[Andre Jute[_2_]]

Tonight I played music with vitality and passion:

Camillie O'Sullivan (an old demo disc which was later issued as A
LittleYearning, see http://www.camilleosullivan.com/ ) -- nobody can
touch her for Jacques Brel songs

The Bonzo Dog Band -- Funnier than Monty Python, better musicians than
the Beatles, a more driving rhythm than the Beach Boys (and that's
when they're sending up portentious dramatics!)

Elvis Presley -- The KIng, still astounding every time I play him

Sometimes we should remember what all this expensive equipment we
build and buy is for -- playing music.

Andre Jute
Impedance is futile, you will be simulated into the triode of the
Borg. -- Robert Casey

[Iain Churches[_2_]]

The Bonzo Dog Band -- Funnier than Monty Python, better musicians than
the Beatles, a more driving rhythm than the Beach Boys (and that's
when they're sending up portentious dramatics!)

I agree with you about thew Bonzo Dog band - remarkable talent,
something of a cult these days too.

Elvis Presley -- The KIng, still astounding every time I play him

Somehow, Elvis was never at the top of my list, even though
a 78rpm shellac of All Shook Up was one of my prize possessions
as a kid.

By the same token, I could not really appreciate what so many
people saw in Frank Sinatra. I did however enjoy the comment
by Bing Crosby. "A talent like Frank comes along only once in
a life time. Why did it have to be slap in the middle of mine!"

Sometimes we should remember what all this expensive equipment we
build and buy is for -- playing music.

Listening to one of my favourite baroque composers today,
Willem de Fesch. (1687-1757) I wonder what he would have
thought about a digital 24 bit recording of his Concerti Grossi.

Iain