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In Reply to: RE: We typically did not talk about other individual audiophiles posted by rivervalley817 on July 31, 2021 at 11:02:41:
Many years before "coming out" as Larry Carter the drummer, Duster reached out to me, about cables. He was perceptive enough, and thought it interesting, that I did not say what a cable sounded like. He saw that I evaluated cables on their deviations from the ideal of perfect transmission.
Moreover, he understood that I put it in context of music and life. He was very knowledgeable about early-80s details of San Francisco. But he did NOT reveal that he had lived, much less worked, in the Bay Area. Nor did he mention other Bay Area acts of that era.
He let me go on and on, about the Bay Area's late-80s heavy metal scene. I mentioned that Testament's then-drummer, Louie Clemente, used Paiste cymbals, which had a higher copper content, than, say Zildjian. So, Clemente's kit had a more "ssssss" found, versus Lars Ulrich's (of Metallica) Zildjian "shhhhh." When Duster went silent, I did not know, at the time, that he was absorbing what I had described, and taking notes.
Duster would mention that several audiophiles reached out to him, and asked if he and Lummy "were in cahoots." He relayed to me, that audiophiles were wondering why he and I did NOT cover the same cable products. The audiophiles were wondering if Duster and I had some arrangement, where he got the affordable stuff, while I did the unaffordable stuff.
Unlike other audiophiles, Duster did not have even a hint of negative attitude towards my (MTV) generation. If I read between the lines, he seemed like he wished he could have spent more time with those born in the 70s. At least in his emails with me, Duster did NOT call out, slag, vilify, or curse an individual audiophile. He did sigh, "I don't know why Boomers are so intolerant of other age groups, and other eras and types of music." But that was directed at groups, not an individual.
After Duster finally revealed that he was Larry Carter, former Romeo Void drummer, then all of his previous emails made sense to me. When I told him what an influence Romeo Void had on me and my classmates, Duster seemed a smidge embarrassed, kind of why he was reluctant to identify himself. But he seemed touched, that so many then middle-school aged local kids were listening to Romeo Void. Photo above is of Portsmouth Square, not far from where Romeo Void filmed the video for "Chinatown."
Funny thing was, when I told Duster that several of my cousins had gone to (and enjoyed) college in Washington and Oregon, he didn't say much about the Pacific Northwest. Nor did he, unlike other audiophiles, ask about Hawaii. And in regards to my posts on Rocky Road, he would comment not on the music or even artist, but the life event, and what was going on, when the song came out.
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Follow Ups
- Duster was reluctant, to reveal his musician side - Luminator 12:34:48 07/31/21 (1)
- RE: Duster was reluctant, to reveal his musician side - rivervalley817 12:44:41 07/31/21 (0)
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