The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[Helgamite]

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picture this, having this wood cottage up in the mountains, and this is the first thing you see when you enter it. kids would be in heaven, parents would be ecstatic. great little mountain get away! bring the grandparents up they can have the pool while watching the grandkids play in the slide.

 

[thør]

Might be a bit of a walk.

 

[hilton1958]

No shade on Spotify or other streaming services but they have changed the way music sounds.

If you queue up a song please listen to the whole thing, the artist doesn’t get paid if you bail in under 30 seconds, they get an apportioned payment for less than the whole song, but you can be guaranteed they get the full payment if the entire track plays.

It also helps a song to get promoted to the streaming services featured play lists which is like money in the bank. You can Google how artists are paid and listen accordingly.

Remember the long beautiful introductions? Think Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California; you don’t hear them any more because people hit the skip too fast.

So artists move the hook up to the beginning of the song and keep it short so you don’t bail before the end. $$$ It’s a business.

Music being produced today is no better or worse than 50 years ago, it’s a reflection of artists adapting to the monetary reality of the streaming world.

It’s no different than rock bands in the 60’s cranking out 2:30 songs for the A.M. market. You gotta play the game or be the “Unknown Artist” who never made it.

Interesting to know, it's a sad reflection of the diminishing attention span of most people these days. So many of the great old rock songs had totally awesome lengthy intro's.

 

[lanceGibs]

I've seen all-in-one turntable, cassette, CD component. I might get something like that. I do have LPs I would like to convert.

Seeing an LP rotate on top of the box had its own charm

 

[Nightspeed]

Hi. Anyone sitting here?

 

[fullservice65]

Order up!

 

[Doodledude]

All the houses in this court are in disrepair. Hmmm

 

[hilton1958]

1st album I remember buying with my own money was Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, been a metal head about 40 years, grew up with a lot of vinyl in the house, Aerosmith, Genesis, Led Zepp, havnt owned a turntable in about 25 years but there's a record store opened round the corner where I work and I'm damn tempted to put some money by and buy a good set up again and start trawling the bargain bins and make my collection again.
And as for Spotify I 100% agree it's helped change how music sounds and is made, it's so strange when it gives the end of year review and tells me what I've played the most, my top 5 for 2023 were The Cure, Genesis, Robert Jon and The Wreck, Bob Seger and Steppenwolf

I know they've been around for decades, but for some reason I only really discovered Iron Maiden a few years ago, I knew of them, but never paid any attention. It was "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that got my attention, and now I'm hooked.

 

[Lilianna23]

I don't even know what became of my vast collection of cassettes, I probably just tossed them eventually, having nothing to even play them on. Whenever I bought a new LP, I would immediately record it onto a cassette tape and stash the LP away for safe keeping. I don't even know what eventually became of them, today I have none.

That's too bad. Do you still have the LPs?

 

[Lilianna23]

That is cold. This morning it’s a mild rain and possible strong storms this afternoon.

It warmed up to the low 50s today. There was even some sun! I wore my favorite pink shades to the gym.

 

[Lilianna23]

She's really pretty good in the truck. Translation: she doesn't just pace-n-yell. There will be some conversation until she accepts the inevitability of it all. She does make laps regularly, and she will step on the controls on the driver's door and roll down windows sometimes, but I've gotten used to that and put my arm over the controls. She's good company.


Some days, she comes to work with me. People ask why there's a litter box in my office.


As for the tunes, I donated my CDs. There's a church across the alley that really puts its efforts into the community, especially for the down-n-out, so I help them out with regular donations. They also watch my house if I'm out of town - have my six, so to speak. It's great to be able to donate stuff that has uses left that I'll never use again - DVDs, clothes, household items and the like. Good for them, good for me.

She sounds like a wonderful cat! It's very cool she gets to go to work with dad!

That's wonderful that you donate so much. We do as well. I can't stand to have strangers pawing through my stuff; so I don't have garage sales. It's easier and a lot less work to just give things we don't need again away.

 

[Nightspeed]

I know they've been around for decades, but for some reason I only really discovered Iron Maiden a few years ago, I knew of them, but never paid any attention. It was "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that got my attention, and now I'm hooked.

I've loved Iron Maiden going all the back to 1980, when I was a high school sophomore. I've been lucky to see them live eight times.

 

[hilton1958]

That's too bad. Do you still have the LPs?

