mikeydred

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Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds?
I’m with mksun. I was one of thousands of college DJ’s who were swept away by their first EP release Chronic Town and saw them live a bunch of times those years. To my younger ears, REM, along with a few lesser known bands such as the Replacements... 
Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark
Nonoise....if he's not shilling for Biden, he's hip to minimizing deathcamps.....same 4 or 5 talking points repeated on all his posts....  
Best progressive rock album side
Clearthinker - self-professed president of the "we don’t call it Corn, we call it Maize" School of Music Criticism......The "indie cred" is strong with this one. So "edgy". Next thing ya know, he’s going to announce he doesn’t like Phil Collins.....  
Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices?
"price gouging"....lol......as if printing money endlessly, massive deficit spending and handicapping domestic energy have nothing to do with it......same old political shill  
Neil Young calls out Tidal
Hey look, from just last week: John’ Hopkins Study Concludes that Covid Lockdowns had "had little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality......yet researchers did find that lockdown orders caused enormous economic and social costs wherever they were im... 
Neil Young calls out Tidal
CDC study of over 150,000 subjects buried by media from last Friday - Prior Covid infection more protective than vaccination: "People who had previously been infected with COVID-19 were better protected against the Delta variant than those who wer... 
Chi-Fi in the Time of Self-Righteous Indignation.
Because the CCP government that oversees and control the economy operates concentration and forced labor camps for its Uighur minority, makes disappear 1000’s of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators, outlaws the freedom of religion, press and ass... 
Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please-
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije’      
why do so many discussions turn contentious?
Mostly a lurker, curious to learn, but from observation these two stand out 1) snarky, political non sequiturs such as: "It’s the liberals" and 2) allowing the one contributor to repeatedly hijack treads with condescending gibberish about Tektons.... 
The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth.
I see what you did there.....cherry picked two of Bezos’ lesser political donations (van Jones....yeah, nothing political about that former Obama political advisor.......lol) and tried to make it seem as if those were Bezos’ only donations......sh... 
The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth.
Nonoise just butt-hurt that this $100 million Biden donor and DNC mouthpiece (Washington Post Owner) revealed himself to be the transparent and terrible person he is before the whole world.......Then frantically tries to hijack the thread in order... 
WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST?
"Letter Never Sent" - REM"; Carpet Crawlers" - Peter Gabriel era Genesis; " Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" - Ralph Vaughan Williams; "The Past and Pending" - The Shins"; Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens; "Carry Me Ohio" - Sun Kil Moon"... 
The best $99 system upgrade ever!
Just be happy he doesn't go for the little kids the current guy....... 
Springsteen and Clapton on their favorite, heh, band.
So done with "the Boss"....and I’m from NJ. He’s so consumed with saying all the "correct things" for all the "right people" he’s liable to "shill" for anything provided he continues to get undeserved rave reviews and exposure for all the crap alb... 
Favorite Guitar Solo
Too many to mention but Steve Howe’s soulful solo in the middle of the Yes’ "To Be Over" is particularly moving (3:55-4:25). Gets me every time.