Maybe 30 years ago, I went to him asking about 'the best speakers' for the 'PaWDen' (ManCave).

The RustyWolf clearly educated me.

"You wouldn't know the difference - REALLY! - YOU cannot really hear it"

I was insulted at first.

I was dragged into an unnamed famous studio and told to sit.

We were in the 'Proofing Area'; I cannot recall the 'professional name of the room - but this was where 'ACCEPTANCE' of a professional recording - what everyone bought - was determined.

"YOU do not know the difference!"

They had a top-of-the-line Klipsch Speaker/Acoustic layout, throught the room.

In the end, I had $400 worth of speakers around the room - I don't even remember what kind - maybe Advents - yea - think that was it. I blew them out in due time.

In the end - RustyWolf was 100% correct.

Recording engineers are really speacial people - they 'hear different'. They cannot protect us from being sold Altec-Lansing 'super stereo' systems, or what-not. They CAN (THANKS RUSTY!) advise us to 'come to grips with reality'.

SCREW buying a 'super sound system'.

 

Back to the (unnamed) recording room:

 

The acoustics within the room were what any of us could ever dream of creating within a home.

It was a 'Theater within a Studio'; and amazing place! I could hear the 'original cut' - mastered!

I thought I was special and should/could have more because I actually performed with a few real artists live (because of this old friend and the fact I play tombone - I was privilaged to perform a few times with Townes Van Zant*, for one).

 

*very late version - maybe the best - of 'Panco & Lefty'

 

 

 

 

 

An "amazing" kiss would not be applied to my lips.

 

The story about hearing the first steps over the phone, that sucks. As a former "professional" babysitter, one thing I learned is that if you witness such an event while the parents are away, you SHUT YOUR TRAP. Until they see it with their own eyes, it never happened. The most you would do would be to suggest that the kid seems ready to walk, or looks like he could at any moment- something like that.

 

But I do wonder- as a parent, if this really does happen when you're not there and the other parent is, how *would* you want this handled? See the video later? Or just see it for yourself after the fact?

I don't even watch regular network TV anymore, so I'm not one of the Lost or Grey's Anatomy followers, either. Something else that makes me feel out-of-the-loop.

 

Also not a fan of technology. Enjoyed the iPod when it was functional, then it started getting weird, like it needs to be constantly re-charged. No way I'm paying $50 for a new battery after only 3 years.

 

My cellphone drives me nuts- conversation seems stilted, like there's a time delay; if I move it a fraction of an inch, I can't hear anything; people are on speaker, or there's static, or they're talking to me from a noisy streetcorner, or while ordering their frappamochachocachhinno..... grrr!!

 

Wouldn't mind a flatscreen TV, if only to hang it on the wall and open up a little more space in our living room. And I do enjoy texting- quick and to the point, not so obtrusive.

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