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Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio

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  Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-16 01:15 -0400
    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 10:31 +0100
    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-20 15:30 +0000
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:38 +0200
        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-20 23:59 -0400
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-21 08:02 +1000
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-21 06:52 +0000
        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-21 03:34 -0400
        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 12:28 +0200
          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-22 09:41 -0400
            Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 19:14 +0100
              Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-22 20:37 +0200
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 20:00 +0100
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-22 22:36 +0200
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 21:58 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-23 02:42 -0400
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:22 +0100
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:06 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 02:22 -0400
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:53 +0100
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:22 +0200
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 05:10 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 06:00 +0000
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:15 +0100
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:32 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:44 +0100
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 05:51 -0400
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:34 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:18 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 23:24 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 04:02 -0400
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-22 23:06 -0400
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:11 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 01:53 -0400
              Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-22 23:01 -0400
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:05 +0100
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 10:20 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:27 +0200
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:49 +0100
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 21:28 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-25 12:23 +0100
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-26 03:32 -0400
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 01:40 -0400
            Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-22 20:35 +0200
              Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-22 22:26 +0000
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-23 01:29 +0200
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 00:23 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:01 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 10:19 +0000
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 06:04 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:16 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:08 +0000
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:30 +0200
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 02:14 -0400
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-24 03:51 -0400
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 21:19 +0000
            Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-22 19:48 +0000
              Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 21:57 +0100
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 06:25 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:20 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:45 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:46 +0100
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 23:29 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 04:30 +0000
                  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
                    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:49 +0000
                      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:18 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 04:59 +0000
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
                        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:47 +0100
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
                          Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:13 +0000
                Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-23 03:15 -0400
              Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-23 02:25 -0400
        Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-21 20:37 +0000

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#72005

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-23 06:25 +0000
Message-ID<mgt57fFb0fbU15@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#71963
On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:57:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 22/08/2025 20:48, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:33 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     Of course we didn't HAVE a local FM station for quite awhile ...
>>>     and when we did it was 95% very dull classical.
>> 
>> The first CDs were much the same, classical stuff for audiophiles. It
>> didn't take long for sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to subvert the media.
> 
> That ain't subversion,. That's enhancement

I once mentioned I liked some classical composers -- Rimsky-Korsakov, 
Richard Strauss, Dvořák, Wagner, and a couple of others. I was informed I 
had plebian tastes. That was before 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' became 
rather well known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQE

In truth my tastes weren't as rarefied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_81PchgI7A

That was another instance of synchronicity. I was reading Hesse and when I 
saw Steppenwolf in a rack in a college bookstore I bought it knowing 
nothing about the band. 

Speaking of which I wonder if the film is still available. It was rather 
strange for its day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(film)

Of course Hesse, Jung, Kay, and synchronicity are all tangled up in a web.

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#72027

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2025-08-23 11:20 +0100
Message-ID<108c4l8$234t5$10@dont-email.me>
In reply to#72005
On 23/08/2025 07:25, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:57:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 22/08/2025 20:48, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:33 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>>      Of course we didn't HAVE a local FM station for quite awhile ...
>>>>      and when we did it was 95% very dull classical.
>>>
>>> The first CDs were much the same, classical stuff for audiophiles. It
>>> didn't take long for sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to subvert the media.
>>
>> That ain't subversion,. That's enhancement
> 
> I once mentioned I liked some classical composers -- Rimsky-Korsakov,
> Richard Strauss, Dvořák, Wagner, and a couple of others. I was informed I
> had plebian tastes. That was before 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' became
> rather well known.
> 
Oh yes, I have some snobby friends who are into 'post mediaeval 
religious choral music'  they think Beethoven is simply 'ear candy for 
plebs'

Since their lives are about as empty a s paupers purse, I don't argue.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQE
> 
> In truth my tastes weren't as rarefied.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_81PchgI7A
> 
> That was another instance of synchronicity. I was reading Hesse and when I
> saw Steppenwolf in a rack in a college bookstore I bought it knowing
> nothing about the band.
> 
I read it befiore the band. Cant remember why.

> Speaking of which I wonder if the film is still available. It was rather
> strange for its day.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(film)
> 
> Of course Hesse, Jung, Kay, and synchronicity are all tangled up in a web.
> 
Mmm. The days when we all were thinking how emancipated we were, rather 
than how oppressed we were, like today..

-- 
“But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an 
hypothesis!”

