, musically?

~oplion Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (00:57) #1

Background,I listen to music.Topics "artist's" reasons,The chord arrang -ment for Stairway to (you know).!!

~monty Wed, Sep 25, 1996 (17:12) #2

I LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC AND LIKE TO 2 STEP. ANYONE LIKE THE SAME?

~Sting Fri, Nov 8, 1996 (12:07) #3

I like mostly "Alternative" music, especially Sting. I played the trumpet for six years and gave it up now that I'm in college.

~terry Fri, Nov 8, 1996 (15:02) #4

Welcome Sting. Do you think we should start a Sting topic here?

~Pseudo Fri, Nov 22, 1996 (03:43) #5

A Sting topic is always welcome, since I listen to it all the time.

~RedRose Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (23:52) #6

Let's see, I am a fan of every type of music. I sing, I dance, I play piano and I would love to see some discussion on performers and types of music...pretty general huh! But yes, I like country too because I am from Colorado (the plains area) and now i n Chicago.

~terry Wed, Nov 27, 1996 (00:03) #7

Great, how about if we fire up a country music topic?

~sarahp Sun, Dec 8, 1996 (20:23) #8

Does anyone who comes here listen to classical? If so, what sorts? P.S. To all those Country fans, did anyone catch Shania Twain on the Vanessa Willians Christmas special?

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 1996 (21:09) #9

I like Palcalbel, Mozart and many of the great classics. Should we open a classical music topic?

~psycho Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (18:52) #10

I listen to many types of music. My favorite is rock music. I also listen to a bit of country, pops, heavy metal, and alternative. I'm thinking about checking out blues music.

~psycho Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (18:53) #11

Ooops, I forgot to mention that I play guitar. Started only about a year ago, though.

~terry Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (06:50) #12

What topics would you like to see us start here Ricky Lee?

~psycho Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:25) #13

Perhaps a topic involving the creative side of music would be nice. Or maybe one on rock music.

~terry Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (19:35) #14

OK. Sounds good. Done.

~McBruce Thu, Dec 12, 1996 (20:50) #15

How about good sources for artists/ music not carried by the major distributors? The retail market in this area is fairly limited. It's most frustrating when I catch a review or snatch of something, try to track it down and get blank looks from the clerk behind the counter. Any suggestions?

~joshd Fri, Dec 13, 1996 (08:44) #16

Have you tried the independents, like Waterloo or Inner Sanctum?

~McBruce Fri, Dec 13, 1996 (17:33) #17

No, I sure haven't. Any more info on them? Many moons ago, when I lived in East Lansing, there was a great store there (one of many) called Elderly Music. Any one know if they're still around?

~joshd Sat, Dec 14, 1996 (12:39) #18

Not familiar with Elderly Music, other than the kind my parents listen to. But an Infoseek search turned up http://www.ddg.com/AMW/Stores/retail.index.html, which has Web pages for several Austin record stores, including Waterloo, and info on contacting them by phone and snail-mail. Good luck!

~maddog Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (21:10) #19

I enjoy and play rock music. (60's - 90's) just as long as it's loud. I play guitar, bass and sing in a couple of local bar/cover bands in New Hampshire. We cover everything from Buddy Holly to Stone Temple Pilots. (although I must admit, Buddy would probably spin in his grave if he heard our versions..) Although we play covers we play 'em heavy and hard and we tend to bounce off the walls a bit, but hey.....

~drymartini Sun, Dec 22, 1996 (23:11) #20

and Yes! Classical music topic. And how about a jazz one? Hey, I have a funny which I always remember this time of year. My dear buddy (now dead) Joseph T. Weingold (Jerry Weingold, virtually the father of the movement for services for the mentally retarded) was visiting me. I had asked my then husband to pick me up a recording of The Messiah, the Serchen one. Husband came home with Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Phil. Right band, wrong leader, huh? So I complained, "Oh no! We've got the wrong messiah!" So Jerry Weingold said, with his most Jewish rising inflection, "This is new? We've been telling you this for centuries."

~drymartini Thu, Dec 26, 1996 (21:12) #21

Wondering what your musical experiences have been over the holidays. Did you participate in concerts, catch some great groups, see something outstanding on the tube? Are you getting into any of the bands on the 'net, catching their cuts? If so, what do you think of the sound quality? Are any of you into MIDI? If so, what hardware/software do you use. Are you producing scores? As the old spiritual goes, I wonder as I wander as I wonder as I wander...

~91678 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 (20:28) #22

rock,specially 70s, yes,genesis,jethro tull,etc.From the new groups I like Morphine.

~91678 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 (20:32) #23

rock,specially 70s, yes,genesis,jethro tull,etc.From the new groups I like Morphine.

~KED Sat, Feb 15, 1997 (15:17) #24

I dig all kinds my favoutites are: Slayer, Metallica, AC/DC, Bach, Handel, Cannibal Corpse, Megadeth, James Horner, Joe Satriani, Mozart, Sepultura, Wagner, Allman Brothers, Skynard, Eagles, Beethoven, etc.

~Frankenstein Sun, Mar 9, 1997 (07:18) #25

Hi All! I listen Metallica... I'm from Russia and i'm meloman! Frankenstein

~terry Sun, Mar 9, 1997 (09:46) #26

What part of Russia? Tell us about yourself!

~CurlySue Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (19:31) #27

I love Bush there my favorate band. Does anyone here like them to?

~CurlySue Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (19:36) #28

well if anyone does you can substribe to Little Things 'zine.IT'S FREE. You get up dates of the latest Bush news.You can E-mail me at spaulding@theriver.com

~terry Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (20:20) #29

Was Bush on Saturday Night Live?

