Ms. Ruth Brown!
If, when reading Ahmet Ertegun obituaries, you saw references to Atlantic Records as "the house that Brown built," and wondered why, here's why.
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An Enthusiastic "WTF?"
Well, <i>I</i> knew, of course. But, in addition to all sorts of great and suite-clearing music, CES (and the renegade T.H.E. Show) will be an absolute explosion of new audio gear and gadgetry. How do I know? I know because I've got the press releases that say so. They keep coming and coming. I've got an Outlook folder dedicated to them. Why don't I share those releases with you?
The Bebop Bentley
Over at <I>Rifftides</I>, Doug Ramsey has a lovely recollection of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter and her Bentley S1.
50 Worst Musical Artists?
JA sends along this 2003 <I>Blender</I> article, urging everyone to take the test at the end.
Tired of All That Holiday Music?
Here, wash out your ears with "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Call That a Knife?
My problem with the Swiss Army Knife has always been that it was a pretty lousy <I>knife</I>—the steel used for blades was hard to sharpen and easy to dull. Back when you could still carry a knife when you traveled, I would carry the Tourist, which had a bottle opener, corkscrew, tweezers, toothpick, Phillips and flathead screwdrivers, and two useless blades.
The Perfect Demo CD
As CES approaches, the e-mails and phone calls pour in. Though the temperature here in New York City remains in the mid-fifties, we're snowed under by invites to dinners, demos, and other assorted press events. We mark our calendars, make reservations, create itineraries. As it continues, I wish that all the talk and preparation would come to a sudden end. I wish we were there already, in Vegas, listening to music.
Take Me Out
MLB caskets and urns for the, ahem, die-hard fan.
What Does [Blank] Sound Like?
An audio dictionary.
Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks
We <I>need</I> these.