Nelson Pass On The Patents Of Pass

Nelson Pass On The Patents Of Pass

May 23, 2009

If high-end audio were to carve its own Mt. Rushmore, whose faces would appear there&#151;besides that of <I>Stereophile</I> founder <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/66">J. Gordon Holt</A>, of course? It's likely that no two audiophiles would ever come up with identical lists of subjects, but I wouldn't be surprised if they could agree on at least one name: <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1191pass">Nelson Pass</A>.

Lost gems people should go seek out.

Submitted by Buddha on

Last night I pulled out an album from 1977 and was thinking about how every now and again, there comes an album that insinutates itself into your rotation that never makes it to the 'reissue zone' and deserves higher regard than being left behind.

So, what are your lost gems that you would encourage people to seek out and acquire?

I'll limit myself to two:

1) Karla Bonoff's eponymous album from, as I mentioned, 1977. It's got Waddy on it, and Wendy Waldman, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold, JD Souther, and Glenn Frey.

Landslide

Submitted by Stephen Mejias on

Intern Ariel Bitran sent this around the office today, in an e-mail titled "Crying in My Cubicle."

I have always, always, always loved this song, but of all the many excellent versions, I think this has to be my favorite. Sort of profoundly sad to hear the children sing those great, simple lines:

I've been afraid of changing
Because I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
And children get older
I'm getting older, too

But cheer up, Ariel. It's Friday.

Rather Ripped

Rather Ripped

May 22, 2009

Audiophiles and music lovers may be interested in <i>Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music</i>, the new book from music critic and <a href="http://soundopinions.org/">Sound Opinions</a> cohost Greg Kot. The book is being billed as "the first definitive account of the digital music revolution," and takes an appreciative look at a world in which peer-to-peer file sharing and CD burning are commonplace tools. It can be argued that such technologies are not only blessings for independent musicians looking to gain wider audiences, but also gifts to the music lover who cannot get enough.

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