~Thela Tue, Mar 25, 1997 (08:06) #30

Hi all, I love music. I play guitar. I am an eclectrical engineer and design some original effects. I've mostly been into heavy alternative of late: Jane's Addiction, Sound Garden, Tool, AIC, etc... But I am really starting to like techno-jungle/bass and drums. I want to do Internet collaberation. I have lot's of cool guitar stuff that I would like to get mixed with someone doing MIDI/Sampling/Looping stuff. I do like Morphine (what little I've heard) and Soul Coughing (saw them at SXSW here in Austin, TX; they were really good). Anyway, that's a start. Laters, G http://www.fc.net/~greystok

~aubrey Tue, Apr 8, 1997 (12:38) #31

Really like music--mostly alternative/whiney folk stuff for now, but really almost anything (except heavy-duty country; sorry monty et al). I love that feeling when you hear a song for the first time and for whatever reason it just blows you away...and I empathize with Mc Bruce and the blank stares from record store clerks--and what's worse, I've usually just heard a bit of a song with no identifying artist or title given...try buying something based on a song fragment and nothing more! KUT used to be s cool for new and unusual music--I taped hours of Broadway showtunes back in the late 80s. Public Radio claims to have a 1-800 number where you can get just about anything, tho I've never tried it (again, when you only have a song fragment...!); I've had a LOT of success at Borders Books and Music, looking things up on their computerized system.

~terry Tue, Apr 8, 1997 (22:56) #32

Have you visited http://www.amazon.com ?

~aubrey Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (14:13) #33

Well, took me a hwile to get around to it (I've been busy filling the other topics with my useless chatter), but I tried and they seem to be just books? Am I wrong? Cosmic uncoscious: this week's Met (our alternative to the Observer=Chronicle) mentions it as well! Maybe I'll try again and just search something, eh! Right now I'm trying to find out it Jimmy LaFave sang Just Walk Away Renee at any point....

~aubrey Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (14:16) #34

No luck. "No such book with that title in our selection"...

~terry Fri, Apr 11, 1997 (20:54) #35

So who did sing Just Walk Away Renee? The original.

~babylonzoo Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (09:50) #36

Hey there, does anyone like Babylon Zoo??

~terry Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (20:01) #37

What are some of their numbers? No response yet on the Walk Away Rennee query.

~tj Tue, May 6, 1997 (17:04) #38

I like just about every type of music, but listen mostly to blues (all years - from Etta, Robert Nighthawk, Brownie McGhee to Buckwheat Zydeco and Koko and rock (mainly from the years 1969 to 1974). I do have a passion for good old gaelic (irish) folk music (hard to find on cd) and jug bands (harder still). But pride myself on owning one of the most extensive blues collections that I have ever seen. I host a memorial day weekend party at my home every year and have a variety of musicians and bands on the Saturday of the weekend. Most only play for 30 to 45 minutes but the jams when everyone is done is great. Over the last years we headlined the "Bastrop Left Bank All Star Jug Band Review", "High Tide", "Chief", "Ray Lafuente" and "Steve & Janice" this year will feature "Burn Unit" a blues and rock band, "Ma Butler" and his singing saw (yes he plays saw), and "Janie & Ray" and acoustic folk duo. I only have a few invitations left but you could email me at teejaycee@hotmail.com and if you are going to be in the Austin area for that weekend and you play an instrument, maybe we can work something out.

~adverb Mon, May 19, 1997 (07:08) #39

Since I received an email asking me to post to a conference on this site as 'a test', I thought I'd stop in and do just that. I like the pun on 'The Well', terry... I picked the music conference since I run a small independent jazz label down here in Auckland, New Zealand... but it seems that country and rock seem to be the order of the day... so I won't bore anyone with that. Anyway... consider this a test. Connection seems fine, even though I'm operating from the great South Pacific bandwidth bottleneck... Congratulations on a great site.

~terry Mon, May 19, 1997 (12:57) #40

Thanks, the tests from all corners of the planet are doing well. Sunday was a "test" day for our T-1 connection and I asked a lot of folks to log in and let me know how we were doing performance and speedwise. Tell us more about the New Zealand music scene!

~Jomik Fri, May 23, 1997 (07:43) #41

Hi all, I'm quite new to The Spring and I'm taking lessons of improvisation on piano. The reason I came here is the email from Terry asking me to post something, but I think I'll come back..

~jzitt Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (14:29) #42

Hi, all. I'm finally getting around to getting on here (it may be a needed segue from Electric Minds). I have an experimental vocal ensemble here in Austin, Empty Words, and have done the music (and scripts and design and...) for various theatre and video projects over the years. On the Net, I run a mailing list about John Cage.

~terry Thu, Jun 19, 1997 (18:11) #43

Joe, you may want to stick around because there are several major music happenings planned for the Spring. We just registered austinmusicint.com and plan to move their website here and you should see a migration here soon of writers, musicians and artists spurred by our association with Capitol City Arts and other local groups.

~drummerboy Sun, Oct 19, 1997 (18:33) #44

Hello all ! I am a student at the University of Michigan looking for some hot conversation about the wild world of music.

~terry Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (08:40) #45

Welcome Jonathon, what music topics interest you?

~drummerboy Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (21:17) #46

I am interested in all types of music. Pop, classical, jazz, latin, fusion, funk, rap, reggae, you name it. As far as specific topics, I'm game for any kind of conversation (or argument as the case may be). Fire away !!!

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (06:29) #47

What's an example of "fusion" music?

