The Big Sort

The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart [Audiobook]

The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart [Audiobook] by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing
English | July 11, 2017 | ASIN: B073D8FR6G | M4A@64 kbps | 12h 20m | 328 MB
Narrator: Paul Brion
Duke Ellington - Recollections of the Big Band Era (1974) [Japanese Edition 2012]

Duke Ellington - Recollections of the Big Band Era (1974) [Japanese Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 467 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 175 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27050)

This CD consists of the recordings of big-band standards that Duke Ellington originally did for Reprise in the early '60s. One suspects there was a quid pro quo here - he would cut these '30s and '40s standards, which were certain to make money, for Reprise, and that same label, in turn, would record his symphonic music. The material is done in a smooth, swinging style, more laid-back than what the Count Basie orchestra of the same period would have done with this same stuff ("One O'Clock Jump" is included here as one of ten bonus tracks), but with enough fire and boundless elegance to make it more than worthwhile. Highlights include "Minnie the Moocher," "Cherokee," "Ciribiribin," "Contrasts," "Smoke Rings," "Woodchopper's Ball," "Rhapsody in Blue," and "Tuxedo Junction"…

The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 9, 2023
The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)

The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 340 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans included
Classic Rock | Label: MCA | # MCAD-5822 | Time: 00:44:25

Released in late 1986, "Think Visual" is the first album the Kinks did for MCA Records. Arista Records seemingly sensed that the Kinks period of commercial renaissance was over following the dropoff in sales of 1984's "Word Of Mouth". Indeed, the sales dropoff continued with "Think Visual", but don't let that fool you. "Think Visual" is an engaging, spirited rock record that no Kinks fan should be without.

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)  Music

Posted by v3122 at April 8, 2017
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1998 | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, UDCD 730 | ~ 372 or 133 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 25 Mb
New Wave, Pop Rock

If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs from the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band's music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication…
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985) [Non-Remastered]

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 263 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 95 Mb | Scans ~ 204 Mb
New Wave, Art Pop, Pop/Rock | Label: Mercury | # 824 300-2 | Time: 00:41:50

Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the British rock/pop band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Mercury Records in most countries and distributed internationally by Phonogram Inc. The album peaked at number two in the UK and number one in the US and Canada. It spawned the international hit singles "Mothers Talk", "Shout", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Head Over Heels", and "I Believe". It remains their best-selling album to date. Songs from the Big Chair has been included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In a retrospective review published on AllMusic, Stanton Swihart wrote: "In the loping, percolating 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', Tears for Fears perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the mid-'80s while impossibly managing to also create a dreamy, timeless pop classic. Songs from the Big Chair is one of the finest statements of the decade."

The Big Take (2018)  Movies

Posted by Without at Sept. 4, 2018
The Big Take (2018)

The Big Take (2018)
HDRip | AVI | 720x304 | XviD@1852 kb/s | English AC3@384 kb/s
Subs: English | 6 channels | 1 h 18 min | 1.22 GB
WEB-DL 720p | AVI | 1280x526 | XviD@4831 kb/s | English AC3@384 kb/s
Subs: English | 6 channels | 1 h 18 min | 2.85 GB
WEB-DL 1080p | MKV | 1916x788 | AVC@4570 kb/s | English AC3@384 kb/s
Subs: English | 6 channels | 1 h 18 min | 2.70 GB
Genre: Thriller

Douglas Brown is a movie star who wakes up to find he is being blackmailed by someone he doesn't know. He calls his agent Jack Girardi who calls Hollywood private detective Frank Manascalpo to sort things out. Frank does well, at first, but he finds the wrong man. He finds an aspiring writer/director Max O'Leary, who is under the mistaken impression that the sudden attention he is receiving might be because Douglas Brown wants to make his movie. He doesn't. In the end, Max does get his big break in Hollywood. Unfortunately, he is going to have to kill someone to get it.
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985) [2014, Japanese Platinum SHM-CD]

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2014 | Universal Music Japan, UICY-40016 | ~ 277 or 99 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 234 Mb
Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Pop Rock

If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs from the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band's music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication…
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985) [2CD, Deluxe Ed., Japan]

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2010 | Universal/Mercury, UICY-94430/1 | ~ 956 or 330 Mb | Artwork -> 590 Mb
New Wave, Pop-Rock

If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs from the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band's music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication…

The Big Take (2018)  Movies

Posted by Without at Aug. 8, 2018
The Big Take (2018)

The Big Take (2018)
DVDRip | AVI | 720x304 | XviD@1778 kb/s | English AC3@448 kb/s | 6 channels | 1 h 18 min | 1.21 GB
Genre: Thriller

Douglas Brown is a movie star who wakes up to find he is being blackmailed by someone he doesn't know. He calls his agent Jack Girardi who calls Hollywood private detective Frank Manascalpo to sort things out. Frank does well, at first, but he finds the wrong man. He finds an aspiring writer/director Max O'Leary, who is under the mistaken impression that the sudden attention he is receiving might be because Douglas Brown wants to make his movie. He doesn't. In the end, Max does get his big break in Hollywood. Unfortunately, he is going to have to kill someone to get it.

Then Jerico - The Big Area (Outside) (1989)  Music

Posted by popsakov at July 12, 2020
Then Jerico - The Big Area (Outside) (1989)

Then Jerico - The Big Area (Outside) (1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + Log + m3u ~ 343 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 112 Mb
Full Scans ~ 72 Mb | 00:46:34 | RAR 5% Recovery
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave | London Records #8573 81957 2

The second – and, as far as most listeners were concerned, final – album from London's Then Jerico stands as the group's defining moment, containing their biggest hit (the rousing, synth-rocking title track) and best presentation, courtesy of former Roxy Music producer Rhett Davies. His polished, sweeping soundscapes match the band's anthemic songwriting well, even if they do remove some of the live excitement that was also a staple of Then Jerico's appeal. The highs here are higher than on First (The Sound of Music), as singer Mark Shaw turns "Sugar Box" into the sort of epic ballad that eluded him previously, and overall is much less mannered than on the band's debut.