Schubert - Piano Trio No 2 in E-flat Major Op. 100 D.929 - Istomin/Stern/Rose - FLAC

» Roger McGuinn - [Back From Rio #8] The Time Has Come (3:43) 'Vorbis @ 200kbps]

[The Gift of Game #02] Crazytown - Toxic /165 kbps/ [foobar2000 v0.7.2]

Musepack - Standard preset

Concerto No. 2 (BWV 1047) in F major - II. Andante ~ Johann Sebastian Bach ~ Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 (Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini) (1997)

Ogg Vorbis -q 5 --> Winamp5beta2 --> Echo Indigo --> Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

Stone Temple Pilots "Still Remains" off of the album Purple

LAME 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard and listening via iTunes for Windows

Hurricane Cindy ~ Liz Phair ~ whitechocolatespaceegg demos (1998)

I just received my copies of Liz Phair's much-sought-after Complete Girlysounds Recordings and her whitechocolatespaceegg demos (long 44-track version). Hearing the music she recorded in her bedroom (on Girlysounds) prior to signing with the indie label Matador is a real treat for a Phair-fan.

On the first demo, it's nothing but a cheap four-track recorder, a guitar and her voice. The sound quality is pretty crappy, not so much (I think) from her recording method, but more sounding like the demo tapes rode around in her car's floorboard for a few months, then was re-recorded many times before making it to the CDs I received. EAC's spectral analyzer says there's nothing above ~8000Hz (though no hard cuts indicating lossy transcoding), flanging and smearing are prevalent, and channel drops aren't uncommon...sounds a lot like evidence of old, abused, worn-out cassette tapes (...I've owned a few). Also, there are at least two tracks where I can hear a TV and maybe some conversation going on in another room while she recorded.

But hey, my own demo tape sounded even worse (sound quality-wise)! Musically, though, I can tell why she was signed and why her first album was such a critical success. She of course has influences (Patti Smith, The Pretenders, The Jesus and Mary Chain), but she also blazed her own trail musically, and no one can say she's not forthright in her lyrics. These recordings ain't for the kiddies, or for anyone faint-hearted or easily-offended. It's almost like they were created as porn-on-audiotape.

[Rob Dougan - Furious Angels #07] There's Only Me / Encode Ogg -q 5 / Listening on iRiver iHP-100

[Top Gun Soundtrack #02] Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings /146 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Scorpions - Lonesome Crow - It All Depends

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Somewhere in Africa - Demolition Man

» Pink Floyd - [P.U.L.S.E. (Disc 1) #10] High Hopes (7:52)
the best song ever written

Tenacious D - Kielbasa - LAME 3.91 --a-p-s

"Dianetics Junior much better than Krishna, Dianetics Junior much better indeed..."

I'm quite jealous of your aquisition.

[Rendez-vous #02] In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu /170 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Thx. I got lucky and found a very reliable seller on eBay (99.5% positive feedbacks out of ~450 total) and did a "Buy-It-Now" for $24.99 for Girlysounds, then only $11.00 more for the WCSE demos set. 78 tracks for $35.99, came out to $0.46 per song. And the sets were very nicely packaged. As with any bootlegs, they were burned to CD-R from the tapes by whoever ended up with a copy of them, but this guy made nice, "official" looking cover art and inserts, with complete (and believe it or not, perfectly accurate) track listings. The quality of the disc surfaces were as immaculate as any brand new CD I've bought, with EAC reporting less than 100% quality only on 5 or 6 tracks out of 78.

"vixencity" was the seller's eBay ID...highly recommended if he has any more like these.

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Now Playing...

Over The Hills And Far Away ~ Led Zeppelin ~ Houses Of The Holy (1973)

Ogg Vorbis -q 5 --> Winamp5beta2 --> Echo Indigo --> Sennheiser HD-590

Helloween - Warrior

[Born To Be Free #05] Sonique - Love Washes Away /180 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Latest Sonique album is gr8!

Suzanne Vega - No Cheap Thrill - Nine Objects of Desire - MPC 1.14 q6 (163kbps)
Mitchell Froom is brilliant

I don't believe it!

Listening to: 'Poor Girl' from 'Looking In' by 'Savoy Brown' on Media Center 9.1

Wow, this is amazing, I was listening the same album (Pink Floyd - P.U.L.S.E. Disc I) at the same time yesterday. And then I was listen Alan Parsons - Pyramid
I'm listening now: Jean Michel Jarre - The Oddysey Through O2 (Audio CD) at my home Hi Fi

[Rush #06] Darude - Rush /176 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Now Playing from my eMotions playlist...

Song For Lindy ~ Fatboy Slim ~ Better Living Through Chemistry (1997)

The first track on the first album by the amazing Norman Cook. A foreboding of things that were to come.

...and it just changed to...

