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Music to make you laugh by
There is a Tom Waits song where he recites a hundred or more catch phrases from TV, radio and print advertisements. I have drawn a complete blank on the song's name and the album but I expect many of you know which one I'm reaching for. It's a pan... 
First song to "Blow You Away"...
Gimme Some Lovin - The Spencer Davis Group. This is the song that "turned me on". 
First song to "Blow You Away"...
The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' 
What is under your TT, cheap islolation?
My Linn deck rests on a 3/4" slab of slate of the same footprint. The slate sits on three ball-in-cup feet and the whole stack rests on a 6' side table located along a wall. The three mushy feet allow for damped vertical and lateral movement. The ... 
Most Honest Audio Magazine?
Yet another very big hi fi+ vote. I honestly can't wait for their issues to appear at Barnes & Noble or Tower. (I choose not to take a subscription so as to compel me to visit the book and music stores more often.) The down side is that the di... 
"oldskool" tonearms
How old is "oldskool"? I have been quite happy with an Alphason HR-100S since 1982. I assume this vintage satisfies your criteria. It has sounded right, or rather not at all, with the few cartridges I've hung on the smart end of the stick. Recentl...