Mary Wollstonecraft

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#72081

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-23 21:45 +0000
Message-ID<mgur3sFlbfaU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#72027
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:20:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Oh yes, I have some snobby friends who are into 'post mediaeval
> religious choral music'  they think Beethoven is simply 'ear candy for
> plebs'

Hildegard of Bingen? I don't know if she was post-medieval. I have 
Sequentia's 'Edda. Myths from Medieval Iceland' and 'The Rheingold Curse' 
but they get into a lot of that stuff. The Edda album was an attempt to 
recreate what passed for entertainment. 

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#72129

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 10:46 +0100
Message-ID<108en1t$2n9v5$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#72081
On 23/08/2025 22:45, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:20:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> Oh yes, I have some snobby friends who are into 'post mediaeval 
>> religious choral music'  they think Beethoven is simply 'ear candy 
>> for plebs'
> 
> Hildegard of Bingen? I don't know if she was post-medieval.

I wasn't sufficiently interested to note the details.

> I have Sequentia's 'Edda. Myths from Medieval Iceland' and 'The
> Rheingold Curse' but they get into a lot of that stuff. The Edda
> album was an attempt to recreate what passed for entertainment.
> 
That sounds a lot more fun...

-- 
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established
authorities are wrong.”

― Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV

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#72095

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-08-23 23:29 +0000
Message-ID<108disa$2f5h3$9@dont-email.me>
In reply to#72027
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:20:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Oh yes, I have some snobby friends who are into 'post mediaeval
> religious choral music'

Fans of the Mediaeval Baebes? <https://www.youtube.com/@MediaevalBaebesTV>

I first heard of them when they did a few collabs with Delerium.

> they think Beethoven is simply 'ear candy for plebs'

Coincidentally, I was just rewatching “Immortal Beloved” last night ...

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#72106

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-24 04:30 +0000
Message-ID<mgvis0Fot4lU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#72095
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:29:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:20:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> Oh yes, I have some snobby friends who are into 'post mediaeval
>> religious choral music'
> 
> Fans of the Mediaeval Baebes?
> <https://www.youtube.com/@MediaevalBaebesTV>
> 
> I first heard of them when they did a few collabs with Delerium.
> 
>> they think Beethoven is simply 'ear candy for plebs'
> 
> Coincidentally, I was just rewatching “Immortal Beloved” last night ...

Somehow Ludwig Van reminds me of ultraviolence.

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#72046

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
Message-ID<SmnqQ.613435$xyt3.169238@fx15.iad>
In reply to#72005
On 2025-08-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:57:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> On 22/08/2025 20:48, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:33 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>> 
>>>>     Of course we didn't HAVE a local FM station for quite awhile ...
>>>>     and when we did it was 95% very dull classical.
>>> 
>>> The first CDs were much the same, classical stuff for audiophiles. It
>>> didn't take long for sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to subvert the media.
>> 
>> That ain't subversion,. That's enhancement
>
> I once mentioned I liked some classical composers -- Rimsky-Korsakov, 
> Richard Strauss, Dvořák, Wagner, and a couple of others. I was informed I 
> had plebian tastes. That was before 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' became 
> rather well known.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQE
>
> In truth my tastes weren't as rarefied.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_81PchgI7A

At which point the piece itself (or at least its minute-and-a-half intro)
became plebianized itself.  Remember the disco version?

> That was another instance of synchronicity. I was reading Hesse and when I 
> saw Steppenwolf in a rack in a college bookstore I bought it knowing 
> nothing about the band. 
>
> Speaking of which I wonder if the film is still available. It was rather 
> strange for its day.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(film)
>
> Of course Hesse, Jung, Kay, and synchronicity are all tangled up in a web.

Along with the Police album...

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#72082

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-23 21:49 +0000
Message-ID<mgurbgFlbfaU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#72046
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:02:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> At which point the piece itself (or at least its minute-and-a-half
> intro)
> became plebianized itself.  Remember the disco version?

I have tried my best to suppress all memories of disco. I mostly switched 
to outlaw country in the '70s. Then country went to hell. 

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#72099

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 00:18 +0000
Message-ID<gTsqQ.31111$gVwb.5877@fx48.iad>
In reply to#72082
On 2025-08-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:02:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> At which point the piece itself (or at least its minute-and-a-half
>> intro)
>> became plebianized itself.  Remember the disco version?
>
> I have tried my best to suppress all memories of disco. I mostly
> switched to outlaw country in the '70s. Then country went to hell. 

