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[BennyHiFi]

Well tonight it's Dr. John (Gris Gris voodoo vibes), Megan Thee Stallion (new album is ace but, bizarrely, there's no physical release) before moving...

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I think metal is great as a nostalgia pick generally - everybody has their fav, and that's fine. 30+ years since you like a particular record and your...

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Always class. Lombardo remains the greatest drummers of all time basically. Yes Hanneman is dead but Kerry King is the other greatness, inc. Beastie Boy...

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Honestly it won't. Stop listening to your own voice. Just listen. And listen again. You'll hear the difference.Take a moment and listen....

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Final musical proposition for the week.

Short, beautifully filmed documentary, about Ennio Morricone by his friends and love ones.
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I bought Slayer's 'Reign in Blood' album the week it came out in 1986 as producer/record label DEF JAM/Rick Rubin were going places and the word was good....

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Hit 900 tracked runs on RunKeeper yesterday (and 901 today over the last 8 years).

Tracking to 1400km this year, possibly 1500 depending...

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So I signed up for my free month and got the 24-bit 'masters' tracks deal for free on the trail which is what I wanted to check out - do they REALLY sound...

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Cool. Interesting approach. Never considered writing something fo other musicians to play but then my approach has largely been lo-fi DIY. Would love...

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This is great. Violins sound very excellent and love when the drums/sax come in. Super stuff.

So what software/hardware are you using?...

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Interesting. Must have missed it. What HiFi? mag reckons Tidal high-res sounds better than Qobuz. Will check it out too. Cheers....

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Anyone use Qobuz? Probably gonna give it a test run this weekend. Is the 24-bit res all it's cracked up to be?

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Thanks for that. Just bought the album. Will wait for it to arrive, listen, then check out the RTE Doc on One....

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While I don't think there is actually a back door to Downing Street (not since the IRA bomb days anyway) this is a pure choreographed event, driven by...

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Excited for JOHN CALE AND LOU REED’S SONGS FOR ‘DRELLA and LOU REED’S BERLIN streaming live on NOVEMBER 13-19 and NOVEMBER 20-29 respectively, both recorded...

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I think the first comedy I watched myself as a standalone thing just for me was Butterflies which ran from 1979-1983 ('d have been around 10-12 years...

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I wasn't even looking for it but couldn't resist buying a grindcore record based entirely on Nicholas Cage losing his shit. Should be interesting....

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Angel Heart. Underrated, atmospheric movie and a fantastic soundtrack....

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As Halloween approaches and SP has expounded on his love of Brownie McGhee, anyone with any kind of love of blues, psych horror, Alan Parker,. Mickey...

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Incredible achievement SP, all the more given you did it solo on a (relative) whim and then on top of that you seem raring to get out again immediately....