Analogman

Don't ever play Black Sabbath at 78 speed.

I think it is due the grooves, as LB talked about. I know for the turntable we have at work a different needle was purchased to play 78s. I have seen the ones you talked about, where the mechanism flips around. I hope to have my turntable up and running sometime this year. I need to buy a new receiver.

If I recall correctly, there is a special needle just for playing 78s. They must be putting that out as a novelty. I don't think I have ever owned a 78.

He seems to be a busy guy since he retired from touring with Cheap Trick. Last year, he was part of the band Tinted Windows along with Taylor Hanson, James Iha and Adam Schlesinger.

I think it is sort of neat to read about some of these releases, but I have no desire to buy any of this stuff. And I'd say your right, there does seem to be more major label (what's left of them) interest. I think this may be due to the fact that there is a sudden revival of all things vinyl. I wondered about also. I think expensive high end turntables have that option. At least the one we have at work has that option.

Record Store Day (official website) By way of Capitol Records Beach Boys Page:

I am checking this out now. I don't know about the event, but there is a podcast up where both guys are commenting on various live tracks from each band. The talk is before or after the song, so it does not ruin the flow of the song. Chalk Dust Torture>Bird Song

I don't recall hearing anything about this until now: 'Killing Bono' Soundtrack To Feature Pre-U2 Song From Group That guy must have been mentioned in the U2 books I have read, but I can't place him at the moment.

Thanks for posting again. And thank you Sparky. I should know better by now, but I am amazed by some of comments I have read in this thread. One of great things about people banding together is that no one stands alone.

I almost lost a few due to trying to play The Rifleman with a BB gun once. I'd like to find an old bike like cryptique had. I think there have been some remakes in the past few years of banana seat bikes.

I never experienced that sort of thing. We use to go around and acquire pieces of wood and bricks and make ramps out of them. I think we were trying to be Evel Knievel or maybe The Fonz. We didn't jump any sharks though, a few snakes, but no sharks.

It's the law here that one has to wear a helmet. I don't recall ever seeing anyone wear such a thing back in those days. I think they would have been beaten up. I use to like build fires and jump over them on my bike. I did end up with some hot shoes a few times. I also think I went sideways into a pine tree about 5 feet or so in the air once. Froggie's story reminds me of the time my brother was jumping over some garbage cans on his bike. He already had a broken arm. He got some stitches on his head to go along with the cast.

It may be time for the men to talk about their rad jumping over things on bikes stories now. I once saw a dude go off a 6 foot gravel pile. When he landed, certain parts of the bike and himself were not in such good shape.

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I listened to the album by way of Youtube. I am not buying it. I know Thom may need money for dance school, but he ain't getting my money. I still think the first 6 songs of OK Computer are what I like best about Radiohead.

Walmart FTW I'm riding it on the rail trail. I'm having my mid-life crisis. My brother had the OG Big Wheel. I never had one. I had a tricycle. Note: It was actually made out of metal, had real rubber tires, and was made in this country.

Yea, you can't go to Walmart and get one of these: I think I had the following accessories at some point: left/right indicator lights, headlight, a walkie-talkie that looked like a CB radio (mounted on the handle bars), colored straws on the spokes, a white antenna-like pole with an orange flag on it, and a thing that went on the handle grip that made a motorcycle sound when you turned the handle.

I remember those bikes. I think my brother may have had one of those.

The Raleigh Chopper I always wanted one of those also.

I always wanted one of those. I think between my brother and I we also had some sort of 10 Speed bike. I don't recall the brand though. It may have came from Sears. A lot of dudes just pounded the forks onto the existing forks. But my dad was a welder, so he did it right.

I took all the junk off The Bandit and turned into a chopper bike. I remember saving up to buy the blue metal flake paint that I used to repaint it. I wish I had a photo of it.

I don't know if I remember the name of the first bike I had - it would have been around 1971. I do recall at some point I had a Huffy bike with a shark on the seat, and one called a Huffy Bandit. I think this was towards the end of the 70s. I think I also had a bike made by AMF, and some sort of red BMX bike. Did anyone have one of these? 1976 AMF Evel Knievel I also had a chopper bike with a gear shift that I found in a dump/junkyard.

I sometimes I have a notion to go on a archeological dig and see if I can find my old chopper bike.

You should resist.

I haven't owned a bike since I was 17 or 18 years old. I have been thinking about getting one, and thought, what the hell - I'll get a BMX bike. (Of course, I really want a Schwinn Krate or Stingray.)