~drummerboy Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (09:38) #48

Fusion is one of those grey areas, but the late Tony Williams' LIFETIME qualifies as one of the great fusion bands of the 70's. Essentially, jazz guys were branching out into rock and rock guys were experiencing jazz. "Fusion" is the combination of both these elements into one cohesive style.

~terry Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (10:39) #49

If you had to select one fusion album for a desert island, which would it be?

~stacey Tue, Nov 4, 1997 (12:04) #50

On a desert island, what would you have to play it on?

~terry Tue, Nov 4, 1997 (13:19) #51

OK there happens to be a tuner with a casette deck and a solar powered generator that was left over from a military base on hand, Ms. technical.

~stacey Wed, Nov 5, 1997 (10:48) #52

*smile* Well, how about some Toni Childs, Cowboy Junkies, Sisters of Mercy, The Eagles, Tchicovsky (sp?) and an "alternative" sampler (just random tunage!) Oh! Can't forget the reggae!!

~Afor Fri, Dec 12, 1997 (23:28) #53

O.K., I can't play any musical instruments, although I still try once in a while to play the recorder or the keyboard. I am Jamaican. I like reggae music, but not exclusively; I'm also a rock and R&B fan. I don't understand the hang-up everybody has about '70s music, or the disco v. rock thing; I am a fan of The Chi-Lites, Pink Floyd and KC and The Sunshine Band! Of course, Bob Marley's international career was mostly during the Seventies... BTW, are there any Peter Tosh fans out there?

~stacey Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:33) #54

KC and the Sunshine band are playing in Tucson next weekend! (Guess where I spent my weekend?!?!)

~terry Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:12) #55

Boulder?

~pmnh Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:14) #56

somehow, i sense you were in phoenix...

~Afor Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:47) #57

Nah, she was California Dreamin'! (Spilling the beans here, she mentioned it in the Motorcycle conference!)

~KitchenManager Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (01:31) #58

Sorry, Sam, she went to Cali before this last trip...Austin's next. Woo Woo! Actually, I think it's San Antonio, then Austin, but close enough.

~stacey Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:44) #59

Sorry to confuse you Sam. San Diego was 12/1 - 12/5, Phoenix, Tucson and Sedona were last week and San Antonio/Austin is 12/22 - 1/3. Gotta love the schedule!

~KitchenManager Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (01:15) #60

Or at least fit it into the schedule...

~stacey Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (09:56) #61

There will certainly be time found to fit you into the schedule... how much time are you good for?

~KitchenManager Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:04) #62

Depends on when you work me in...

~stacey Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:18) #63

GOOD MORNING!!! or where I work on you?

~KitchenManager Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (10:21) #64

True, true, and good mornin' to you!

~terry Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (05:38) #65

Good morning!

~Afor Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:06) #66

& wot's so good about it?!?

~KitchenManager Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:28) #67

The sun is shining, and I can now say that most of good friends are here, so Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, and just plain old Happy Holidays!

~Afor Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (11:42) #68

bah! humbug!

~KitchenManager Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (13:01) #69

Watch out, Sam, everyone is going to think that I figured out how to post under your name...

~Afor Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (20:59) #70

Nope, this is me, Sam Blob, the one and only, continuing to say that Christmas, etc. is a sham developed by marketing executives the world over.

~Wolf Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (21:51) #71

true, but there are those of us who remember what we're celebrating. Merry Christmas, Sam :)

~Wolf Wed, Dec 24, 1997 (22:03) #72

How does Jamaica celebrate Christmas, Sam?

~Afor Thu, Dec 25, 1997 (17:25) #73

The way we celebrate everything else, with gunfire and crass dance-hall nonmusic

~stacey Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (10:09) #74

LOL! ounds like a blast!

~terry Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (10:31) #75

You're home! You're back! Great.

~KitchenManager Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (10:52) #76

AMEN

~Wolf Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (21:07) #77

Glad to see ya back, Stacey *smile*

~stacey Thu, Jan 8, 1998 (17:34) #78

why thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good to be back, I'll try to be a bit more consistent in posting!

~KitchenManager Mon, Feb 16, 1998 (09:18) #79

Monday, Monday...

~terry Mon, Feb 16, 1998 (09:46) #80

New Spring party page with audio, check out http://www.spring.com and click on the sound if you have realaudio!

~rattlecat Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (05:16) #81

I'm rattlecat. I play drums. I own a record label that re-issues pre-rock R&B records, only the uptempo ones that rock (I have no patience for slow blues that don't rock). Rocking R&B from 1949 to 1953 or so. Rocking sax. Stomping drums. Hammering pianos. Good rocking bands. Best music that ever was. Best music that ever will be.

~terry Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (07:31) #82

Have you heard about SXSW? Welcome rattlecat!

~rattlecat Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (04:35) #83

Never heard of it. South by Southwest?

~boyce2 Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (16:49) #84

Yup, 700 bands in 40 clubs in 4 days in Austin. Wristbands are $95.

~Wolf Wed, Apr 29, 1998 (20:14) #85

welcome rattlecat! that's way cooooool. oh, was wondering what sxsw was, thanks, boyce!

~Howard Mon, May 18, 1998 (09:32) #86

Howdy. I used to hang out here about 3 years ago. Lot's happened since then -- moved a few times and got married. Now I live in Providence, RI. Good to be back on the Spring! Let's see ....intros.... I'm a composer of experiemental music and music for media as well as being a professor at Brown University. My favorite type of music is French and Swedish Musique Concrete, but I also like some popular electronica such as Aphex Twin, Portishead, and Tortoise.

~stacey Mon, May 18, 1998 (17:25) #87

welcome back howard!

