[Chris J]

I only own a few Zappa recordings, but Joes Garage is probably my favorite. Maybe because this was the first Zappa I ever heard as a teen, recently expelled from Catholic school. Hilarious stuff. Also later became a big Missing Persons fan, and never realized that the key members were all in Franks band at the time.

Please explain the purpose of The White Zone...
:wink_face:

 

[Arvid Audio]

The purpose of the White Zone is for loading and unloading.
 
I picked up two Diana Krall CDs at a thrift store about a year ago. I'd like to tell you that I liked them but I keep falling asleep.

 

[ScottFree]

  The purpose of the White Zone is for loading and unloading.
 
I picked up two Diana Krall CDs at a thrift store about a year ago. I'd like to tell you that I liked them but I keep falling asleep.

 
I'm sorry, but surely everyone knows that the red zone is for immediate loading and unloading and there is no stopping in the white zone.

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

I think you have that backwards.
 

 

[Letmebefrank]

I think you have that backwards.

Surely you jest?

 

[Arbenius]

 
 
And yes, attending the Edinburgh Tattoo is on my bucket list. 
 
...r 

 

[senorx12562]

Sadly, finding music of poor quality that appeals to me is too easy.  And I agree, sound quality *alone* isn't enough.
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You said a mouthful there, as most modern charting music (or whatever is the modern-day equivalent to charting) I hear is of poor quality, in addition to sounding bad. Neither characteristic appeals, but the former is far worse.

 

[senorx12562]

Sadly, finding music of poor quality that appeals to me is too easy.  And I agree, sound quality *alone* isn't enough.

You said a mouthful there, as most modern charting music (or whatever is the modern-day equivalent to charting) I hear is of poor quality, in addition to sounding bad. Neither characteristic appeals, but the former is far worse.

 

[Don Hills]

Dale Bozzio was on Joes Garage.

Ah. Not an album I've listened to for a while. Thanks.

 

[artur9]

while I have quite a bit of music that isn't recorded/mastered all that well but either the composition or the performance moves me. I'll listen to whatever you want to play to evaluate how good your megabuck system sounds, but I will never buy or listen for pleasure to music because of its sound quality alone.

The music I use to evaluate changes is the music I like.  It's just that a better system shows more of the music or gives me insight into how a song was mastered or something like that.
 
For example, I was listening to some Cars yesterday.  I noticed, after some tweaks, that the guitars were mastered to fill the whole "back wall" of the mix, while on other songs the guitar was mixed to be in a specific spot in the soundstage.  I don't think I would have heard that difference with earbuds and 128kps mp3.

 

[ScottFree]

 

 
 
And yes, attending the Edinburgh Tattoo is on my bucket list. 
 
...r 

 
LMAO

 

[jacal01]

Today I kept kicked back and listened to Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage, using my ETHER C's, driven by by Yggdrasil and Ragnarock. The Central Scrutinizer sounded so fantastic, through this combo.

 
I'm the whistler at the end of the "Muffin Man" finale number off of Bongo Fury, which was recorded live at Armadillo HQ in Austin back in 1975.  They tried their damnedest to edit me out, but couldn't quite get there, considering the effort I put into it. 

 

[Paladin79]

Zappa was in a high school band with a guy named Don Van Viet whose stage name was Captain Beefheart. (and the magic band). They did a live recording of a song called Orange Claw Hammer that is particularly strange. I once sent the song to a friend in New York and she asked me to please never send her music again.
In the movie The Big Lebowski, the Dude is listening to the Beefheart song "Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles" at one point in the movie. It has been said that Zappa once called Beefheart weird.
 
Some of my favorite Beefheart songs:
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Long Neck Bottles
Clear Spot
 
Anyway I am a fan of the Valhalla 2 and my cats enjoy the warmth it generates.

 

[ScottFree]

Going back to topic I am damn sure looking forward to the new chapter tomorrow.


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[Ableza]

"Trout Mask Replica" is a must listen for any genuine music lover.
 
-edit- Oh and I hear it is the perfect CD to break in your speaker wire.