No cassettes, no LP's, only CD's which I never play because I've converted them to MP3's and keep them on my phone, he shall have music wherever he goes, lol.

 

[Lilianna23]

Good morning. The rain is steady and cool. The news about the Baltimore bridge tragedy is terrifying and sad.

I am leasing a car today as I need a bigger car for grandpa’s taxi

During my divorce, I gave away my LP and turntable, speakers and console to young colleagues who were collectors. They were delighted with my Buffalo Springfield and Cream LPs.

Now I use Pandora for channels like Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, and Credence Clearwater etc.

The bridge disaster is such a tragedy! On the news tonight they were saying only 2 of the 8 road crew have been rescued. They fell 120 ft, I understand. I wonder if some were hit by their vehicles oh the way down. So very sad for their families and the entire community.

 

[Lilianna23]

Terrible to hear about the Key bridge. I hope it wasn’t too bad. They are saying that here were a few cars and a tractor trailer that were on it.

Sigh

Cup of coffee.

Off to work.

On the news tonight, they were saying the only vehicles on the bridge when it went down were those of the road crew. Somehow, traffic across was halted seconds before impact. As bad as it was it could have been so much worse.

 

[Lilianna23]

Omg I love disturbed

I do, too! A friend of mine turned me on to them. I love David Draiman's vocals! The first song I heard from them was 'Sound of Silence.' Have you heard 'Don't Tell Me' with Ann Wilson? OMG! Two powerhouse voices!

 

[Lilianna23]

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My baby ^^ she & a piece of furniture have been with me forever

The CD player has a few hiccups when rotating but all still good
lost or left behind all my cassettes somewhere along the way - grrrrr

No one has mentioned AC/DC? sheesh

'Highway to Hell' is on my walk playlist!

 

[Lilianna23]

No shade on Spotify or other streaming services but they have changed the way music sounds.

If you queue up a song please listen to the whole thing, the artist doesn’t get paid if you bail in under 30 seconds, they get an apportioned payment for less than the whole song, but you can be guaranteed they get the full payment if the entire track plays.

It also helps a song to get promoted to the streaming services featured play lists which is like money in the bank. You can Google how artists are paid and listen accordingly.

Remember the long beautiful introductions? Think Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California; you don’t hear them any more because people hit the skip too fast.

So artists move the hook up to the beginning of the song and keep it short so you don’t bail before the end. $$$ It’s a business.

Music being produced today is no better or worse than 50 years ago, it’s a reflection of artists adapting to the monetary reality of the streaming world.

It’s no different than rock bands in the 60’s cranking out 2:30 songs for the A.M. market. You gotta play the game or be the “Unknown Artist” who never made it.

Thanks for this info, Gamine! I did not know.

 

[Lilianna23]

You can’t sell them, you’ll get nothing in return for all the $ you spent on them (average was $8 in the ‘80 early 90’s).

I thought I could unload some old CD’s in a used music store…the guy told me unless something is really rare or something in high demand (Dark Side of The Moon) he couldn’t use them.

We have those old tower stacks of CD’s, and we don’t even own a CD player anymore. I just want to box them and away to the attic, but the wife can’t let go! So there they sit…gathering dust…

Most of mine are in boxes in my office.

 

[Lilianna23]

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picture this, having this wood cottage up in the mountains, and this is the first thing you see when you enter it. kids would be in heaven, parents would be ecstatic. great little mountain get away! bring the grandparents up they can have the pool while watching the grandkids play in the slide.

I wanna play on that slide!

Where is this?

 

[Lilianna23]

Seeing an LP rotate on top of the box had its own charm

Especially if one has indulged in certain medicinal herbs!

 

[Lilianna23]

No cassettes, no LP's, only CD's which I never play because I've converted them to MP3's and keep them on my phone, he shall have music wherever he goes, lol.

That's pretty much the only way I access music now.

 

[Helgamite]

I wanna play on that slide!

Where is this?

popped up on my facebook. loved the pic. no idea where it actually is.

 

[Treeview]

Sitting at the counter...with a clear view to the door.

Nice

Lets get a cozy booth for breakfast.

 

[lanceGibs]

It warmed up to the low 50s today. There was even some sun! I wore my favorite pink shades to the gym.

It snowed,not a common occurrence at this time of the year even at this altitude,some three feet of snow.
What is unusual is that the internet and telephone have remained functional
It was minus 18 degrees Celsius at 6 am or so my minimum maximum thermometer says .