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Post by Fredeghar Wayfarer on Jul 15, 2009 12:53:06 GMT -6
If you want to learn more about Garfunkel and Oates, they have several videos of them performing on Youtube. Also, one half of the duo, Kate Micucci, is a regular on the t.v. show Scrubs (she's the girl who dates Ted the lawyer and plays her ukelele to sick children).
Lemon Demon also has a few videos on Youtube but they are mostly animations set to their songs. Those are actually how I discovered them.
Yes, I've heard of Lady GaGa but haven't heard much of her music.
And yeah, the Beatles Anthology is amazing. That's my favorite band so I love hearing those early songs, jam sessions, and practice tracks that you don't hear anywhere else. I have Vol. 1 and 2 but I believe there is a third out there as well.
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 15, 2009 20:49:56 GMT -6
Hello, Everyone!!! ~~~
I just happened to be glancing at some photos on "flickr" that were uploaded by a young man who lives in Hayward, CA who goes about town ( & else-whithers ) photographing buildings and other things that interest him - one of his latest "uploads" was a shot of the front of an old building in the vicinity of the Old Downtown district of Hayward, which had been being used as a records/tapes/CD's shop (probably mostly just used CD's, nowadays) which had recently been shut down and was no longer in business... The caption read something like: "See what Ipod had done" ===
Several people wrote in comments on this photo and its subject matter - at least one person wrote in to say that they enjoyed being able to go into a Music Shop, look over the selections, read the "liner notes" and look at the artwork that accompanied the CD, and so forth...
I'm sure the Ipod or MP3 Player can be an awesome tool in the hands of someone who knows how to use it, and there's nothing wrong with having all that music available to you at your fingertips- I guess some of us are just slower to change - you can call us "luddites" if you wish ---
There's a radio station located on the UC Berkeley Campus, called KALX ( I'm not sure if it is available onlineor not - it has traditionally been a rather "low-wattage" low-profile radio station- that plays a VERY eclectic mix of the weird & the wonderful, and I'd be willing to bet that, at times, they have played some of those unsual & kooky tunes that you enjoy listening to, Fredegar - I'm afraid I don't listen to KALX too much myself, as I do tend to "seek out" the Classical & the Jazz ( & the Celtic/Folk/Bluegrass) myself ---
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 17, 2009 17:53:54 GMT -6
Fredegar: I looked up Garfunkel and Oates on You Tube and watched a couple of their videos. They are kind of a ballad-type duo with a twist! I liked the Present Face song and the One Night Stand was funny. I don't remember seeing Kate Micucci on Scrubs but it has been a long time since I've seen that show.
I liked Lemon Demon's Geeks in Love song. It was actually pretty good. I will have to find some time to sit and listen to a few more or their stuff.
I haven't really heard anything by Lady GaGa either but one day I came across a website about her (it doesn't look like the link I gave above) and it had all her wild hair dos on it.
The Beatles will always be classic and I am sure their music will be known for many centuries to come--as the classical music of Bach, Beethoven, Tchycovsky, etc are.
Ardo: It is a shame that the old shops are closing down. It seems that there are fewer music CDs in stores like Best Buy as well. The internet sales are up with the downloads right to your pc so you can load them to your iPod. But I still like my CD's and do play them. I haven't loaded many at all onto the mp3 player yet.
