tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post3372184281047156434..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: Low Fidelity"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-33169275808256626222008-01-28T07:06:00.000-08:002008-01-28T07:06:00.000-08:00Thanks. As an economist, the P-to-Q ratio was alwa...Thanks. As an economist, the P-to-Q ratio was always important. HK was the best of class and a nice value proposition. My speakers were "Mirage" which also offered nice value with excellent crossover network between satellites & subwoofer and fine response for classical, Jazz and, if one fancied, Joe Satriani or Steve Vai. The most amusing concert I ever went to, in fact, was Satriani, at (I "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-58119864468710636972008-01-28T06:43:00.000-08:002008-01-28T06:43:00.000-08:00Love the blog, very helpful to me as I have recent...Love the blog, very helpful to me as I have recently started a career in finance working at a quant shop in Princeton...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I was in the air force in 80s and stationed on Guam, what a great time to be 19 with lots of disposable income and access to the best japanese hi-fi equipment for ridiculously low prices.<BR/><BR/>I still rock my massive cerwin vegas from that time--although I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-21403307361674275462008-01-25T02:08:00.000-08:002008-01-25T02:08:00.000-08:00While I am a little too young to have seen Miles ...While I am a little too young to have seen Miles play live, as some one who owns and loves pre-fusion Miles (and 'Trane, and Blakey, Monk et al.) <I>and</I> still has a set of Harman Kardon Forty speakers, purchased in 1993, sitting in his living room, may I add my belated appreciation of this post.Macro Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-71569571410159862432008-01-25T01:27:00.000-08:002008-01-25T01:27:00.000-08:00My memory of the recording was that it didn't soun...My memory of the recording was that it didn't sound like it was 'finished', or something to that effect. 'Brew', though, was another matter - a one-off bit of true brilliance that was never made commonplace by imitators.<BR/><BR/>If the reason Berbanke lowered rates was the Monday sell-off, I agree he should reverse. I suspect though that he's taking advantage of headline justifications so as notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-51029255825308382472008-01-24T17:54:00.000-08:002008-01-24T17:54:00.000-08:00Charles, I've been bugged by the whole "In a Sile...Charles, I've been bugged by the whole "In a Silent Way", thing, because when I remember it, I think of Zawinul's recording released in 1970 under simply "Zawinul", which unlike the Davis Album (and I am doing this from memories 25 years old) was way more Spartan and stripped-down. I'll admit I haven't listened to the Davis Album for at least 20 years, but I have a few hundred well-record "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-88219262978348464342008-01-24T15:45:00.000-08:002008-01-24T15:45:00.000-08:00I saw him at a club at home after Bitches Brew was...I saw him at a club at home after Bitches Brew was recorded, but not yet released. The band was de Johnette, Shorter, Holland, Corea and Sonny Greenwich, whom he was auditioning cold, on guitar. He got the gig, but a bit of history deprived him of the green card.<BR/><BR/>The reaction, however, among guitarists reared on a diet of comping and solos to McLaughlin's playing on those records verged Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-66892401826553470812008-01-24T14:37:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:37:00.000-08:00Old VetThe best Blues Program in America is WXPN f...Old Vet<BR/><BR/>The best Blues Program in America is WXPN from the University of Pennsylvania, a guy named Johnny Meister, on Sat eves 8pm til 1am...I am sure its available on the net , but his knowledge is encyclopaedic and his selections are without compare."Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-53369672271822695312008-01-24T14:35:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:35:00.000-08:00Thanks, guys. I really liked this, post, for it co...Thanks, guys. I really liked this, post, for it conjured itself after I wondered what had happened to HAR's price post-deal blow-up. I would genuinely appreciate feedback on the "back-of-the-envelope" stuff, especially from any PE guys who want to trash me. For I recognize the market might be "wrong" today. Hey, look at AKS, POT or CLF over past few days intra-day: 30% ranges all around, so "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-2591239980069206312008-01-24T14:27:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:27:00.000-08:00C, you're describing perfectly the plot of "Other ...C, you're describing perfectly the plot of "Other People's Money", a movie in which Danny DeVito plays the urgent little breakup artist Larry the Liquidator. Except the film never had the Japanese investors using cov-light loans. But there was a memorable theme to that little drama: "A good loser is a sure losers." <BR/><BR/>If you want some static with your music, tune in Radio Malaysia Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-61707898499539198042008-01-24T12:53:00.000-08:002008-01-24T12:53:00.000-08:00Nice post - well written. I like the link between ...Nice post - well written. I like the link between the music and the loans. On par with with your friend MM.CDN Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183653753709444967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-4298189187458667652008-01-24T11:47:00.000-08:002008-01-24T11:47:00.000-08:00Take heart.Human social endeavours eventually beco...Take heart.<BR/><BR/>Human social endeavours eventually become self-referencing, disconnected from any but their own reality, and finally entropic with a truly Marxian predictability. Such was probably the situation of jazz at the time Eric Dolphy died. I remember with great clarity the release of Miles' 'In A Silent Way', and the faint, but undeniable and unforgettable, mist of doubt that blew Charles Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486529931043507880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-75391679457972241902008-01-24T10:01:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:01:00.000-08:00I've been slowly (between work and kids) digitizin...I've been slowly (between work and kids) digitizing my vinyl to mp3. I've found I actually like the lower quality in a nostalgic kind of way. But having to put on a new album (or turn it over) every 20 minutes, that I don't miss. I suppose I should just buy the CD's but I can't quite get over the mental block of buying something I already own. <BR/>The don't ask don't tell analogy is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com