Reel to reel facts - US vs. Germany 😏
After WW II, John "Jack" T. Mullin, who was in the US Army Signal Corp, brought back to the US, 2 German Magnetaphon reel-to-reel magnetic tape recorders. Mullin took the 2 Magnetophons apart and...
View ArticleAn esoteric & musical afternoon 💫
Yesterday I visited for the second time my friend Fabio A.’s man-cave and, after three years from the first visit since he began playin’n’fiddlin’ with those one-of-a-kind Oleg Rullit’s wide-band,...
View ArticleThe Power of a Peaceful Thinking Mind 💫
- Master, how do you fight your enemies?- I'll delete them.- But how?- I stop thinking about it... Completely.
View ArticleDisk of the Month - Eivind Aarset’s Électronique Noire
Proudly made in Norway 💫A Who’s Who of Norwegian fantastic musicians collaborating: Nils Petter Molvær and Bugge Wesseltoft among them 💎A great disk 💫Thanks to my friend Franco for suggesting it 🙏
View ArticleThe Swan Song 💫
… or better: the Angel Song session… religiously listening to a much beloved disc, just re-published by ECM on vinyl for the very first time, from “original masters” 😉 (and who cares if it’s a digital...
View Article🌊 🌊 🌊
“ We do not fear fate.We won't back down.Before being foamwe will be indomitable waves. “Cesare Pavese
View ArticleKiwis 🥝
Kiwi bird figurine made by master M. Perkhin from the firm K. Faberge, St. Petersburg, 1899-1903.Legs and beak made of gold, body made of smoky agate, eyes - rubies.
View ArticleBooks and records, it’s the same…
These days, while hauling thousands vinyl records, I aptly appreciate the following:Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:"It is foolish to think that you have to...
View ArticleValuables 💎
This is the most valuable of duo Rostropivich-Britten LPs, auctioned at eBay in the last June 01, 2022 by £1695. A ultra rare and very collectible duo Rostropovich / Britten LP. Very first made in UK...
View ArticleMade in Switzerland 🇨🇭Japan 🇯🇵 and Great Britain 🇬🇧 …
Recorded in Switzerland in 1961… a Japanese edition: amazing quality, from original master-tapes, originally issued by Decca in England 💎💫💎
View ArticleAvoiding average ✅
"Take careto meetwho is not in the middle.Seek extreme beings,the deliriums, the enchantments..."Franco Arminio
View ArticleHis Bobness’ love 💫
“I think it's the land. The streams, the forests, the vast emptiness. The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots. But I have a love...
View ArticleThe Madcap (sure) Laughs 😏
Interesting auction taking place online. Syd Barrett painted floor boards which ft. In his The Madcap Laughs...
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