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The Astrud Gilberto Album by Astrud Gilberto (1965) https://album.link/i/1469584204 Example: We all need a little more Gilberto in our lives...

These Chinese EVs are insane. This seems like 80% of the Taycan for 1/3 the money. If this was on sale in the US for 40k I’d consider one. This is the car the Ford CEO was raving about after daily driving for 6 months, btw. https://chat.google.com/dm/-Aq33QAAAAE/u6uQd3cq_GY/u6uQd3cq_GY

you might want to try stereo: Gunter Wand;Ndr Symphony Orchestra (specialist in Germanic symphonies c.f brahms, bruckner) herbert blomstedt;Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Staatskapelle Dresden;herbert blomstedt André Cluytens;Berliner Philharmoniker igor Markevitch;Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux mono: erich kleiber;vienna po (dad of carlos kleiber) felix Weingartner;london so (first complete recorded beethoven symphony cycle) paul van kempen;berlin po (conductor of kempff classic 1950s beethoven piano concerto cycle) The marmite option: if you like "period instruments historically informed": roger norrington;london classical players

So based on this post I took some time and loaded my queue up with a pretty good pile of versions of the 3rd. A couple weeks ago I started listening to just under 50 of them. Well, I am here to say that after listening to the following I have stopped the project. There are still many in my queue. There are just too many versions and only a few that I am really excited about. So. I don't really have write-ups on these. But the last three, I didn't like. Those are the ones that I got to and the rest of these I touched on.. Mostly the first and third movements as a reference. So - what did I like. I did like the Szell/Cleveland that started this. A very balanced performance and recording. Makes lean into it rather than it coming at you. It got me more interested in the second movement more than just about every other recording. The rest of these were at the top of my list (not in order) when I pulled the plug on this project. They are all worth a listen for various reasons from pace, to recording, to getting some of the complex/awkward parts right. For me that is. I really do like the piece, but I did find it hard to listen to this over and over. An interesting project for sure. That said, if there is a recording and performance that I 'have' to listen to, please recommend. I have no issues listening to it, I am just no longer interested in a survey. I had a friend recommend the Manze/Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra - and it was very good. Cheers.

I've been listening to the audiobooks of the hobbit & LOTR on my commute

Not listening via speakers or headphones, but in my head I've been hearing Cher's "Believe" but in a Country format. I've been internally interpreting this for a few days now, with a baritone, male vocal. I think this song would lend itself to Country quite well.

The Old Country by Keith Jarrett (2024) https://album.link/i/1766716830 Example: Lots of pretty notes on this one. From a 1992 performance. Not too much of what I call the Keith kazoo (him singing along).

The Waiting Sky by Anna Lapwood (2024) https://album.link/i/1769985170 Example: I have been following Anna for a little while now as the principal organist for the Royal Albert Hall. But she also works with Pembroke choir. A very nice EP.

I'm looking at going back to Android in the near future, I do belieb, so this came at a good time... since we're talking about our second favorite Canadian.

Everyone's favorite high-pitched, hyperactive, hypoglycemic, hyperborean tech dropper seems to quite like base M4 Mini:

Well, that's on me, @TMoney... I grabbed a dodge durango for room for the suitcases and my familiarity with the user layouts. Would have LOVED to have had my dated porsche with me (6M)...I just went through the suspension and it's really singing. The turbos flash at 3k rpm...old school. Kinda entertaining... AWD makes it tough to screw up too much. HS

Also, congrat to McLaren for scoring the perfect amount of points.

Was great to see Checo where he belongs, and Yuki not scoring points. Glad Lewis showed George up one last time, and going to be fun to watch him stomp Charles next year, though his 19->3 was brilliant. Gutted that Bottas didn't get points, but what a brilliant Friday/Saturday he had. Going to be nice to have a proper last name in a Red Bull instead of the guy who averaged fewer points over the last 16 races than Zhou got last week. Congrat to your team @TMoney (now that they got rid of the dead weight, as opposed to just your driver,) but they did have a brilliant livery the past few weeks.

I'm overdue for a listen too. Perhaps decades since my last listen. I remember a lot of waste of time material and about 1/3 of it was up to the standards of their first album.

Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses (1991) https://album.link/i/1389971138 Example: Put in my queue for the Example tune. Prepping for the future. Anyway I had not listened to the album in a long time, maybe 1992. It is a good, but not great album for me. Some highlights with a handful of forgettable tunes. If it were tightened up to just one Album length I think it would be a lot better. And I skipped the 2.5 hour DELUX version. Regardless I do enjoy when they get into a groove and Slash is on top of his game.

Not Yacht Rock.

My favorite driving road I've ever been on! Hope the car was up to the occaison!

https://youtu.be/mZmJ3Q7SfHE?si=-xToSvRb8wnXJK25 It wont embed - but I wanted to share anyway. The show after the show ended.

Discs, we don't need no stinkin' Discs! https://www.techradar.com/televisions/home-theater/kaleidescape-strato-v-movie-player-review

That sounds awful, swt61...so sorry. I had a bad food induced event a couple of months ago and I empathize fully! On a lighter note, we did a PCH tour starting outside SF at Half Moon Bay and ending in Santa Barbara before flying out of LAX. Lovely trip and we got lucky with the weather...or is that oxymoronic with CA?!? This was my favorite dish...little neck clams and chorizo...a play on mussels in wine sauce...lovely dish! The chefs at Pebble Beach can burn! HS

Fun season. Next year feels wide open among the top 4. Very proud of my Alpine guys for fighting our way to 6th after starting in the dumps.

^ Big mistake!!! Although I did have a delicious dinner at the MOA compound last night, I believe this taco salad to be the culprit. As it was much spicier than expected. I had a horrible night! Not only once, but twice, with no warning at all, I had two of the worst GIRD events I've ever had. The first one was about 1:00 am, when out of nowhere a river of lava came gushing through my esophagus onto my pillow. After cleaning that up, taking some acid reducers and allowing my esophagus to calm down (about an hour before I could even think about going horizontal again), I tried to go back to sleep, which I did successfully. Successfully until about 3:30 am, when river #2 did the exact same thing. No sleep after that and my throat is still raw. I coughed for two hours. Fast forward to 20 minutes ago when another river decided to take a different path. I barely made it onto the porcelain bomb containment device when an explosion that probably caused another California quake, created a not so coveted Jackson Pollock on the inside of said bomb containment device. And now I can feel a second atmospheric river beginning to stir. All I want to do is sleep, but I'm literally afraid to even try. Sorry about the graphic, too detailed mind paintings that I've gifted you.

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