Landslide

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

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.

The KEF Blade

The KEF Blade

At last year's <a href=" http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2008/010908future/ ">Consumer Electronics Show</a> and <a href=" http://blog.stereophile.com/fsi2008/040408muon/ ">Festival Son & Image</a>, British loudspeaker manufacturer KEF caught a lot of eyes and ears with their shimmering, $140,000/pair Muon. Now the company has unveiled the Blade, an artful, sleek, stealthy looking thing, poised to draw similar attention.

how important is your listening chair?

Not talking about it being comfortable, or that it can hold your beer whilst you listen (tho I agree both of them are very important, one far more so than the other!!) but more along the lines of 'is it an overlooked but potentially important part of your listening experience'?

I often notice (when the more important part above is observed fully) that I can tend to slump into the chair more. Yet with that I also feel that the sound can be altered quite a bit (as distinct from the above factor )

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