~KitchenManager Wed, May 20, 1998 (00:20) #88

yes, we are pleased...

~terry Wed, May 20, 1998 (07:40) #89

That's great that you're back Howard, a link with our not so distant early days. We've been through quite a few changes since those pioneering days. I hope you stick around and liven up our music and other topics, Howard!

~MaryBeth Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (22:23) #90

Hello everybody. I listen to mainly Alternative. I like Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Match Box 20, Savage Garden, Fastball, Marcy Playground, and many other alternative rock groups. If anybody shares my interests please feel free to email me at the addy provided. Thanks :)

~KitchenManager Fri, Jun 26, 1998 (23:28) #91

we'd rather you stayed around here and chatted... Welcome, MaryjBeth!

~terry Tue, Jun 30, 1998 (16:47) #92

Are you into Hip Hop Mary Beth?

~riette Wed, Jul 1, 1998 (00:36) #93

Hip Hop Hurrah!, the Spring's back!!! Thanks, Terry, I was starting to show withdrool symptoms . . .

~wolf Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (23:10) #94

FAIR WARNING: This topic will be sent to the archives on 7 July 1998. Got something posted you wanna keep? Better get it now! Please begin posting in Poems of Desire II, k?

~wer Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (23:17) #95

warning: server going down again...

~wolf Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (23:18) #96

oops, that wasn't supposed to be posted here!

~riette Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (01:00) #97

What? When? Why?

~terry Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (07:56) #98

Not.

~riette Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (08:37) #99

GOOD!

~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (02:30) #100

That was one of the weird things that happened, Terry. Wolf posted that she was shutting this topic down in the poetry conference, Poems of Desire/etc., and it posted here. maybe it was just excessive gremlins the other night, but everytime it has done something weird like that to me, this place has shut down within seven days...

~riette Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (04:10) #101

Maybe it lies in the stars and planets - I read somewhere that the way the stars and planets are positioned has a great influence on everything that happens on earth.

~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (17:55) #102

ah, solar flares and El Nino...

~terry Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (18:25) #103

I just ordered a recordable CD-R (about $500) to do backup snapshots of the systems we run and we're working on procedures for rapid recovery. We also need to work out better access to our server site from DDC, so we can get in and bring things back up. I am building a Pentium with dual 4 gb drives and 128 mb of ram memory which will have a backup CD that we can run off of if either of these mirrored hard drives goes down. Triple redundancy. I don't think we'll have this ready in 7 days, but at least we're working on better recovery procedures. This machine has been going along for about 4 years now without a break, so generally I'd say the track record has been pretty good. If you sense a problem, please email me *and* our system admin Jeff Kramer at jeff@spring.net,jeffk@well.com so we can take preventative measures. If the system goes down email mriser@ddc.net,jeffk@well.com,pwalhus@tivoli.com,rross@ddc.net. Wow, that respond hung out on my screen for 12 hours before I entered it!

~terry Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (18:25) #104

Warning: a comment slipped in ahead of yours at 102!

~MaryBeth Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (19:40) #105

Umm, nah, Terry. Hip Hop, Rap, not really my type. I like some R&B, though. I stick to Alternative. Is there any item for The Wallflowers?? Love their new one "Heroes".

~mikeg Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (21:13) #106

a belated welcome, MaryBeth from whence doest thou hail?

~terry Wed, Jul 8, 1998 (23:12) #107

You're welcome to start one in the music conference, Mary Beth.

~riette Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (01:04) #108

Hi, Mary Beth. That's a really nice name. What kind of music do you like?

~MaryBeth Mon, Jul 13, 1998 (10:17) #109

Gee, thanks Riette. I've always thought it's too long. I like Alternative. Um...Mike, I'm from Guam.

~KitchenManager Tue, Sep 8, 1998 (23:44) #110

So, is this background like, okay?

~riette Wed, Sep 9, 1998 (00:50) #111

brilliant, Muffin, just Brilliant!!

~osceola Tue, Sep 15, 1998 (13:22) #112

Although I've lived in the South most of my life, I never really liked country music until I moved to Austin. Mainly because country music radio generally sucks, and most of what Nashville puts out sucks, excepts for the Mavericks, Dwight Yoakum, and a few others. But in Austin radio stations play OLD country music (Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Haggard), and that stuff's got a lot of soul. Also, bands here in Austin take chances and experiment with the country sound. Some of my musician buddies now play c untry music but they used to be punk rockers. I also like blues and R&B (check out Erykah Badu's album). Grew up on Southern rock, and I still have my old Allmann Bros. and Lynrd Skynrd records from high school, although I no longer have a turntable. I tend to go the the "rootsy" rock sound. Love Los Lobos!

~autumn Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (22:48) #113

What year did you graduate, George? (I have a feeling we went to school together :-) My dad is a huge C&W fan, but only the old stuff--Patsy Cline, Johnnny Cash, etc. My sister gave him a Leann Rimes tape for Xmas and he looked at it like it had a disease or something. It's probably still got the cellophane on it.

~osceola Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (18:08) #114

Autumn, you would hint around about my age when my B-day's Friday ;). If you were a teenager in the South, the pickings were pretty slim musically. Let's just say I'm old enough to have gone to high school parties when "Frampton Comes Alive" dominated the party's stereo ( sometimes on 8-track!).

~autumn Fri, Sep 18, 1998 (21:56) #115

Do you...feel like I do?? Ha-ha, the eternal musical question. Saw him briefly on VH-1 the other night and man! I would never have recognized him. Very clean cut. Seems they are remastering "FCA" for re-release. Happy Birthday!