I DJed a lot of parties back then - it was mostly rock (both
country rock like New Riders of the Purple Sage and straight-up
stuff like Bob Seger).  But I would usually throw in a disco parody
to shake things up (e.g. _Do You Think I'm Disco_ by Steve Dahl and
The Teenage Radiation).

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#72108

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-24 04:59 +0000
Message-ID<mgvkgrFot4lU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#72099
On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:18:20 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> I DJed a lot of parties back then - it was mostly rock (both country
> rock like New Riders of the Purple Sage and straight-up stuff like Bob
> Seger).  But I would usually throw in a disco parody to shake things up
> (e.g. _Do You Think I'm Disco_ by Steve Dahl and The Teenage Radiation).

I liked NRPS. My taste for the Dead was mostly 'Workingmans' Dead' and 
'American Beauty' (or 'American Reality' if I was stoned enough. I never 
did catch on to psychedelic typography). The long disjointed jams didn't 
get it for me. 

'Last Lonely Eagle' is one of my favorites although in my mind I generally 
hear the Ian and Sylvia cover. 

Seger is good too. 'Turn the Page' is one of my faves. I spent a lot of 
time on the road setting up molding equipment. We were doing a plant in 
Madison GA, a real backwater despite only being about 25 miles from 
Athens. I had long hair and a beard (which I still do). There was only one 
restaurant in town and a busboy there was eyeballing me. After a couple of 
visits he got up the courage to come over and ask 'Are y'all one of them 
that musicians?".  Early '70s Southern Rock hadn't quite reached there. I 
wasn't a rock musician but I spent a lot of time on the road and probably 
heard those whispers in the shadows. Nothing ever came of it. Just as well 
-- I was of the long haired redneck species, not the peace and love 
contingent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_qUDwF-Ns

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#72175

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
Message-ID<OAJqQ.290903$jMMa.230553@fx09.iad>
In reply to#72108
On 2025-08-24, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:18:20 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I DJed a lot of parties back then - it was mostly rock (both country
>> rock like New Riders of the Purple Sage and straight-up stuff like Bob
>> Seger).  But I would usually throw in a disco parody to shake things up
>> (e.g. _Do You Think I'm Disco_ by Steve Dahl and The Teenage Radiation).
>
> I liked NRPS. My taste for the Dead was mostly 'Workingmans' Dead' and 
> 'American Beauty' (or 'American Reality' if I was stoned enough. I never 
> did catch on to psychedelic typography).

Yes, that cover is rather hard to read.  :-)

> The long disjointed jams didn't get it for me. 

Still, when they did a 20-minute version of "Truckin'" at a concert
it was pretty neat - especially when they finally got back to the
theme and we all realized, "So _that's_ what they started out playing!"

> 'Last Lonely Eagle' is one of my favorites although in my mind I generally 
> hear the Ian and Sylvia cover. 

That's a good one for sure.  And no evening was complete without
"Dirty Business".

> Seger is good too. 'Turn the Page' is one of my faves.

To me, "Ship of Fools" and "Shame on the Moon" are examples
of a perfect musical piece.

>                                                        I spent a lot of 
> time on the road setting up molding equipment. We were doing a plant in 
> Madison GA, a real backwater despite only being about 25 miles from 
> Athens. I had long hair and a beard (which I still do). There was only one 
> restaurant in town and a busboy there was eyeballing me. After a couple of 
> visits he got up the courage to come over and ask 'Are y'all one of them 
> that musicians?".  Early '70s Southern Rock hadn't quite reached there. I 
> wasn't a rock musician but I spent a lot of time on the road and probably 
> heard those whispers in the shadows. Nothing ever came of it. Just as well 
> -- I was of the long haired redneck species, not the peace and love 
> contingent.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_qUDwF-Ns

Yup, we enjoyed him too.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#72130

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 10:47 +0100
Message-ID<108en47$2n9v5$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#72099
On 24/08/2025 01:18, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-08-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:02:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> At which point the piece itself (or at least its minute-and-a-half
>>> intro)
>>> became plebianized itself.  Remember the disco version?
>>
>> I have tried my best to suppress all memories of disco. I mostly
>> switched to outlaw country in the '70s. Then country went to hell.
> 
> I DJed a lot of parties back then - it was mostly rock (both
> country rock like New Riders of the Purple Sage and straight-up
> stuff like Bob Seger).  But I would usually throw in a disco parody
> to shake things up (e.g. _Do You Think I'm Disco_ by Steve Dahl and
> The Teenage Radiation).
> 
Agreed. I did like Donna Summer though. Apparently she had a university 
degree in something

-- 
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established 
authorities are wrong.”

― Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV

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#72171

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
Message-ID<LAJqQ.290899$jMMa.68606@fx09.iad>
In reply to#72130
On 2025-08-24, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 24/08/2025 01:18, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2025-08-23, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:02:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> At which point the piece itself (or at least its minute-and-a-half
>>>> intro)
>>>> became plebianized itself.  Remember the disco version?
>>>
>>> I have tried my best to suppress all memories of disco. I mostly
>>> switched to outlaw country in the '70s. Then country went to hell.
>> 
>> I DJed a lot of parties back then - it was mostly rock (both
>> country rock like New Riders of the Purple Sage and straight-up
>> stuff like Bob Seger).  But I would usually throw in a disco parody
>> to shake things up (e.g. _Do You Think I'm Disco_ by Steve Dahl and
>> The Teenage Radiation).
> 
> Agreed. I did like Donna Summer though. Apparently she had a university 
> degree in something

The song "Enough Is Enough", which she recorded with Barbra Streisand,
is an interesting study in constrasts.  Whereas Streisand had total
control and would shut her voice down before letting it go astray,
Donna Summer had that tremendous power with which she could drive
through anything.  There's a place for both.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#72202

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-08-24 22:13 +0000
Message-ID<108g2pq$32gqg$10@dont-email.me>
In reply to#72130
On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:47:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> I did like Donna Summer though.

The 12” version of “I Feel Love”, as arranged (or was it produced?) by 
Georgio Moroder, was a seminal piece in the development of what later 
became “Techno”.

Disco never died. It went underground as “House”. Which then got a few 
glimpses back in the mainstream, courtesy of one or two Madonna singles. 
Then the 1990s broke loose.

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#72012

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-08-23 03:15 -0400
Message-ID<PL-cnVK7GZDh9zT1nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#71963
On 8/22/25 4:57 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 22/08/2025 20:48, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:33 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>
>>>     Of course we didn't HAVE a local FM station for quite awhile ... and
>>>     when we did it was 95% very dull classical.
>>
>> The first CDs were much the same, classical stuff for audiophiles. It
>> didn't take long for sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to subvert the media.
> 
> That ain't subversion,. That's enhancement

   I want to rock-n-roll all day, and party every night !  :-)

   Actually I'm more "Sheldon" than that, but still LIKE
   the image/idea  :-)


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#72004

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-08-23 02:25 -0400
Message-ID<4wydnYGX991RwzT1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#71954
On 8/22/25 3:48 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:33 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     Of course we didn't HAVE a local FM station for quite awhile ... and
>>     when we did it was 95% very dull classical.
> 
> The first CDs were much the same, classical stuff for audiophiles. It
> didn't take long for sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to subvert the media.

   Other FM stations came in here rather late. Nearest
   thing you could SOMETIMES get was a college station
   from about 45 miles away. It did full albums.

   The original FM station, kept playing light Mozart
   for 30 more years, kinda elevator music. You'd
   hear it in offices everywhere. Knew the DJ, it's
   all management would let him play.

   So, AM remained king. Distortion - the brain
   just filtered it out.

   Hmmmm ... DID score a Cadillac valve-based car
   radio once - early AM/FM. It DID work, NICE
   sound, but I never found a place for it. Now,
   gone into the black hole forever. I think
   those used special low-voltage/low-heat valves,
   kinda the last evolution. You'd never find
   replacements.

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#71874

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-08-21 20:37 +0000
Message-ID<mgpebiFntraU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#71814
On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:52:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:30:45 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
> 
>>> It used four Texas Instruments germanium transistors and sold for US
>>> $49.95 - a fair chunk of change back in the day. Depending on how you
>>> calc inflation the price would now be about US $500.
>> 
>> wow
> 
> You can see why the Americans never had any luck with transistor-based
> consumer electronics -- it took the Japanese to make a success of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio#Japanese_transistor_radios

After licensing the technology, as usual. Not to take anything away from 
the very capable Japanese but they were given a leg up after the war. 
Being under the US defense umbrella let them spend money on productive 
enterprises too. 

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