As more than 100,000 visitors fly in to Las Vegas for the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, I thought I'd post this shot of an empty Alexis Park Hotel, home of the high-end audio exhibits, on the last day of the 2005 Show. Tomorrow, this joint will be <I>jumping</I>!
The thing I like about lists like this—and the enthusiasts like me who devour them—is the way they serve as starting points for debate. Fer instance, I think <I>Unforgiven</I> is overrated, although I have a soft spot for <I>Pale Rider</I>, which most critics seem to feel was second-rate Eastwood.
Chorus: "Every computer crashes / 'cause every OS sucks."
Steve Jobs apparently hated the iPod's earbuds.
Starting on Wednesday, I'll be blogging from CES in Las Vegas, so posting here will be sporadic—although I'll get a few items up each day, I won't guarantee how many or by when. Go to <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2006/">CES Blog</A> for our minute-by-minute coverage.
The <I>Stereophile</I> editors are getting ready for CES 2006 and will be reporting live from the show starting Wednesday, January 4. Join John Atkinson, Wes Phillips, Larry Greenhill, Robert Deutsch, Stephen Mejias, and Jon Iverson as they file their reports and photos.
I tried to bring together songs that I love, songs that should prove fun and exciting to listen to, with an interesting variety of sounds and emotions.
Take the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders' Distorted Tunes Test.
Jake Shimabukuro is the Jimi Hendrix of ukulele. You laugh—but listen to this guy!