I'm getting excited about the Show. You know what Show I'm talking about. I have this good feeling that I'm going to rock it. Hmm, thinking back, I've actually had this good feeling before every show I've attended. Then, I get there, I shake somebody's hand, and I get sick. Disappointed and fatigued, I get left in the dust. The guys call me names. But, that's not going to happen this time. No, it isn't. Today is a new day.

I sound like Chicken Little. I love that movie. Chicken Little goes up to bat, smacks a home run, saves the planet, and makes his papa proud.

Today
in the mail
arrived for me
a demo CD.

From John Marks.

John says: "You can take it to LA with you and it can be my vicarious presence, you can tell people JM could not make it but his demo CD* did."

And that is what I'll do. I'll go armed with JM's demo CD and, with the power vested in me, I will evaluate the shit out of systems.

Here’s what it sounds like:
1., 2. Channel ID and phasing Tests — from Stereophile Test CD 2
3. Ella Fitzgerald — Easy to Love
4. Jane Monheit — Besame Mucho
5. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson — As With Rosy Steps the Morn
6. Glenn Gould — Aria
7. David Stanhope — Sibelius' The Tryst transcription
8. Bill Evans, Miles Davis, et al. — Blue in Green
9. Michael Franks — In the Eye of the Storm
10. Alannah Myles — Black Velvet
11. Donald Fagen — Walk Between the Raindrops

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Stay tuned for JM's excellent, entertaining, and super-informative "As We See It" — A Script for a High-End Audio Demonstration — in our July issue.