Once Turner Classic Movies had the technical glitches of its streaming service worked out I became a regular and enthusiastic user. So much so that I was seriously contemplating signing up for its FilmStruck online library. I held off, however, being concerned that FilmStruck may not survive in the face of so much online competition. My concern was well-founded.
18 innings! Two games in one. But will the World Series take away from Republican momentum in the midterm elections?
It’s alive! After replacing the belts in my 18-year-old Sony CD 300-disc carousel I was frustrated by a skipping problem. I’d been using an otherwise idle Panasonic DVD player for CD’s, but I missed having the changer.
So, with my Trustee duties mostly completed, and having lots of free time in retirement, I took one more stab at fixing the skipping and succeeded, with a couple of Q-tips and some silicone lubricant. It’s working perfectly in every way, once again. Yay for me!
An old PS2-type computer keyboard is used to enter text for CD’s that don’t include CD Text and, alas, none of the CD’s I stuffed into the changer offer CD Text. As mentioned in the previous post, the forward-sounding Sony is different than the more reserved Panasonic, but I like the strong bass.
Last night, not far from here, Sir James Paul McCartney provided the music for a private party that was held by Trump buddy Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. I wonder if Paul still keeps a diary?
Presidential Alert on every cellphone in the country! If Obama had done this, Fox News would have been apoplectic with outrage.
Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick has died of a heart attack. When John Lennon described how he wanted his voice to sound in “Tomorrow Never Knows” — “Like the Dalai Lama chanting from a mountaintop” — Geoff, 19 years old, had an idea.
… perhaps there was one amplifier that might work, even though nobody had ever put a vocal through it. The studio’s Hammond organ was hooked up to a system called a Leslie — a large wooden box that contained an amp and two sets of revolving speakers, one that carried low bass frequencies and the other that carried high treble frequencies… In my mind I could almost hear what John’s voice might sound like if it were coming from a Leslie. It would take a little time to set up, but I thought it might just give him what he was after.
From Here, There and Everywhere, by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey
The effect can be heard at 1:27.