~TIM Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (09:22) #116

I get such a kick out of hearing people, who are so much younger than I am, talking about how old they feel. When I was in high school, we recorded the music for the party on a reel to reel recorder, prior to the party, because records would skip when we danced to the music.

~autumn Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (15:50) #117

OK, reel-to-reel is definitely before my time, but I still own my fair share of albums.

~TIM Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (16:33) #118

We had a few albums, but most of the stuff was on 45s. Some things were on 78s Remember the old turntables with 4 speeds? I never came across anything at 16 2/3, but it was fun to use the speed to play a 45.

~riette Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:41) #119

God, I feel so incredibly young!

~TIM Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (04:19) #120

You mean you don't remember the old wind-up Victrolas with the wax cylinders? You don't remember when a needle was a solid piece of steel, and the tone arm was a piece of hollow metal that carried the sound up to the horn? I'm glad you feel good about this.

~autumn Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (21:44) #121

Yeah, we used to play 45s on 78 speed to make them sound like singing chipmunks! We thought we were sooooo funny!

~TIM Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:35) #122

I like that also, and playing a 78 on 16 made a song sound like a grizzly bear with constipation.

~autumn Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:55) #123

We thought it was spooky....

~TIM Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (21:58) #124

I'd have to agree with spooky, It'd make a great background for a halloween haunted house!!

~riette Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (08:46) #125

Defenitely before my time - as will the cassette recorder be to my kids!

~TIM Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (09:47) #126

Or as the 8 Track recorder is to your kids!

~riette Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (03:12) #127

What's an 8 Track recorder?

~TIM Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:01) #128

It records and plays on 8 Track tapes. It is what was in use before cassette.

~osceola Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:07) #129

Kids today!

~TIM Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:39) #130

I MEAN!!! Probably blow her mind if I asked about the wax cylinders for the old Victrola.

~riette Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (12:39) #131

What? I really have no idea what you're talking about.

~TIM Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:00) #132

Before discs records were made of wax and were a hollow cylinder.

~riette Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:49) #133

Holy cow, that's amazing! You SAW one??

~TIM Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:54) #134

Riette, I have played them. The music quality is excellent.

~riette Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (16:02) #135

How very cool!

~TIM Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (19:20) #136

The music quality was superior to anything prior to the late forties. HOWEVER, they were very fragile.

~autumn Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (20:28) #137

And extremely heavy. My dad has my grandmother's victrola and all her old albums, which are probably worth some major $$ now.

~TIM Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (00:19) #138

Yes, they are, but even if they weren't, They are a treasure.

~DaveSpice Sun, Feb 7, 1999 (11:10) #139

Hey y'all - just discovered this site. VERY cool!! Anyhow, believe it or not I am huge fan of the SPICE GIRLS. Does anyone else LISTEN to their MUSIC? I have many songs by them, including both cd's and more... I do also listen to everything from AC/DC, early Metallica, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Donna SUmmer, Blondie, James Brown, Chuck Berry, BUDDY HOLLY!, Flock Of Seagulls, CARS, Wang Chung, and much much more...

~KitchenManager Sun, Feb 7, 1999 (12:20) #140

Welcome, Dave, hope you like the place well enough to hang around awhile... did you see the Spice Girls topic? It's topic 24...

~ratthing Sun, Feb 7, 1999 (22:28) #141

welcome, dave! AC/DC and early Metallica! YES!

~aschuth Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (13:08) #142

Huh, I don't want to sound off, but some Info here is, hmh, *difficult* at leat as Victrolas and wax cylinders are concerned. Vitrolas are generally models of Gramophones, made by the Victor Company, using 78s (also known as shellac discs, named for the black, brittle material). Gramophones were in use from approx. 1880 onwards. 78s were produced till well into the sixties; I own e.g. Caruso, Hank Williams and Elvis P.-78s. Wax cylinders were technically the older product, invented by Edison, but not really as good a mass product as gramophone records. For this Edison-technology, check out: http://www.tinfoil.com/ , where you ca listen to wax cylinders. If you really own some, Glenn Sage offers recording + putting them on CD for you before returnng them. I know electric wax cylinder players (phonographs) from the 20ies are sold for around $300. Recordings vary in price. Want more?

~aschuth Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (13:15) #143

Besides being a smart-ass, I collect 78s of all ages. I'm editor of a music magazine in Germany, subtly named SUPERSTAR. We cover alternative and other styles, mostly acts who are recording but not major sellers. Real musicians, who work their arses off every night for some grub, a stage and gas-money. Right now I listen to Bobby Conn (Rise UP!) from Chicago, german organ-playing acts, San Francisco songwriter Susan James (touring Germany soon) and tango from Finland, which is like arctic blues 'n' vodka.

~autumn Fri, Feb 26, 1999 (21:36) #144

Welcome, Alexander Smart-Ass! :-) Any act that can be characterized as "arctic blues 'n vodka" I gotta love! Glad to have you here.

~KitchenManager Sat, Feb 27, 1999 (11:04) #145

yep...there's a whole lotta smart asses around, so you should fit right in! what's the url for SUPERSTAR, Alexander?

