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Fred Kaplan
Mingus & Pepper
Fred Kaplan  |  Jul 29, 2007  |  2 comments
I have a story in the Arts & Leisure section of today’s New York Sunday Times about Charles Mingus and Art Pepper—specifically about the happy accident that these two famously self-absorbed jazz legends married women who became equally absorbed in preserving their legacies.
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McIntosh Announces Trade-UP Program
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 28, 2007  |  0 comments
In audio, there's brand loyalty and then there's McIntosh loyalty. Part of that, of course, is that the manufacturer's black glass face panels and glowing blue meters have become audio icons that generations of audiophiles have grown up lusting after, but part of it is undoubtedly because McIntosh is so very good at fostering a sense of community.
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Dolby TrueHD Ready for Primetime
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 28, 2007  |  0 comments
Recently we received an SOS from fearless leader John Atkinson. Dolby is staging a press event on an evening I have a schedule conflict, he wrote. Could you attend in my stead? As obligations go, attending an industry dinner is not exactly the most onerous task going—alcohol is frequently served (the best way to guarantee the press shows up) and you get to hang out with your fellow A/V journalists, an admittedly mixed blessing. What is not assured is that there will actually be news.
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Wes Phillips
Time May Not Exist
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 27, 2007  |  1 comments
Good news for those of us on deadline.
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Fred Kaplan
Newk Alert
Fred Kaplan  |  Jul 27, 2007  |  2 comments
My first entry in this blog, six weeks ago to the day, was a news flash that Sonny Rollins, the greatest living improviser in jazz, will play at Carnegie Hall on Sept. 18 in a trio with the monumental drummer Roy Haynes and the agile bassist Christian McBride—a one-night stand that no jazz fan could stand missing.
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Wes Phillips
The Piano Has Been Drinking
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 27, 2007  |  0 comments
. . . Not Huckleberry.
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Wes Phillips
Bagheera Sings Mehitabel
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 27, 2007  |  1 comments
"my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai"
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Wes Phillips
Apian Polyandry
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 27, 2007  |  0 comments
Why does a hive's queen act so, um, unladylike? It turns out that's an interesting question—and not the only one.
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Most Accurate Watch Ever!
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 26, 2007  |  0 comments
It's always right.
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Curse You Clippy!
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 26, 2007  |  0 comments
Peeved at Clippy the annoying talking paperclip in MS Word? If you're rude to him, he'll tell you how to turn him off. Programmers call this unhappy user detection.
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