Brevity by Dan Thompson for November 05, 2022

When I play BS, I like the Bass high

Not so loud!

I once asked a clerk in a record store if they had a public restroom, she looked at me funny and said ‘never heard of them…’

“Generals gathered in their masses…”

Volume 4 sounds similar to Volume 3, and 2 and 1. Hold out for The Best Of Black Sabbath. Remastered.

One should listen to Spinal Tap at 11.

Attended hundreds of concerts. One of the loudest was (electric) Hot Tuna back in the 80s. Actually had to leave for a bit to rest my ears. May have been the venue but man, was that loud!

It seems the less palatable someone’s listening preferences are, the louder they think they have to play it. I don’t understand why they think everyone else in the world wants to listen to the crap they do.

This takes me back…1973 Gremlin X (Yes, the Levi’s edition), Craig Powerplay AM/FM/8 Track in the dash. Jensen Coaxial speakers in back. In 1977 that was the height of car audio. Black Sabbath blasting loudly, there may have been some hand rolled smoking material burning in the ashtray.

“Whatever Nigel Tufnel… do you have it or not?”

Long ago I wandered through my mind

In the land of fairy tales and stories.

Lost in happiness I knew no fears.

Innocence and love was all I knew.

It was an illusion.

—Ward, Osbourne, Iommi, Butler

you’d have to be an iron man to listen to that crap at 11…