~aschuth Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (13:58) #146

Uh, thanks for the hearty welcome, folks! OK, good news & bad news. superstar's url WILL be http://www.superstar-online.com and www.superstar-online.de ; we've already got rights to the domains and everything, but had no time to put something on the web yet. Sorry, Kitchen - you'll be the first to know. Wanna see paper-issue? I could mail a copy over, if you are all that curious. We have some english-language-pieces, but most is german. New copy goes to the printer tomorrow. Been a busy boy! Finnish tango: the CD is available from german label Trikont in Munich. If you're interested, I could find out about distribution to the US. Definitely a HOT but COOL tip - very melancholic, very moving. Not like this sexy-hot cliche associated with tango, but very mellow and bluesy. Wait, gotta put it on the stereo right away... ;=} =

~stacey Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (14:35) #147

I wanna see the paper issue!!!! Take issue all you want with some of the smack talked in the topics... we LIKE it!!! Welcome here! BTW, where in Germany??? I'm going next month! OOps. THIS month!!

~KitchenManager Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (23:01) #148

when it goes up, we'll start a topic on it... oh, he[[, why wait?

~aschuth Thu, Mar 4, 1999 (11:58) #149

Huh, I see you couldn't hold it, eh, Kitchen? Anyway, anybody interested in getting the next issue of superstar (superstar #12), drop me a email with where to send it to. I'll check with our distribution genius on terms + pricing, and get back to you. That does not count for Stacey, however! Stacey, when you are coming over after March 18th, superstar should be available at every trainstation's newsagent. In Berlin, you should get it at every bigger nwesagent who's got some variety in the music mag department. If you like to, write me where you go to in Germany and how long you stay, and I'll see if I can find you some nice concerts. E.g. The guy who wrote the "tango in Finland" article gets a tango band from Finland to tour March to April. One stop will be Frankfurt, but I forgot when exactly. Interested?

~stacey Thu, Mar 4, 1999 (12:03) #150

Woo Woo! I'll be staying in Berlin for one week Mar 13-19 and then to Prauge March 20-25 or 26, then to Italy (Venice and/or Milan and/or Verona and/or anywhere in between!) then flying out of Munich so maybe a day or two in the city... Oh, I leave from Munich on April 2. And I will surely look for superstar!!

~KitchenManager Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (00:38) #151

so, Alexander, when are you going to volunteer to host this conference? (or maybe media or the completely under-utilized song...)

~aschuth Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (07:24) #152

*?!*

~KitchenManager Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (21:46) #153

explain your question, please...

~aschuth Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (06:10) #154

THAT was exactly what I tried to say to you, Wer. ;=}

~KitchenManager Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (19:25) #155

so, you gonna be like that, huh?

~aschuth Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (06:28) #156

Naw, I'm gonna be worse! I just tried to find out what you meant with Response 151 (Wer's Area 151 ?), but I know now you were kidding me (I think). So, do we share a laugh or what!?

~KitchenManager Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (23:04) #157

not kidding, I was being completely serious... I guess it looks like we're going to share a what!

~aschuth Thu, Mar 18, 1999 (11:17) #158

OK, then pass me some, too. Anyway, what DO you mean? Sounds like chores and work... items I'm well supplied with at this specific moment. Fill me in.

~KitchenManager Fri, Mar 26, 1999 (11:38) #159

the chores and work only pile as high as you want... the main responsibility(?) of the host is to get new people into their conference and posting...

~aschuth Sat, Mar 27, 1999 (06:30) #160

Considering personally available ressources, I'm already posting away like crazy (yap, just like that...). I've asked Tennessee to pop over, and I think Terry published an "invite this puppy over" from me somewhere in inner. So. Hey, that ALREADY makes me a host! Wow. (Player A has drawn. Expecting your move, Player B.)

~KitchenManager Sat, Mar 27, 1999 (13:23) #161

done your turn

~aschuth Sun, Mar 28, 1999 (07:18) #162

(Uh, lemme think, that don't look tooo - Wait, what's that! Quick, Wer, look over there! What's that!) *quickly rearranges pieces* (Naw, just looked like it, sorry... Anyway, let me just move this... there... Yes, that's ok. Check!)

~KitchenManager Sun, Mar 28, 1999 (13:32) #163

(well, as long as you don't expect us to mate...)

~autumn Mon, Mar 29, 1999 (22:54) #164

Are we gonna talk about chess or are we gonna talk about music?

~KitchenManager Mon, Mar 29, 1999 (23:16) #165

hmmm...Alexander?

~aschuth Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (08:26) #166

Ahem, Autumn, WE are of course talking music. Just ignore old Wer, he gets like that sometimes. What did you listen to lately? Any good concerts?

~autumn Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (09:51) #167

Are you kidding?? My concert days are over, unless my daughters drag me to see 'N Sync or Backstreet Boys someday (*shudder*). My sister-in-law just saw the Stones for the umpteenth time a few weeks ago. She still has a flower that Mick threw out to the audience when she saw them in Paris in the sixties.

~aschuth Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (11:27) #168

I'm gonna give you a good talking to, as soon as my busy schedule allows. Right now, gotta catch a drink... ;=} Mick: Bet he didn't look half as good as that flower after all those years!

~jgross Wed, Mar 31, 1999 (20:19) #169

Hi, my name's Jimmie. I let my husband take care of my 2 daughters when I want to see a show. Other times I drop them off with a good friend, and then I go see the show with my husband.....then I take care of my friend's kids at another time when they're in need of going out, as part of the bargain. I've paid a babysitter before, too. I hope I haven't been very helpful. It was nice seeing y'all again, and I will now scoot on back off into the the receding stark dark which will surely swallow me up in time to disappear enough to vanish.

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (00:25) #170

gotta watch receding into the dark, Jim, as you may just bump into me...

~aschuth Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (04:52) #171

So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! ANd the read ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?

~aschuth Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (04:52) #172

So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! And the read ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?

~aschuth Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (04:52) #173

So, Werby, that's what happened - you switched the lights off again - and there are the yellow spots again, too! And the red ones. This seems to be http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/124 , right?

