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  1. martinsantos

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    Brother typewriters are terrible. With really severe use they have a expected life of no more than one year (at least the electronic, China made, I saw and tried). The IBM is just a workhorse. My dad's IBM worked well for more than 20 years and never needed a serviceman - no desalignment or any...
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    Unpopular music opinions

    I know. The very worst about videoclip "music". Pop music in its worst. People at their worst. Happilly you don't understand the "lyrics". But made a huge sucess those days (2001).
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    The Good Neighbor Policy; Latin music in the 30's and 40's....

    This little record (2 sides of a 10" 78) made an inimaginable sucess at those days! And had everything to get this sucess. Francisco Alves was "the" singer here. The orchestra is arranged and conducted by Radames Gnatalli - one of the most proeminent classical conductors and composers at those...
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    Unpopular music opinions

    Romy, the song you posted is infinitely superior than the one I'm putting here. My neighbour (a teenager girl) at those days hearded this ALL DAY LONG. Almost drove me crazy! I had to go to the public library to study - because it's absolutely impossible to read anything with this "music...
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    What Are You Reading

    "Soldier's rest", by Mss Judith MacKinight Jones. About the immigration of thousands of US citzens, from South, to Brazil, just after Civil War. They mainly stayed in Americana town, where Mss Jones is born (and me, too!) Very interesting!
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    What are you listening to?

    In a Eddy Duchin mood today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItwsRe2Vck
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    Typewriters Are Back

    Don't agree about the "poorly designed". A good typewriter must get 120 to 180 types per minute - quite a speed! (any "golden era" Underwood, Olivetti, Remington will do the job pretty well) Some mechanical typewriters could get more speed yet. Not to say the electrical IBM "Selectric"...
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    Max Raabe & the Palast Orchester - live!

    I listened the few clips of this band in youtube and agree with you. If he would have today to play side by side with, say, Isham Jones, Ray Noble and so on, Max would be in trouble. But by modern standards, his band sounds great and his singing is very good. I really would like to listen...
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    Unpopular music opinions

    I believe that this is quite fast! In old days of direct-to-disc in 78rpm recording they used to record just a little faster - 6 sides in a 3-hour session. But they didn't have to mix or something like this. The engineering work was limited to recording levels from the several microphones - and...
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    This is from yesterday. Raining a lot, I called a cab. "Where is the show?", asked the driver. I laught and asked to go to the Court. "Are they playing shows there, now?!" After I explained that I just like hats, the driver told "that's REALLY cool. But I just see musicians using this kind...
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    Unpopular music opinions

    I don't know, Undertow... I always remember, about tricks in recording studios to get something different than a "live" playing, some records made in early 60s (Phase 4, I think). The recording company (London?) claimed a different experience in listening. The only really good was Ted Heath...
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    What are you listening to?

    This was a great orch, that really swings! Wasn't Jerry Gray the arranger?
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    Show us your vintage home!

    Very beautiful home, Rue!!
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    Noir-Inspired Photos

    Very fine photos here! I'm very new about artificial lighting yet; here some examples I did with photoflood lamp (one #1, plus a screen as a reflector). Of course very far from perfect; this is a difficult task... Difficult to manage the high contrast.
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    What are you listening to?

    Some brazilian music from the Era... A preferred song, from middle 20s. Got lyrics and recorded here in 40s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGWg4YpS1ls
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    The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread

    Well, when you go buying the sandpaper say clearly that is WOOD sandpaper. There are some types harder. Wax can give a polished appareance (in this the softest sandpaper will help a lot). And will be glosser everytime you polish again with wax. But you won't get a high gloss as a well aplied...
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    Hat Trust Exposed!

    I understand the statement as HatCo has the exclusive right about Stetson. Not about other brands - unless they get license agreeement from all brands. Then we would see a trully monopoly. They can't do more than the license agreement give them.
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    The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread

    First time sanding this type of piece? Get at least three grades of sandpaper. The hardest will do most of the job, taking off most of the varnish. The softest type is sandpaper for gold - so soft that you won't feel in your fingers the sand. This will give to the wood a soft touching...
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    The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread

    I would sand it first, taking off all the varnish. (there are some products, using caustic soda, that make this easier, if the varnish is very hard to take off with sand. Anyway, after you will need to sand a little). If you know how to revarnish again, go ahead. If not, I would say to...
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    Any writers?

    Here is São Paulo all small, relevant independent bookstores closed in last two years (except for two or three with very specific markets, like law books). One with more than 100 years. Other, from the 40s, always in the same place and one of the best selections about sociology and philsophy...

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