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 19, 2009 17:48:10 GMT -6
Ardo said: This is why I wanted to see a Modern Marvels, History Channel, or Discovery Channel of the making of musical recordings thru the ages. I think it would be really interesting. Ardo and Fredegar: Well, it seems that mp3 players and iPods are now in use these days. However, my daughter, Desi Baggins, plays hers all the time when we go driving in the car and she sets it for everyone to hear her selections. She gave me one of her boys' mp3 player and I've downloaded some of my own music onto it and I listen to it myself. So far we haven't used it in my car--Desi did give me an adapter--but we will be taking a long trip the end of July to New York so I plan to play it then. I don't have as many tunes on it as Desi has on hers so we can swap players out. The New York trip is with our Equestrian Drill Team. We are going to perform for a miltary base out there in Watertown. We have a whole picnic day planned with all of our teams riding and activities for the kids, etc. Read about it on our website: www.midwestrenegades.com/FortDrum.htmYes, very much I would like to see such documentaries as well - but concerning the questions I was puzzling myself with, I think I would also need to see an explanation of the "Science of Hearing and Sound" in general, to maybe get an inkling as to what I was trying to figure out --- My wife and I were just at the headquarters for the "California Historical Radio Society" yesterday ( there was a special event going on there, where they auctioned off vintage radios and radio-phonographs and radio equipment, and had a live band playing 30's/40's style music - ala "Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks" ) Inside the Museum, it was crammed with old radios and radio equipment - even some very early phonograph equipment, and some record "masters" displayed on the walls among other items ( old Radio Magazine covers, posters, photos, etc. ) ---
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 20, 2009 5:53:56 GMT -6
Ardo: I agree a show on hearing and sound would be interesting! Or a series with a different sense featured each episode. The California radio society sounds like an interesting exhibit. I am curious...did you hear what prices the auction items were sold for?
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 20, 2009 19:58:31 GMT -6
Ardo: I agree a show on hearing and sound would be interesting! Or a series with a different sense featured each episode. The California radio society sounds like an interesting exhibit. I am curious...did you hear what prices the auction items were sold for? Stormrider, Hello! ~~~ Indeed, although we did not do any bidding ourselves, we did sit through most of the auction ( before going inside the museum/headquarters building of this Radio Historical Society -- [ which happens to be a building that at one time housed an actual old-time radio station of the Bay Area, "KRE" - it is located on the fringes of Aquatic Park in west Berkeley, CA, a stones -throw from the Bayshore Freeway and the SF Bay itself ] ) The bids started off at around $60 or thereabouts and the highest bid we heard was around $500 and some bids were in the 100-200 Dollar range...
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 20, 2009 20:29:25 GMT -6
LOL, I don't think I've participated in this thread yet. That was all Ardo. Our use of the Bilbo avatar must have confused you. I'm not real knowledgeable about music or the genres you've been discussing so I haven't had much to contribute to this thread. I mostly just enjoy classic rock, Irish rock, and musicals (since my folks were big into theatre). I can appreciate jazz, classical, and other styles but I don't really seek them out. Lately I've been getting into really quirky groups like Garfunkel and Oates (a folk rock/comedy duo), Lemon Demon (a "geek rock" band that sings mostly about pop culture), and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (a band that does punk covers of songs that aren't originally in that genre). I find things that suit my offbeat personality, I suppose. Storm, regarding your mp3/iPod comment-- iPods are a wonderful thing. It's amazing having all of one's music in one place at your fingertips and to be able to set it on Shuffle. Often leads to a bizarre, eclectic mix. Greetings, Fredegar, Stormrider, Andorinha, & Everyone ~~~ A few general comments & reflections: Fredegar - your comment that all those many postings "were all Ardo" leaves me slightly abashed - that is to say, I'm afraid I do have a propensity for catching "blogitis" - & I apologize if I have tended towards turning this thread into my own personal little forum -- When I first finally got around to signing up at Tolkien's Ring, my intention was more to move all around the boards, meeting everyone and seeing what they had to say about things and putting my own two cents in, here & there, but I guess Music had already been so much on my mind lately that I sort of got carried away with this thread ( which I had introduced myself ) --- On top of that, after my home computer crashed completely, I have been limited to brief periods of internet usage on library computers, so when I come to this site, I have had my hands full just keeping up with & contributing to this same thread --- Certainly by no means should the thread be limited in any way by any pre-concieved "parameters" that I may have inadvertently attached to its construction, that is to say, it shouln't be limited to Classical, Jazz, Celtic, etc. -any kind of music that anyone is interested in can be talked about, of course --- I myself am a bit hampered and a bit handicapped when it comes to listening to all these different kinds of music -- even when the home computer was functioning, we had Dial-Up service, and downloading any kind of videos or music or radio stations or anything like that was virtually impossible --- Also, I have yet to branch out into the world of Ipods & MP3 Players and what-have-you, to any degree --- ( I mentioned before that it was hard for some of us to "change" - a more accurate term might be "adapt" - for years, I even swore to myself that I did not wish to get mixed up with this Internet business - we had our computer for over a year, ( perhaps even longer ) before we finally signed up for our first internet service, but then it wasn't long before I became an addict, finding all these wonderful sites all over the place and becoming an email-demon, etcetera --- But right now, I still get almost all of my music from off of the radio ( except for my small collection of cassette tapes, & when I check out CDs from the library ) -- So, I have yet to "adapt" to this new music-listening tool --- Well, I had some more things to say, but I'm running out of time again, so I'll just have to come back next time around....