~aschuth Thu, Apr 1, 1999 (04:59) #174

Huh, what did I have for breakfast? This hickup it gave me sure is bad! Anyways, Jim, that's omitting two more subtle problems that come with time going by, being preoccupied with other stuff (e.g. raising kids, trying to keep rest of brains left, etc.). First thing, you get worn out and tired. Feel happy just to be left alone in your home, before crawling to bed, just to relive the same another day. Next is, this gets you out of touch with the "scene", what's good to see, what you'd hate and what you'd love. Trust me, it's more than just outsourcing childcare for an evening. It's also a question of energy and interest. Can't help with the energy thing, but I'll sure work on the interest thing, just give me some time. Too bad I don't know your scene too well, and even worse, you folks can't drop over to come to a concert with me over here. Still, let me try.

~autumn Sun, Apr 4, 1999 (21:57) #175

Lead us on, Alexander...

~stacey Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (17:19) #176

what happened??? Alexander was knighted and then he took off on his horse of a different color???

~aschuth Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (18:03) #177

And! My horse is called Bunny, to honor Bobby Conn's vision of things to come! (did you read his piece?) Or, to tell it the other way round, Stacey, you were gone quite a while... You only could have stopped this madness, but... Anyway, look at what they did to me! (And! They think it's funny, too!)

~aschuth Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (18:04) #178

Oh, Stacey - and guess Bunny's colour!

~stacey Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (18:47) #179

verigated!

~aschuth Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (12:19) #180

:={ you didn't get the mag. tears drench the ground beneath my feet.

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (12:57) #181

now, that is a sad and terrible thing to see...

~stacey Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (13:44) #182

*sniff* *sniff* man, sorry man... (i suck!)

~aschuth Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:22) #183

Well, ok, one lost, one gained. Somebody else will have bought that copy. I hope.

~stacey Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:49) #184

ummm... THAT's it! They were all sold out!!!

~autumn Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (16:45) #185

I heard Stacey and Brandon are going to register for their own subscription at the bridal registry...

~stacey Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (19:05) #186

I think Crate and Barrel supplies subscriptions, no?

~aschuth Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (12:36) #187

Well, the registry thing - I'll try to have our distribution branch contact your community's registry office. Cool, eh, get a gal and a mag (or: a guy and a mag)! What more can you want! Oh, and I'll have the Crate&Barrel-Bros. on standby next time they come round this place...

~autumn Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (16:19) #188

I think you can pick it up at Bed, Bath and Beyond...

~aschuth Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (06:14) #189

*?*

~autumn Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:50) #190

This is a mega-store that I've never quite had the courage to enter. I think it must contain more towels and sheets than you can shake a stick at. What the "Beyond" entails exactly, I shudder to think. Anyone?

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (00:05) #191

with Stacey's help, maybe I can show you...

~aschuth Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (07:00) #192

Uh, then I'm totally lost, Autumn - since when do they carry excellent international magazines? But then, how would you know, if you never entered it? I'm getting dizzy again... Wer, willya! SHE's enganged, fer Pete's sake! You guys are not supposed to do that until she's married properly!

~stacey Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:12) #193

enganged huh? is that like being engaged?

~aschuth Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:56) #194

More or less. It appreciates the fact more that you were abducted to a foreign country, got your brain washed by all the new sights, and then he ganged up on you. This special FBI group ought to do some serious investigating in your case, what's what they're called, Fox Files, Agent X, or what. (Gimme a break. I can't always make up a tale as tall as that, every time I mistype - which happnes all the time!)

~stacey Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (14:47) #195

*laugh* at least you tried (to make up a good excuse!) that's what counts!

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 14, 1999 (23:59) #196

actually, I don't think Stace and I are supposed to do that at all...

~riette Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (10:00) #197

Why not? You're so damned good at it!

~KitchenManager Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (14:03) #198

it helps when you have a GREAT partner...

~riette Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (01:33) #199

Yeah! And that's why she's called Sta-cey. When she's done with ya, it'll 'Sta' up - 'Cey'?

~stacey Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:57) #200

*cackle*

~aschuth Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (11:41) #201

Wer, not until she's married. After that, it's quite ok. Blimey, don't you ever watch tv?

~stacey Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (14:19) #202

ahhh... that's why I don't

~autumn Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:56) #203

Alexander, I'm the only one here who watches TV. Everyone else has a life.

~riette Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (02:13) #204

I watch Home Improvement and Golden Girls.

~aschuth Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (07:14) #205

Anyway, if y'all would watch y'all's proper dose of tv every day, you'd know about this. You are not to have any sideshows going on while being engaged; after you're married, it's the normal thing (proof: switch on to the next talk show or soap).

~riette Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:00) #206

Marriage IS a soap.

~aschuth Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:02) #207

What'd I say?

~stacey Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:51) #208

National turn off your TV week...

~riette Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (11:43) #209

Stacey, have you looked for a dress yet?

~stacey Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (13:15) #210

nope. still looking for a place to have the ceremony!

~riette Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (04:40) #211

And when?

~stacey Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (09:26) #212

*laugh* Between October 99 and October 00 is about as detailed as we've gotten!

~riette Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (11:21) #213

ha-ha! Who cares anyway. I'm so happy for you!

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (10:40) #214

thanks!

~caryn Mon, Jul 12, 1999 (01:31) #215

my music goes back to the late 50's.

~stacey Mon, Jul 12, 1999 (14:46) #216

tell us more!

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (02:49) #217

we are all ears!