Kool Roc Bass ~ Lo Fidelity Allstars ~ How To Operate With A Blown Mind (1998)

FLAC 1.1.0 --> Winamp5beta2 --> waveOut v2.0.2a SSRC (96000Hz, 24bits/sample) --> Echo Indigo --> Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

• Foobar 2000 is now playing: Johnny Mercer
  
• From the album: Minnesota Hotel
• By: Pinehurst Kids

listening to:
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (partII) - Thick As A Brick - LAME3.91 --a-p-s
Just Because...

[Origin #08] Evanescence - Anywhere /170 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

[soapbox moment]
(re: linked article) : That's nutty! There's a program director in need of more hobbies to occupy his time more constructively, and perhaps some emotional security to help allay his fear flag critics. I'm what I'd consider a patriotic American too, but the most important thing to me is freedom for anyone to say whatever they like about my country, or flag, or whatever, without retribution.
[/soapbox moment]

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Now Playing...

Orange Wedge ~ The Chemical Brothers ~ Surrender (1999)

FLAC 1.1.0 --> Winamp5beta2 --> waveOut v2.0.2a SSRC (96000Hz, 24bits/sample) --> Echo Indigo --> Sennheiser HD-590

Outstanding sentiment, ScorLibran.

• Foobar 2000 is now playing: The Patriot Virus
  
• From the album: Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation
• By: Darkest Hour

Electric Six - Synthesizer

http://www.wfmu.org/wfmu.m3u

Listening to: 'TV Dinners' from 'Eliminator' by 'ZZ Top' on Media Center 9.1

Antoni Soler - Concerto No. 2 in A minor - six concertos for two keyboard intruments - Brauchli & Elizondo - Monkey's Audio

Bran Van 3000 - Glee - Drinkin' in LA.mp3

I absolutely love that song, reminds me of when I was drinking in LA in 1999

[Herzeleid #07] Rammstein - Das alte leid.mpc /177 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Alphaville - Big in japan.mp3 160kbs J/S

Foobar 0.7.2 - 24bit fixed point - Resample to to 96khz - Audigy 2

Elvis Costello - Radio Silence - when i was cruel - MPC1.15r q6

This album clips all over the place, but it's still fantastic

[Debut #03] Bjork - Venus As A Boy /176 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

I was trying to think of what I'm in the mood for right now. Björk is it!

Pagan Poetry ~ Björk ~ Greatest Hits (2002)

Ogg Vorbis -q 5 --> Winamp5beta2 --> waveOut v2.0.2a SSRC (88200Hz, 24 bits/sample) --> Echo Indigo --> Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

1424. Bogdan Raczynski - [Muzkya Dla Imigrantow #03] Zegnaj Ziemio Ojczysta [2:49]

With those settings I wonder if Placebo is your favorite band

It' cool to know my post help you to decide what to hear.

Today I'm in the mood for something hard.
Day begined with Evanescence then P.O.D.

Now playing:
[SuperUnknown #01] Soundgarden - Let Me Drown /156 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a]

Just changed to:
[SuperUnknown #02] Soundgarden - My Wave /162 kbps Musepack/ [foobar2000 v0.7.3a] B)

Soda - It's so pity.

Killer tune, imo.

ROFL!

Currently listening to:

The Beatles - Clarabella - Live at the BBC - 256kbps mono LAME 3.92

Absurd Minds - Essence

The first track on Absurd Minds new album The Focus. I just got the album a few days ago and have been so busy listening to it I haven't ripped it yet. Sony D-14 CD player --> Self-built headphone amp --> Grado SR225 headphones.

The Grateful Dead - I'm a King Bee - Ladies and Gentlemen... (live@fillmore east '71) - LAME 3.90.3 --a-p-s

Noir Désir - Ernestine

Yes, they are my fellow-citizen!
What happened to their singer's girlfriend is really sad. It's hard to give any comment...

Now listening to:
Syd Matters - End & Start Again from A Whisper And A Sigh.

Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

• Foobar 2000 is now playing: Hollowman
  
• From the album: Wolverine Blues
• By: Entombed

Playing my "Modern Rock" playlist...

...
91. Bound For The Floor ~ Local H ~ As Good As Dead (1996)
92. Closer ~ Nine Inch Nails ~ The Downward Spiral (1994)
93. Marooned ~ Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell (1994) <-- Now Playing
94. High Road Easy ~ Sass Jordan ~ Rats (1994)
95. Beautiful Day ~ U2 ~ The Best Of 1990-2000 (2002)
...

FLAC 1.1.0 (-8) --> Winamp5beta2 --> waveOut v2.0.2a SSRC (88200Hz, 24bits/sample) --> Echo Indigo --> Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, live at Bubba, w/ Wynton Marsalis , from
the album "Art Blakey Is Jazz"(1980), Lame apx.

That's a damn good album, though I'm still partial to the studio version of Moanin'.

Playing - Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Riot Act (demo) - Get Happy!! - LAME --a-p-s