Comments on: Random 10 for Jan. 15, 2008 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/ The Oklahoman's George Lang Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Chase http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Chase Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:04:16 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/#comment-809 That said, I will say that Nancy O’Dell is extremely marketable.

]]> By: Chase http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Chase Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:03:45 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/#comment-808 I’m with Kev on missing the live Golden Globe blogging. I had to settle for Pop Candy, and they SUCK.

]]> By: staticblog http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-807 staticblog Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:12:30 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/#comment-807 Yeah, sorry about that. I had just gotten back into town, and without a real Golden Globes, I just preferred to stand down and relax. But, I’m planning a Grammys live blog (if they happen) as well as Oscars (if they happen).

Mothership is by no means a perfect collection — it’s missing too many key tracks for my taste, especially “Goin’ to California” and “Dancing Days” — but I’m going to round things out with iTunes, which has the entire remastered discography available.

I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately complaining about mastering, and how they’re just blasting all the levels. But in my experience, just about everything that was released on CD prior to about 1995 sounds low and flat — the worst digital album in my collection is the first Violent Femmes disc. It barely registers above a whisper.

The first wave of Led Zeppelin releases on CD were better than that, but not by much, and that is a band for whom dynamic range is everything. Mothership has few surprises in terms of track selection, but they all sound great.

Still skipping “Stairway,” though. Probably will continue skipping it for the rest of my life.

]]> By: kev http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-806 kev Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:46:16 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/01/15/random-10-for-jan-15-2008/#comment-806 A Mothership analysis would be welcome; I had no real desire to pick it up, but if the sound is really that improved, it might be worth getting.

BTW, I’m a bit disappointed that there was no live blogging of the Golden Globes ceremony/pressconference/trainwreck. It seemed like such a great Shadenfreud opportunity to watch Billy Bush twist in the wind. I heard that on CNN when Johnny Depp won Best Actor Comedy/Musical, Larry King went off on how he couldn’t believe that Daniel Day Lewis wasn’t even nominated. Guess he thought There Will Be Blood was really funny.

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