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 21, 2009 6:09:50 GMT -6
Ardo:
Please don't feel as you said "tended towards turning this thread into my own personal little forum." I've said a pretty good mouthful myself on this thread! But that is why threads get started...so we can all add our thoughts however much or little we have to say! Some will have more comments than others. We love reading it all because there is always something new to learn or consider with every comment made.
It was my mistake for thinking I had read Fredegar had posted because right after you because the two of you have the same Bilbo avatar. I thought the second comment just sounded like a statement Freddie might have made!
Someday you will have your pc up and running again and won't have to depend on the library's limited time allotment for you to post on some of those other threads. But until then, if this is the thread you have something to comment on, then go for it! ;D
* * * The prices on the radio auction items don't seem too outrageous and seem about what I would have guessed they were going for. I wonder how much those things cost in the day and age when they were brand new.
Isn't it funny how everyone gets caught up in the internet? I never thought it would be something for me either until I went to Barnes and Nobel for that first Lord of the Rings class and met all our friends there and started up our own forum to continue talking about our favorite professor's works. I never dreamed that I would learn html and even be able to create websites of my own! Although I am not an expert in it, I am very happy with the knowledge I do have and the two websites that I've created (Midwest Renegades and Olive Leaf Soap) look rather nice (or so people have told me--and I am happy with how they look and work, too). I would like to learn how to use flash on a website but haven't had time to look into it--there is always something to learn these days.
My husband also thought I was crazy for all the time I was spending online at Tolkien's Ring and other sites...until one day I showed him a few things. Now he is hooked too! He can be online for hours himself and sometimes we both want to be online at the same time and have to plan our time out!
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Post by Fredeghar Wayfarer on Jul 21, 2009 15:00:16 GMT -6
Fredegar - your comment that all those many postings "were all Ardo" leaves me slightly abashed - that is to say, I'm afraid I do have a propensity for catching "blogitis" - & I apologize if I have tended towards turning this thread into my own personal little forum That wasn't what I meant at all, Ardo. I hope my comment didn't embarrass or offend you. I was simply pointing out to Stormrider that the post she took for mine was one of yours. She was confusing us because of the shared Bilbo avatar. I've considered switching my avatar to limit that confusion but, as I mentioned elsewhere, the animated Hobbit was my gateway into the world of Tolkien so I'm very fond of it. I by no means felt this was "your" thread or that other topics weren't wanted. I simply didn't have a lot to say at the time. I did throw in a few comments about the more unusual bands I've been getting into lately (thought it couldn't hurt to introduce a little absurdity and give Garfunkel and Oates more exposure. I love those ladies!). Perhaps if I shift to some of my more traditional favorites, you guys will relate. I am a huge fan of classic rock groups/singers like the Beatles, the Who, the Doors, the Rolling Stones, CCR, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, David Bowie, Elvis, Johnny Cash, the Drifters, the Kinks, the Animals, Jay and the Americans....I could go on and on. I grew up with the oldies stations and tend to enjoy music of my parents' generation more than that of my own. Anyone else a fan of these groups?
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 21, 2009 18:52:44 GMT -6
Fredegar said: ROCK ON! MAN! Now you are talking! ;D
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 22, 2009 18:14:31 GMT -6
I wasn't offended by anything anyone had to say -- I did feel slightly self-concious and a little embarrassed - but I understood the confusion was on account of the "avatars"...
I just picked up a really great looking book at the library on the history of the phonograph ( & phonograph records ) but I haven't had time to look at it yet...
