Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
<B><I>The River in Reverse</B></I><BR>
Verve Forecast
LATEST ADDITIONS
invisible records
As a follow-up to my last entry, I was sitting in my favorite watering hole over the weekend, listening to my favorite jukebox㬎 tunes for 5 bucks–when a couple sitting at the bar next to me struck up a music conversation about what was playing: Elvis Costello, The Shins, King Sunny Ade, Lefty Frizzell, James Brown, Arctic Monkeys, you name it. At one point, talking about the cover art of an album I can’t remember now I said, being the absent-minded old man of the bunch, 'Have you ever seen that record?'
Travel Advisory
I'm going to be on the road for the rest of the week, so blogging will be even more irregular than usual. I'll be visiting NHT's facility in Benecia, CA—so check the <I>Stereophile</I> Galleries for some instant gratification—and I <I>will</I> be putting up new links, just not as early.
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
My friend Jeff gave me a copy of the new CD remaster of this David Byrne/Brian Eno disc—and it's great. Now Byrne and Eno, "in keeping with the original spirit of the album," offer listeners access to the original multitrack recordings and a chance to remix them through a Creative Commons license. They also offer a chance for the remixes to be posted in a daily Top 20, as chosen by the site moderators.
Inside the Ferrari Factory
<I>Canadian Driver</I> gets us past the front gates.
Stereotypes and Scientists
<I>Bwah ha ha haaa!</I> The mad professor is still the perennial favorite.
Notes From James Joyce's Writing Workshop
<I>McSweeney</I>'s again—and all too believable.
Scan Those LPs!
Hmmm. Okay, we're not talking real hi-fi here, but a good read nonetheless.
The Coolest Speaker Packaging Ever
Damn. Today it's 5:45pm and I'm just getting started. At least I'm not alone; Elizabeth is still here, worrying about page numbers and layouts so that JA can worry about other things.
No Points For Style?
My wife insisted that I post this, "the best exam answer ever." Not that it did the guy any good.