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From: Curly Bill <CurlyBill@Tombstone.town>
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>On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:52:14 -0600, Curly Bill
><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>
>>
>>>On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:46:36 -0600, Curly Bill
>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:25:09 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:13:35 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:10:30 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:14:19 -0600, Curly Bill
>>>>>>>>>>><CurlyBill@Tombstone.town> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>If you still need some music, I am upping *Those Were The Days*,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cream's best, both studio & live, into alt.pub.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>4 CD's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I won't be able to get them because Giganews doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>accept binaries in a non-binary group. Not much of a
>>>>>>>>>>>>Cream fan anyway. I need The Beatles with cover art
>>>>>>>>>>>>if you have any. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I see. Well, I do have my own binary group, alt.binaries.fastman, but
>>>>>>>>>>>I seldom use it.
>>>>>>>>>>>I also post into Auber's binary group, alt.binaries.aubergine, as a
>>>>>>>>>>>favor to him, helping build retention and space for his group.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Now, *Beatles* I have, some of anyway, in both MP3, and DESS ( .ape
>>>>>>>>>>>extension), and even some cover art.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The MP3's are my own rips, but the DESS stuff I find at
>>>>>>>>>>>alt.binaries.beatles.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Which do you prefer?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The MP3s are my preference. Preferebly at 192, but any will
>>>>>>>>>>suffice. Thanks. BTW, I don't get either of those froups. How
>>>>>>>>>>about alt.binaries.checkmate.mp3? We can fuck with the Dutch
>>>>>>>>>>and Germans that are posting in that froup. <g>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>OK, I have subbed into that froup, and will try and make some fresh
>>>>>>>>>rips later on today. BTW, what did you mean by "...at 192"?
>>>>>>>>>Bitrate?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yes....bitrate. If you have them already ripped at another bitrate
>>>>>>>>that will be fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hmmmm.. OK, I'll do rip them at that speed, just for you, even though
>>>>>>>you recently tried to murder me, but that seems awfully low.
>>>>>>>Oh well.
>>>>>>>BTW, what else ya need, old chum?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I too like MP3's, as they are quick & easy, *but*, the quality of the
>>>>>>>>>non lossless DESS files is by far th best I have ever heard.
>>>>>>>>>Damned .ape files are huge by comparison!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is just my own opinion, but to me, any higher bitrate can't
>>>>>>really be heard. I don't hear any difference between 192 and 320,
>>>>>>except for a larger file. BTW, if I tried to murder you, I would
>>>>>>have succeeded. <g>I would really like to regain "Surrealistic
>>>>>>Pillow" by Jefferson Airplane. I think that we have different tastes
>>>>>>in music. Let me know again what you have. Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, I suppose it all depends on your sound system.
>>>>>I have a way chic goochie type sound card, and some awesome Labtec
>>>>>speakers, and I most definitely *can* hear a distinct difference.
>>>>>I usually rip CD's at above 300, average, and that's why I was totally
>>>>>blown away with the DESS (.ape) format.
>>>>>Fuckers are consistently above 600 @ 44 Hz, and bro, that is humming
>>>>>along close to original quality.
>>>>>But, like I said, the damned files are up in the 12 - 20 MB's, and
>>>>>that is nothing to sneeze at.
>>>>
>>>>Well, i'm just a poor boy on Social Security, so I can't afford
>>>>a high fallootin' sound system such as you have.
>>>
>>>Hell, it wasn't all that much, and it's worth every penny.
>>
>>I'm sure it's well beyond my means.
>
>What sound card are you using, and with which speakers, on which OS?
>I have some way cool sound cards that I bought, but won't be using,
>and one of them might work with your setup.
I have the Soundblaster Audigy MP3 sound card, under Windoze 98SE.
I have a nice set of Gateway2000 speakers and an IBM subwoofer. I have
had these for several years. They're pretty damn good speakers.
>>>>>OK, OK, stop yer crying.<s>
>>>>>In a few days, I will rip the JA's Surrealistic Pillow, just for you,
>>>>>promise.
>>>>>I was going to do it earlier, or later, last year, but, well, you
>>>>>change yer socks more often than I change my underwear, and so,,,,
>>>>
>>>>Kewl, sounds good to me. Do you think I should go back to
>>>>my original nic.......again? <g>
>>>
>>>I dunno. You know best, one hopes.<s>
>>
>>Shit, at this point in time, I don't know much of anything.
>
>Well, OK, I guess.
>BTW, do you like the old Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics?
Never heard of them.
>>>>>And no, I'll be god damned if I am going to catalog all 400+ CD's &
>>>>>bootlegs, that I have.
>>>>>It's pretty simple:
>>>>>You ask, if have, you get.
>>>>>You ask, I don't got, you don't get.
>>>>
>>>>Ok, Ok.........Ya got any Dave Clark Five?
>>>
>>>No. I should have some, now that you mention it.
>>>What else?
>>
>>Jim Croce
>
>Had some, once. Don't see it now.
>How about James Brown?
Not in to James Brown.
>>>I got some blues CD's that go back to the 1950's, a ton of Stones, and
>>>>>stuff all in between.
>>>>>Mostly I am stuck in the 1960's -1970's rock scene.
>>>>>My latest acquisition is the complete *Velvet Underground* series.
>>>>>Awesome, really fucking awesome.
>>>>
>>>>To me, the 70s was a non-music decade, except for Jim Croce and
>>>>the Bee Gees. HeHe
>>>
>>>I sort of agree, sort of.
>>>FWIW, I am still trying to forget disco music.
>>
>>There were too many story tellers. BTW, do you have any Gordon Lightfoot?
>
>Nope.
>Like Janis Joplin?
Can't stand the gravel voiced pig. Sorry!
>>>>>We are probably not all that different, except that you are taller,
>>>>>while I am better looking.
>>>>>
>>>>>BTW, you divorce that bitch yet?
>>>>>HTH
>>>>>
>>>>We Go to court March 4, 2004. I'm going to nail her ass to the wall.
>>>
>>>Right there in the courtroom? Gee, pretty understanding judges you
>>>all have back there.
>>>
>>Well, you know how it is in a cowtown.
>
>No metal detectors, eh?
>
They have a couple, but I have already stashed the hammer and nails. <g>
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