Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
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Song: “Visions of Johanna”
Album: Blonde on Blonde
First played: 1966-02-05
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/visions-johanna/
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#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry
Sunday night muse about music.
I'm going to reference these speakers a lot, which are just $22 each $44 a pair) during the black friday sale: the Soundcore Select 4 portable speakers.
I entered my teen years just at the end of the "boombox" or "ghettoblaster" years of music. Massive plastic and metal cases with one or two cassette decks, huge main speakers, tweeters, and a handle. They'd take 8 or 10 D size batteries. They were loud. They were a presence.
Well, I've been rocking the tiny little Soundcore Select 4s (two, as a wireless stereo pair) and honestly as my memory serves, they sound
a) better
b) clearer
c) more bass-y
d) louder
than any boombox I remember from my youth. And they last longer too. IIRC, those JVC and Technics boomboxes of the 1980s would last 5-7 hours cranking away at mid volume. The Soundcores claim a 20hr life at 40% volume. And there's no consumables to chew through. I've had them go a full 12 hours between charges, and much louder at times (when I'm working my office I place them strategically and blast away the music.
And then just think about the size and convenience difference. These speakers weigh 250g each (a pound of weight for the pair), are completely waterproof, can be placed 25 feet apart or more and still work in stereo unison. And the music selection is just limited by what music service you use.
And the sound. These sound INCREDIBLE for what they are. I'm sure audiophiles will contest this, but to my ear, they are some of the best sounding speakers I currently own (the Google Nest Audio Speaker pair I have in our small Nook Snug space in the house sound better).
So basically, in 2024, for the weight of maybe 650g (including your phone, which is less than the weight of just the D cells in that old boombox), a cost of $44 (not including your phone), you get something that IMO blows away any 1980s boombox in terms of audio quality and at least as my own memory serves, in terms of loudness. And everything's wireless. And waterproof.
Anyway, just a weird late Sunday off topic talk. I love the tech advancements we've enjoyed over the last 20, 30+ years. This is one that perhaps some people don't think about or realise much.
Free download codes:
phoneswithchords - phoneswithBen
"Indie lo-fi folk made by two friends that will catch your heart."
#bandcampcodes #lofi #folk #indiefolk #music #yumcodes #bandcamp
https://www.magmoe.com/1962250/entertainment-news/2024-11-25/ BTSジミン、「2024 MAMA AWARDS」でソロ歌手初の大賞 写真枚 国際ニュース:AFPBB News #entertainment #EntertainmentTopics #MUSIC #エンタメ #エンタメトピック #音楽
https://www.wacoca.com/kpop/1098460/k-pop-music/2024-11-25/ Stray Kids、ニューアルバム「合(HOP)」コンセプトフォト第3弾を公開…異色の雰囲気 #KPOP #KPopMusic #Kstyle #KstyleMusic #Music #StrayKids #ニュース #韓国 #韓国アイドル #韓国エンタメ情報 #韓国ドラマ #韓国俳優 #韓国映画 #韓国芸能 #韓流 #韓流スター
"the boy’s got a voice and a distinctive vibe, I like him. And those Danes deliver, it seems Copenhagen might be the new Detroit?"Read the full review at the blog or last Thursday's newsletter:
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/the-mighty-tiny-the-many-few-be-the-good-people-ånd
‘Shocked’ Cher Says She Learned Her Real Legal Name in the 1970s https://www.inbella.com/778201/shocked-cher-says-she-learned-her-real-legal-name-in-the-1970s/ #Cher #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #music
Apple-CEO Tim Cook besucht China erneut: Fokus auf Lieferketten und Handel
Apple-CEO Tim Cook ist erneut in China und nimmt an einer Lieferketten-Konferenz teil. Dies ist sein dritter Besuch in der Volksrepublik in diese
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/music/apple-ceo-tim-cook-besucht-china-erneut-fokus-auf-lieferketten-und-handel/
#Music #Tellerrand #Apple #China #DonaldTrump #Foxconn #Handelskonflikte #InternationaleCEOs #Investitionen #iPhoneProduktion #LiQiang #Lieferketten #TimCook
One time, I got to work on a record with 23 other musicians all over the globe. Keri and I wrote the songs, then filled them out with friends online. Was during lockdown. Felt like the thing to do. The record we are making at the moment is kinda’ opposite in that it’s just me & Keri this time. Crazy, I know. Here’s that record with 23 folks on it. Thanks so much. #music #rock #country #pop #blues #album #collaboration #bandcamp https://thekintners.bandcamp.com/album/collaborations
Loving this new #icelandic #metal band Múr, reminds me of old Opeth in some ways. Very cool stuff
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/m%C3%BAr/1774011814?i=1774012131
Chill electronica DJ set to ease me into the day, and the coming week.
https://youtu.be/b3WhGfYU5Uc?si=hsgC8unwz_Ca5mfF
From the brilliant Yoyaku Record store sessions.