My wife had to go into the hospital last night - she passed out as we walking down the street and fell flat on her face, poor dear - I'll have to fill in later...
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 23, 2009 6:08:53 GMT -6
Ardo: I hope your wife is alright! Goodness! My thoughts and prayers are with her and those watching over her in the hospital...and you, too, of course!
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 26, 2009 3:53:05 GMT -6
Stormrider:
Thanks for your concern... Yes, my wife is alright now, but she is still a little wobbly, and still gets very tired... What happened was that she had been skimping on her heart medications just recently ( for reasons which are are difficult to explain - let's just say: she THOUGHT she had some logic behind her actions ) and she was already showing signs of being very tired - ( walking very slowly, for instance ) over last weekend... I tried to tell her this seemed very similar to the way she was when she first got sick from her heart problems ( late summer in 2007 ) - although not all of the same symptoms she had the first time were present this time around... Her heart had been working overtime on Tuesday night last, and her heart-rate was way up, when we were walking down a street on our way to a bus-stop, hoping not to miss the next bus home, when she suddenly felt dizzy, and passed out, fell smack down on the pavement... I had been walking aways ahead and as I turned around, it seemed to me ( and to others nearby ) that she must have tripped and fallen hard on the sidewalk - but actually, she had not tripped at all... She recounted later that, as she recalled it, one moment she was walking down the street, then, she became dizzy, then, the next thing she knew, she heard voices and commotion, but at first, she thought something must have happened to somebody else...
As luck and fate ( & perhaps Providence ) would have it, the spot where she fell just happened to be located directly across the street from our hospital - and the side of the hospital where the Emergency Entrance was located, to boot! --- One of the security guards brought over a wheelchair, and I pushed her across the street, up the ramp and straight into the ED ( in spite of her protests that she just wanted to go home )... They kept her in the hospital that night, and all of Wednesday, but she came home on Thursday...
I'm writing this on a new/used computer, which I lugged home on Friday, connected up to our monitor & so forth -- Unfortunately, I have not been able to take full advantage of this new computer, because I have been having all kinds of problems with almost constantly being semi-disconnected from my Internet connection, having to constantly re-dial and getting "Error Messages" saying that my connection has failed, and so on - in fact, I'm pretty nervous right now that the same thing could happen at any moment, so I'm going to post this right now, then call it quits for the night....
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Post by Ardo Whortleberry on Jul 26, 2009 15:51:45 GMT -6
Hello, Again, Everyone ~~~
I'm working with my new (old/"reconditioned") computer again, and it continues to be a frustrating experience, as it seems like I must always spent at least half of my time reconnecting to the Internet - getting disconnected & then having to reconnect, etc.
Anyway - here is that book I mentioned before: "Sounds Of The Century" ( a series, perhaps? ) "The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977" by Roland Gelatt Mac Millan Publishing Co. Inc.
As you can guess, the technology of the phonograph, it's improvements and advances, etc., only reach up to the point of cassette tapes & 8-Track tapes - before MP3 & Ipod or even CD's ( for that matter ) or micro-recorders, or what have you ---
I still haven't got very far along in the book ( I'm only in the very first chapter yet ) but here is one interesting tidbit I have gleaned so far: When Edison brought his first, prototypical version of the recording-phonograph ( which used a tin-foil covered cylinder ) to the offices of The Scientific American for a public demonstration, the proceedings had to be cut short, because there were so many people crowding into the room, there was concern the floor would collapse...
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 26, 2009 22:57:10 GMT -6
Wow! I am glad your wife is fine now! It looks like she should take her medicine the way it is supposed to be taken. Luckily you were right across the street from the hospital.
What kind of internet service do you have that you keep being disconnected? Is it dial-up? Those usually don't have the best service. We have a dish hook-up since our television is also thru dish. It is pretty decent but not as fast as cable.
I guess they should have routed the people thru a few at a time for the demonstration. But I guess that might have been boring for Edison to have to do it over and over again!
Next time I go to the book store, I will have to go to the music section and see what kind of books I find there about the history of music recordings. In the meantime, if you read anything interesting, please post it here!
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