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Obituaries and Eulogies / R.I.P. - D'Angelo (51)
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Wed 15 Oct 2025 11:53:40 »https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dangelo-dead-obit-obituary-1235446878/
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Obituaries and Eulogies / R.I.P. - Terry Johnson (86) Flamingos
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Mon 13 Oct 2025 10:24:52 »https://soultracks.com/terry-johnson-of-the-flamingos-dies-at-86/
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Obituaries and Eulogies / R.I.P. - Diane Keaton (79)
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Sun 12 Oct 2025 15:50:44 »https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/diane-keaton-dead-79-california-following-legendary-hollywood-career
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Obituaries and Eulogies / R.I.P. - John Lodge (82) Moody Blues
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Sat 11 Oct 2025 10:07:55 »https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/john-lodge-dead-moody-blues-bandmember-1236397635/
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Lets have a Winge / Re: The Times They Are A-Changing
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Tue 07 Oct 2025 21:02:12 »Wise call on the A3 scanner. Have been lucky, or fortunate, in that respect. CD refused to read, so decided to copy but had to replace the 5-disc cd changer & cd recorder as that one function decided to fail. Everything else worked !! Seller seemed impressed that I knew about.
Find the Apple disc reader has trouble reading more than twenty tracks, so there’s always the Samsung cheapie, as back-up, but both had trouble reading. Copied with the new recorder and all’s well that ends well. Both read the copied disc, without a glitch.
Guess what I was trying to say, is that the digital age has to be doing more harm than good.
You wouldn’t have to worry about “reading” discs, if digital but perhaps set in my ways, as I still prefer the hard copy (books, movies, songs).
That’s another thing (!) and perhaps more to the point, that the hard copies are harder to get. Easier to download songs, movies and books, plus they don’t take up space, but I begrudge places like iTunes, setting their “hooks” in me, as noted, trying to delete “their” songs. You can’t.
Apple used to be all-in-one, but now you have to buy externals but guess that’s another story…..
Always back-up. I have three hard drives but it’s all do-it-yourself; not wholly reliant upon the computer, or so I think.
Find the Apple disc reader has trouble reading more than twenty tracks, so there’s always the Samsung cheapie, as back-up, but both had trouble reading. Copied with the new recorder and all’s well that ends well. Both read the copied disc, without a glitch.
Guess what I was trying to say, is that the digital age has to be doing more harm than good.
You wouldn’t have to worry about “reading” discs, if digital but perhaps set in my ways, as I still prefer the hard copy (books, movies, songs).
That’s another thing (!) and perhaps more to the point, that the hard copies are harder to get. Easier to download songs, movies and books, plus they don’t take up space, but I begrudge places like iTunes, setting their “hooks” in me, as noted, trying to delete “their” songs. You can’t.
Apple used to be all-in-one, but now you have to buy externals but guess that’s another story…..
Always back-up. I have three hard drives but it’s all do-it-yourself; not wholly reliant upon the computer, or so I think.
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Lets have a Winge / Re: The Times They Are A-Changing
« Last post by deutros on Tue 07 Oct 2025 17:55:32 »It works the other way as well Punkinblue I bit the bullet a few years ago and decided to buy an A3 scanner found one in the US reasonably priced postage a bit high but considering the unit was relatively cheap compared to here I wasn't to phased. Then disaster a lighting strike turned out the power supply was cooked so bought what I considered to be the equivalent here it worked but not properly so I decided to by one direct from where I bought the scanner power supply about $30, posting and shipping $180 so I let it pass as there was no guarantee that the problem still wasn't the machine. 
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Lets have a Winge / The Times They Are A-Changing
« Last post by punkinblue9 on Tue 07 Oct 2025 10:30:23 »Have you seen postal rates, lately !!! Doggone those tariffs !! Shipping from England seems to have tripled.
Seems everyone else is immersed in “digital”.
Noticed a sale surge in video and compact discs, to the point that I feel bombarded.
Now, they (Warner Archives) are releasing four films on one, when people such as myself, already have the four.
It’s also easier to order a book as an e-book, as expressed before.
Guess I'm a little behind in this digital age.
Seems everyone else is immersed in “digital”.
Noticed a sale surge in video and compact discs, to the point that I feel bombarded.
Now, they (Warner Archives) are releasing four films on one, when people such as myself, already have the four.
It’s also easier to order a book as an e-book, as expressed before.
Guess I'm a little behind in this digital age.
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Obituaries and Eulogies / Re: R.I.P. - Chris Dreja (79)
« Last post by grado on Sat 04 Oct 2025 19:59:47 »Thanks RAM.
I loved his Box of Frogs stuff as well, especially the first.
I loved his Box of Frogs stuff as well, especially the first.
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Obituaries and Eulogies / R.I.P. - Chris Dreja (79)
« Last post by RAM on Sat 04 Oct 2025 18:17:29 »https://people.com/yardbirds-guitarist-chris-dreja-dead-at-79-11824260
The Yardbirds are on of my favourite bands. Lead guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page get most of the attention but Chris Dreja was a pivotal part of their sound. First on rhythm guitar and then moving to bass and forming a great rhythm section with drummer Jim McCarty when Paul Samwell-Smith left the group in 1966.
The Yardbirds are on of my favourite bands. Lead guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page get most of the attention but Chris Dreja was a pivotal part of their sound. First on rhythm guitar and then moving to bass and forming a great rhythm section with drummer Jim McCarty when Paul Samwell-Smith left the group in 1966.
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Obituaries and Eulogies / Re: R.I.P. - Patricia Routledge (96) Keeping Up Appearances actor
« Last post by Ratso on Sat 04 Oct 2025 16:22:59 »My favourite of hers was Hetty Wainthropp Investigated, which featured future Lord of The Rings star Domenic Monaghan. She was also an accomplished singer. RIP