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Wes Phillips
The Rhythm of the Heart
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  1 comments
Andrzej Szczeklik muses on how deeply rhythm is rooted in the body. I think I have to add Catharsis to my must-read list.
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The Wand
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  1 comments
Nice animated short that's one part Green Lantern, one part The Monkey's Paw, and one part Brazil—that is, if you also watch the director's cut ending.
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Wolfgang's Vault
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  2 comments
Unreleased Fillmore East, Fillmore West, and Winterland performances available as 128kbps streams. I haven't been able to get it working completely glitch free, but some of these performances are pretty amazing and I'd buy 'em if they were available in a non-compromised format. Wolfgang, BTW, was Bill Graham's birth name.
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Jazz and Conversation
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  1 comments
Add Jazz and Conversation to your list of favorite sites. Intelligent musings and great musical examples—what's not to love? It's free and you get to discover new music you might not have heard anywhere else.
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Wes Phillips
The Walt Whitman Archive
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  1 comments
I emailed my cousin, the gorgeous and talented Jean Carwile Masteller, about the wonders of reading Cotton Mather on the internets and she countered with the fabulous Whitman Hypertext Archive. Both are courtesy of the University of Virginia's digital library project, where my old friend Thorny Staples is helping Mr. Jefferson's university do wonders in the electronic age.
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500 kV Makes a Mighty Big Spark
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 13, 2006  |  2 comments
Don't try this at home.
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Vote
What percentage of your music purchases in the last 12 months has been at a brick-and-mortar retailer in your area?
Stereophile  |  Feb 12, 2006  |  84 comments

If the answers to last week's Vote is any indication, record stores are indeed in trouble. What percentage of your music purchases in the last 12 months has been at a brick-and-mortar retailer in your area?

What percentage of your music purchases in the last 12 months has been at a brick-and-mortar retailer in your area?
100%
17% (34 votes)
90%
9% (18 votes)
80%
7% (15 votes)
70%
6% (12 votes)
60%
4% (9 votes)
50%
8% (17 votes)
40%
3% (6 votes)
30%
6% (12 votes)
20%
8% (17 votes)
10%
16% (32 votes)
None
15% (31 votes)
Total votes: 203
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News
Jim Shannon Joins Quartet Marketing
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 12, 2006  |  0 comments
At CES2006, we were pleasantly surprised to encounter Jim Shannon in Quartet Marketing Group's exhibit room at the Alexis Villas. "What are you doing these days?" we asked. He gestured around the room. "I'm a partner in Quartet," he said. "I've been here since July."
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News
Ribbon Cochlear Implant Directly Stimulates Auditory Nerve
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 12, 2006  |  0 comments
A University of Michigan research team under Kensall D. Wise has developed a ribbon-like cochlear implant that substantially increases the amount of auditory stimuli over the current models. Approximately 100,000 patients have had cochlear implants to ameliorate profound deafness; however, Wise described these implants as limited in frequency sensitivity, as well as bulky and difficult for surgeons to insert.
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Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
Genesis Advanced Technologies 5.2 loudspeaker
John Atkinson  |  Feb 12, 2006  |  0 comments
Genesis Advanced Technologies was formed in 1991 to manufacture loudspeakers designed by industry veteran Arnie Nudell, who was responsible, with Cary Christie, for some of high-end audio's highest-performing models when both were at Infinity Systems. The company was acquired a few years back by Gary Leonard Koh and some of his friends, but Nudell remains with the company as Chief Scientist and the company has offices and a production facility in Seattle.
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