On June 15, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), US Chamber of Commerce, and the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP) announced an ambitious agenda to convince Congress and the White House to "transform the enforcement of U.S. intellectual property rights laws."
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 11. The move was not entirely unexpected, since the company had indicated in <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/051407tweeter/">May</A> that it might be forced to file if it could not access additional funding.
Fred Kaplan's new <I>Stereophile</I> blog, <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/fredkaplan/"><I>Jazz Messenger</I></A> is now up and running.
Jazz Messenger, June 15, 2007
I launch this blog with two bits of news that should make all jazz fans quiver. A brief prelude: Three years ago, an archivist at the Library of Congress discovered, during a routine inventory, the long-lost tapes of a 1957 concert at Carnegie Hall by Thelonious Monk’s quartet featuring John Coltrane. The tapes were pristine. The music was glorious, Monk playing his most archly elegant piano, Coltrane his most relaxed yet searching tenor sax. Blue Note released the concert tapes on CD, to jaw-dropping acclaim.
Bagheera can't believe I spotted her in the closet with her cloaking screen on.
Huckleberry assumes the difficult "Lima bean" position. Inexperienced cats should start with the "bread loaf" and work their way up to the more difficult poses gradually.
Do your part for research by taking this rhythm perception test.
Well, I can tell you this:
<I>Adventure</I> picks what it calls the 100 greatest adventure books published in English. I'd probably call them travel books, but that's a quibble.
Tim Lott on writing: "Writing is mainly dull, and if you've got any self-respect you'll throw most of it away. It never gets any easier, although it is less frightening."