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Wes Phillips
The Slow, Painful Death of Sony Corporation
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 31, 2007  |  1 comments
Dave Taylor has it right, I think. Sony, once the personification of innovation, quality, and vision, now has none of them. That is the beginning of a lingering death.
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Wes Phillips
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again!
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 31, 2007  |  0 comments
Fiona Maddocks writes a fine rebuttal to Norman LeBrecht's grousing dismissal of the BBC's Tchaikovsky Experience.
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Wes Phillips
Admit it—You Hate Modern Art
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 30, 2007  |  1 comments
That's Spengler's argument in this Asia Times essay, at any rate. Within that discussion, however, Spengler muses about why modern art is so much more popular with the public than "modern" music—and that's the hmmm part of his essay—that music, unlike the plastic arts, can only be experienced within time.
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Wes Phillips
Kid Turns 70—Nobody Cares
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 30, 2007  |  0 comments
Joseph Epstein muses on entering "early old age."
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Wes Phillips
Acoustics From Another Position
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 30, 2007  |  1 comments
"An audience member unhappy with the sound in their part of the auditorium can change seats, but we [concert pianists] cannot," Byron Janis says. "Therefore the position of the piano on stage is of utmost importance—moving it only a foot in either direction can make an enormous difference in the sound and therefore in the performance."
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Wes Phillips
Survival of the Fastest?
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 30, 2007  |  0 comments
Not necessarily the firstest with the mostest.
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Stephen Mejias
Tris McCall's Critics Poll 2006
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 29, 2007  |  6 comments
If you're interested in a really special look at some of the best albums of 2006, you can visit The Tris McCall Report. You'll find that Tris has just begun to unveil the results of his annual Critics Poll. Today, he shares his thoughts on the voting results for the year's top albums. If you like what you read, check back each day this week for further commentary.
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Robert Baird
Billy Strayhorn
Robert Baird  |  Jan 29, 2007  |  0 comments
Last week I went to an advance screening at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) of Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, a new film about the short, creative, and ultimately kinda sad life of songwriter/arranger Billy Strayhorn. "Strays" or "Sweet Pea" as his friends knew him was part, some would say most, of the brains behind Duke Ellington's success in the forties and fifties. The film will be shown on PBS around the country in February.
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Wes Phillips
Following the Supersonic Trail
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 29, 2007  |  0 comments
Using the acoustics of gunfire to calculate the location of snipers. It doesn't work the way you might imagine.
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Wes Phillips
One Last Michael Brecker Post
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 29, 2007  |  0 comments
Guitarist Barry Finnerty remembers his bandmate, friend, and rehab mentor.
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