Archive for 2005/11


XM/Sirius

Now THAT was fascinating. My car needs a subwoofer.  I tried to get away without one.  In my BMW the trunk amplified the bass speakers in the rear deck and I got enough response.  But even though I’ve got the best speakers available in my new car, they’re in the doors, and you just don’t […]

Another Mistake!

There was an editorial in the Sunday L.A. "Times" comparing the Stones to the Beatles. That’s hogwash. I love the Stones.  Everything from every lick on "Let It Bleed" to "Memory Motel".  But they’re a band, the Beatles were icons.  No, the Beatles were GODS! What people don’t realize is true artists have something in […]

Please Please Me

Did John break the Beatles? Last week I heard "I’ll Follow The Sun" on XM. I loved "Beatles ’65".  It coincided with seventh grade, bar mitzvah parties and my addiction to skiing. Actually, I got the album for Hanukkah.  Not that I needed a special occasion to acquire it.  I would have scraped together the […]

Re-Grokster

I just got e-mail from somebody waiting with bated-breath for my comments on this. I wasn’t even gonna say a thing.  This is irrelevant.  The kind of pyrrhic victory Mitch Bainwol and his bunch of disinformation flunkies trumpet in the media to illustrate their ongoing victory in the battle against file-trading, when they’re losing as […]