tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post1706205692563108636..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: With month-long deals, Black Friday dilutes in intensity but becomes even more egocentric and materialisticagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-24555090497661086432014-12-15T13:26:10.547-05:002014-12-15T13:26:10.547-05:00With regard to Born in the USA, at least the 2000 ...With regard to Born in the USA, at least the 2000 release preserved the proper dynamics but it's possible that the EQ was botched. For you laymen that means that the bass and/or treble is so poorly controlled that it fails to reproduce the intended sound of the recording.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the modern crass consumer thinks that buying junky Mp3's for one dollar a pop is a wonderful improvement over owning and appreciating a full fledged work.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4356666457681525512014-12-15T10:46:05.596-05:002014-12-15T10:46:05.596-05:00On the bright side, at least they didn't fuck ...On the bright side, at least they didn't fuck with Born in the U.S.A when it was re-released in the 2000s. That's a miracle. Only the 2014 release shows crappy DR according to that database.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79256688674281946012014-12-15T08:58:35.777-05:002014-12-15T08:58:35.777-05:00" Record labels, then, have to love pressing ..." Record labels, then, have to love pressing a limited release of 45s, most of the time without new content, and reissuing LPs as anniversary editions or remastered ones."<br /><br />Most 1980's/early 90's CDs sound better than a great deal of post 1995 remasters (released on any format) which frequently are plauged by ugly loud compression and clueless equalization.<br /><br />There has been such a decline in sensible, careful workmanship since the mid 90's that most products and services these days (including overpriced designer/hipster nonsense) is not crafted to the level of quality that was expected in the 1920's-1980's.<br /><br />This is a great website if you want to know how shitty post 1995 music sounds: http://dr.loudness-war.info/<br />Just look up any band that started before the 90's and compare the dynamic range of their pre 1990 releases VS post 1995 releases.<br /><br />There's definitely a correlation between quality/care and equality levels. As inequality soars workmanship nosedives. Just search for snake oil on this blog.Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-957972753253980852014-12-14T23:00:06.056-05:002014-12-14T23:00:06.056-05:00I don't think it has anything to do with the a...I don't think it has anything to do with the ad firm. The blog was blocked even back when it was called akinokure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-33095785381622297972014-12-14T18:26:30.754-05:002014-12-14T18:26:30.754-05:00Settlement of the American West was a rising-inequ...Settlement of the American West was a rising-inequality thing, during the long Gilded Age. Status-seeking has both a pull and a push effect on migration toward less charted places.<br /><br />When competition is heating up where everybody already lives, it pays to move elsewhere and try to set up shop as a big fish in a small pond.<br /><br />And even in the absence of competition at home, those uncolonized niches attract outsiders in search of a get-rich-quick scheme. The various gold rushes in California and Alaska during the Gilded Age are perfect examples.<br /><br />(Not surprisingly, there's a fascination these days with Alaska -- at least two reality shows set there, including one about modern-day gold miners. And all those Republicans who were drooling over Sarah Palin.)agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-14001236414951020812014-12-14T18:09:30.872-05:002014-12-14T18:09:30.872-05:00interesting observations, the vermisuge. space ex...interesting observations, the vermisuge. space exploration, and exploration in general, seems to be something associated with rising equality and probably rising crime as well. during rising equality, people seek out new lands to settle. I'm willing to bet that much of the colonial settlement of America happened during a period of rising equality within England - I'll have to read up on Turchin. same probably goes for much of the exploration and settlement of the American West.<br /><br />Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-70870358914490240742014-12-14T13:52:05.992-05:002014-12-14T13:52:05.992-05:00Five years ago, when I first noticed the ascendenc...Five years ago, when I first noticed the ascendence of online deals, there was a novelness to the idea, but, since then, any savings have been diluted in a mound of Chinese-made junk that stores are trying to liquidate. And, of course, most of Amazon’s deals are directed at women’s natures to conspicuously consume. There is a “12 Days of Deals” promotion right now, too; so, I assume nothing is a real deal, and everything has been marked down after a mark-up and extended in perpetuity.<br /><br />Also, this post reminded me of another interesting phenomenon in the striver class. Record Store Day began in 2008 to get customers into independent record stores. The first one went by without much fanfare, but the excess has become worse and worse. Now, instead of going into the store to search through its selection, the day has become about the special releases, which the hordes—whether Ebay poachers or fans of the band—will want to claim for almost any price. Record labels, then, have to love pressing a limited release of 45s, most of the time without new content, and reissuing LPs as anniversary editions or remastered ones. When the lines began to go out the door in 2010, I stopped going. It was no longer worth the effort to try to turn the day into a regular Saturday trip to the bins.<br /><br />While I have the thought, too, I would like to draw your attention to another aspect of the cocooning period. Space exploration has become about robots rather than men; and, instead of building moon-bases, NASA can no longer get into low-earth orbit. Deep space, now, is more distant than at any time before 1972. Some people, I suppose, seek to expand the frontier; others try to destroy the adventure. (Perhaps, though, there’s no one to replace Wernher von Braun.)The Vermifugenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-43067053968615155542014-12-14T11:21:03.582-05:002014-12-14T11:21:03.582-05:00Posts about the Jews?Posts about the Jews?agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-33735519107759983262014-12-14T10:00:23.071-05:002014-12-14T10:00:23.071-05:00there is an advertising company based in the UAE c...there is an advertising company based in the UAE called "Face to Face". not sure if that has anything to do with it. <br /><br />https://www.linkedin.com/company/face-to-face-advertisingCurtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-12065436767277343202014-12-14T09:46:36.493-05:002014-12-14T09:46:36.493-05:00Off topic: Do you have any idea why your blog woul...Off topic: Do you have any idea why your blog would be blocked in the UAE? Mostly the UAE blocks porn and sensitive religious & political sites. Any particular posts you can think of that might've offended them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-77579299704231238182014-12-13T21:47:37.948-05:002014-12-13T21:47:37.948-05:00Nothing beats the excitement of a brand-new second...Nothing beats the excitement of a brand-new second-hand Chevy. See your Chevrolet dealer in 1958 today!See the USA!noreply@blogger.com