~MarciaH Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (17:42) #218

at least a major portion of us is ears...*smile*

~aschuth Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (07:54) #219

That'd be the deaf ones I preach to, right? Preach, you know, as in "Call Pat at Innerstate Rec. and order the late Epic Soundtracks 'Everything is Temporary'-CD NOW!"

~Kapinicus Sat, Oct 9, 1999 (19:08) #220

Do you have to download Virc to use the cam

~Kapinicus Sat, Oct 9, 1999 (19:10) #221

well

~MarciaH Sat, Oct 9, 1999 (19:22) #222

to which cam do you refer?

~aschuth Mon, Oct 11, 1999 (17:14) #223

You don't, you just go to www.innerstate.com and check their e-shop. End of sales plug. And welcome, Rhett!

~MarciaH Fri, Oct 22, 1999 (16:46) #224

Thank you; I shall!

~aschuth Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (06:41) #225

Expect more new topics on current, real-life bands or interesting labels to pop up in the near future...

~MarciaH Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (13:47) #226

Excellent news. (You can't believe how happy I am to find you posting again with newly minted eagerness for the topics you are creating. Yay! )

~aschuth Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (04:47) #227

Hmh, I wonder if we could use a topic on Hi-Fi gear, or maybe a whole AudioPhiles Conference, like e.g. the Radio one. That's different from the Music Conf - as this guy once said to me "Now you got the software, lemme get you fixed onto the hardware, too!" There's not a lot serious audio geeks want to talk about more than their high end amps 'n' stuff. Comments, please.

~MarciaH Fri, Mar 24, 2000 (12:51) #228

Alexander, post this comment in porch 6 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/porch/6/new But, you need to bring some friends with you to discuss these things. History was created then left to die by the hosts. Somehow, we gotta get more posters. Geo is thriving now because I went to my friends off of Spring and brought them into the fold to talk about things in there (but this beating a dead horse since you avoid Geo like it could give you an incurable social disease...)

~Ree Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (08:25) #229

Certain subjects are just more universal than others though. More people are interested in music than in geology (or law!). One can't make people develop a mad interest in something just for the sake of keeping a conference running. In that sense I think we shouldn't judge conferences on the amount of traffic they generate. Surely if just one person other than the host is interested, that makes it a valid conference. Mind, here speaks the mother of not-worthy-of-hosts'-ar$es though. Guilty.

~MarciaH Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:12) #230

...but are you interesting in Jewelry? We've been posting lovely things and pearls and talking about stuff we have and stuff we would like to have and things we wouldn't be caught dead in. I am not an art fan particularly, but when I did go into your conference I found the same people posting interesting and fun things. The same goes for Geo. Do not judge it as dreary until you have looked around. Then you can pick up a handy stone laying around and cast it at me. Know anything about leylines in Britain or Megaliths anywhere? How about archaeology? we have topics for both of them as well as killer cool site for kids.

~MarciaH Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:14) #231

Btw, Ree and Alexander, hosts of the History Conference...I seem to be the only one posting in there, too...does no one, including the hosts, like history, either?!

~MarciaH Sat, Mar 25, 2000 (15:18) #232

Yo! Ree...*hugs* You are being far too hard on yourself. You do not have the time or the brain power to spare for hostly stuff now. We'll wait and post stuff to keep your conferences alive. *more hugs*

~Ree Sun, Mar 26, 2000 (04:32) #233

I don't judge any conferences - I think they're all great. And I like history and jewelry immensely but, yes, I am in a bit of a difficult position - as I'm sure some other are. In many ways I haven't done anything with my life yet, whereas you've done alot. Sometimes I wish I were 40 with all this strive and struggle already behind me. You don't have to worry about what you want to achieve anymore, or about what is WORTH achieving and what not. I am 26, in the process of switching careers, trying to get a degree that will enable me to do so, while bringing 2 kids up more or less on my own, and it all requires a hell of an effort financially and emotionally. Therefore I have different priorities to set, and that means I have to work the spring around all the things I want to achieve, not the other way around. And in the few minutes I have over weekends I just don't have the energy to go into things that require alot of effort - I just want to see how my friends are. I hope that's not insulting.

~MarciaH Sun, Mar 26, 2000 (14:05) #234

*Hugs* John accuses me of evangelizing when I get onto something I think everyone in the universe must like as much as I like it. My apologies for doing that to you...you are too incredibly gifted and precious to do that to. Please forgive. I have a huge head start over you and I am stunned at the amount you have accomplished in your life. You have more gumption and ambition and the self-confidence to accomplish it I am in awe, and bow before your superiority. Financial independence is a wonderfully liberating thing. It has taken me a while and the help of some really understanding men - including my father... Your proirities are all in the right place and you cannot believe how proud I am to know you and to call you a friend. You stand head and shoulders above almostb every other woman I have ever known. *applause* and Kudos Ree! Amy time you need encouragement, just knock on my email box and I shall tell you more about what I admire about you!!!

~Ree Mon, Mar 27, 2000 (00:28) #235

I don't think you evangelize. I'm glad there is someone here who cares so much about the spring, and who makes it such a high priority. What you do here is vital to the conference's existence - and therefore providing people with a place to come to where one can just take a break from everything. So, thank you for that, Marcia. BTW, how is John?

~MarciaH Mon, Mar 27, 2000 (00:34) #236

I will be happy to tell him you asked about is well-being, Ree - you were special to him. He is doing fine and working the night shift in production at the radio station as well as doing a 6 hour morning show. He will be doing play-by-play this weekend for baseball - something at which he excels like no other. Thank you for asking, and thanks for your supportive words of my being on Spring. Goodness knows I don't hear it much IRL. *Hugs* Ree!

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