KEF LS50s - demos?

[Barry]

Still prefer it to R1, which "charlie for the chavs"

So do I, but that's because "I'm old, very very old".

[Pharos]

Occasionally on odd glimpses of R1, there is something very good, and although the speech quality is quite good usually, I cannot bear Steve Wright as a personality, his ebullience and egotism irk me.

I often compare R1 with R1xtra on DVB, and the latter usually has exemplary vocal recordings, although the music on either is not to my taste.

Is the "Charlie" above referring to elicit substances? I thought the chav 'culture' had died, and that hipsters were the new brigade.

[Barry]

I used to listen to "Late Junction" on R3; mainly to be introduced to new, modern and diverse music, regardless of genre. Over the years I made dozens of (illicit) recordings: but don't do so now, partly because it is broadcast so late at night (23:00 to 01:00), and partly because I have 'retired' my Nakamichi recorders.

[Pigmy Pony]

Occasionally on odd glimpses of R1, there is something very good, and although the speech quality is quite good usually, I cannot bear Steve Wright as a personality, his ebullience and egotism irk me.

I often compare R1 with R1xtra on DVB, and the latter usually has exemplary vocal recordings, although the music on either is not to my taste.

Is the "Charlie" above referring to elicit substances? I thought the chav 'culture' had died, and that hipsters were the new brigade.

It probably has Dennis, I'm a bit out of touch. When I say chavs, I'm thinking of the hoodie-wearing scumbags who regularly feature on CCTV breaking into houses or running away from police dogs.

When I think of hipsters, I have a mental image of a bloke with short but tidily cut hair, a big fuck-off beard and fairly rugged looking but expensive clothes and boots. I think the look they're aiming for is "lumberjack going on a date"

[Macca]

It probably has Dennis, I'm a bit out of touch. When I say chavs, I'm thinking of the hoodie-wearing scumbags who regularly feature on CCTV breaking into houses or running away from police dogs.

When I think of hipsters, I have a mental image of a bloke with short but tidily cut hair, a big fuck-off beard and fairly rugged looking but expensive clothes and boots. I think the look they're aiming for is "lumberjack going on a date"

A pony tail and a soul patch is another giveaway, also seems to be a thing to wear a rucksack with nothing much in it.

[walpurgis]

I think 50+ hipsters look really hilarious, especially if they wear very tight jeans. (mind you, all hipsters look hilarious to me )

See a few 60+ Rockabilly/Ted types around here too, they are even funnier, it's hard to sport a quiff when there's nothing left to quiff.

[Pharos]

I used to listen to "Late Junction" on R3; mainly to be introduced to new, modern and diverse music, regardless of genre. Over the years I made dozens of (illicit) recordings: but don't do so now, partly because it is broadcast so late at night (23:00 to 01:00), and partly because I have 'retired' my Nakamichi recorders.

That is exactly what I used to do, but I didn't record it, and the quality of the music 15+ years ago was consistently very high, one narrator in particular was good, I think Shakira, or another eastern sounding name. The lateness is very annoying, and now the programme seems to include so much of 'smart arses with samplers' who have little to say, that it is intolerable to me.

"When I think of hipsters, I have a mental image of a bloke with short but tidily cut hair, a big fuck-off beard and fairly rugged looking but expensive clothes and boots. I think the look they're aiming for is "lumberjack going on a date"

Yes Steve, and they run a coffee outlet or make chocolate.

Martin, is a "soul patch" a bald spot?

It seems to me that the youth subgrouping had largely subsided, and now getting a degree and running businesses is de rigour; not much youthful protest going on. Maybe it is the expression from David Brent, "Age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability", now readily accepted, that has turned youth into what it now is.

[Macca]

Martin, is a "soul patch" a bald spot?

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No it's a sort of beard.

A soul patch yesterday:

[Pigmy Pony]

A pony tail and a soul patch is another giveaway, also seems to be a thing to wear a rucksack with nothing much in it.

Mostly used for his grooming products, and occasionally to carry his dirty washing round to mums.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yes Steve, and they run a coffee outlet or make chocolate.

I almost included that, but thought that might just be my experience!