On October 27, <I>MarketWatch</I> <A HREF="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?siteid=mktw&guid=%7BBA…; that EMI Music's chairman and CEO, Alain Levy, told an audience, "The CD as it is right now is dead." Speaking at the London Business School, Levy said that 60% of consumers rip CDs into their home computers in order to listen to them on digital music players.
As we <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/100406hansen/">reported</A> in early October, Ayre Acoustics' founder and president Charles Hansen was injured in a bicycling accident. Hansen has established a weblog to express his appreciation for the "outpouring of concern from my family, friends, and the audiophile community" and to help keep us all abreast of news of his continuing rehabilitation.
<b>Long Before Deceit and Lust</b>
After the 2006 TDF, even the most innocent of us must realize how pervasive doping is at the highest competitive levels. How much would us athletic duffers benefit from chemical augmentation?
The Library of Congress has posted scads of Aaron Copland's music. Forget doing anything else this weekend.
Huckleberry's decided to be Igor this year. Does that mean I have to go as Dr. Frankenstein?
Bagheera practices her Halloween face.
I just posted my review of the Cincinnati Pops' <I>The Never-Ending Waltz</I> at <I>Face the Music</I> blog.
<I>Telarc SACD-60668 SACD, Robert Woods, prod.; Michael Bishop, eng. DDD. TT: 66:06.</I>
Autumn came without calling first. It snuck its way in through the cracks of my old kitchen windows and made itself at home. I've asked it to spend nights on my orange couch, but, while I sleep, it comes into my bed and hogs all the blankets. It's cold in my apartment.