SwingDJs

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Great job on the board. It looks and works great, especially as a volunteer effort. One small glitch I noticed: in the automated e-mails that notify people of subsequent posts in a thread someone is watching, the links add an extra "swingdjs" in the URL, so they do not work. I was wonderin...

ok, i'll bite. how's that? World War II helped Lindy Hop gain mass popularity and world recognition? A great recreational escape in a time of war, and traveling servicemen took it to forgein shores. Seems like World War II was most likely an incidental player in Lindy Hop's initial popularity. Alth...

What do you all do about removing scratches from CDs? Not on the data side, but the plastic side. I have lots of them, especially surface abrasions caused by the vinyl lip inside each sleeve in my binder sleeves: right along the top, which rubs against the CD every time the binder moves to cause a s...

Good question. I wouldn't call that an "encore," but, on second thought, I understand what you mean. More of a false ending. I suspect that it would depend on the song, the vibe in the room, who is present (i.e., how they would respond), and the like. There's no hard-fast rule. For instanc...

I think sometimes "lindy hoppers" get so caught up in what kind of music they choose to like, the technique of their dancing, the politics of the scene, that they lose the spirit of fun, energy, and wildness that IS lindy hop. I'm not saying that it doesn't matter what kind of music you d...

FYI, I went to Fry's on Friday (3/21), and they had pulled all the old versions of Nero 5.6.(?) off the shelves. The manager said that the corporate offices do so when a new version is about to come out. Whether this new version will be Nero 6.0 or an update in the 5.x.x family, she did not know. Sh...

I did not know about the index feature on earlier players. Perhaps it was a feature that they eliminated as the cost went down. You could also use Nero (or a similar burning program) to edit the track length and eliminate the introductions on your DJ copy so you do not even need the cue sheet. Or yo...

Daaaamn... you guys actually REMEMBER the times that this has happened to you? :shock: :lol: I've lost track. Seriously, although it is a good inside joke among us, I've stopped feeling surprised or acting offended: can't fault "them" for not being as obsessive as we are. Usually, they jus...

Not a big fan, and I would not play anything I have heard from him at a dance, even though I certainly appreciate his historical contribution and am glad he helped get the music from there to here. Admittedly, I only have a few CDs featuring him, though. Of course, this thread might morph into yet a...

You know, when I was young like most of you guys, I used to think being professional and polite meant concealing my political views. Experience has taught me to regret that attitude. That may happen to you, too, in time. :wink: When I was young, I thought that being an adult meant paying attention ...

Please keep your politics off the dance floor and outside of dances, completely. DJs are entertainers, not political pundits.

Or should those who emphatically disagree with you ruin your escape by playing the many hundreds of "Bombs away" or "American Patrol" songs from WWII?

I have all the LP sets, too, and I agree with Mike completely.

That actually brings up two other huge features of Nero. First, it has error correction that is better than most other programs I have used, including Easy CD Creator. It will correct gaps even on slightly scratched CDs (where the DATA side is scratched). I had a few data-scratched CDs (little pin-s...

Among its key innovators were altoist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, drummer Max Roach, and pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. — Scott Yanow Funny Monk is considered one of the key innovators. I guess Yanow for got to check with Lawrence about this. :P Yanow...