Hitchens vs Fry

Hitchens vs Fry

The link is to <I>The Guardian Unlimited</I>'s podcast of Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens debating blasphemy. You might think you don't have time to listen to a 78 minute argument? Well, think again&mdash;<I>this</I> you've got to hear.

Lists, lists, lists and a bookmark

For those around the country who do not have easy access to new releases or a top-notch radio station, I can't recommend this site highly enough. You can stream the broadcast and browse the site for all kinds of timely info on music. Seriously, this is worth spending some time exploring. I get to listen locally and the broadcast really is high quality.
Stream This!

invisible records

invisible records

As a follow-up to my last entry, I was sitting in my favorite watering hole over the weekend, listening to my favorite jukebox&#15118 tunes for 5 bucks&#150when a couple sitting at the bar next to me struck up a music conversation about what was playing: Elvis Costello, The Shins, King Sunny Ade, Lefty Frizzell, James Brown, Arctic Monkeys, you name it. At one point, talking about the cover art of an album I can’t remember now I said, being the absent-minded old man of the bunch, 'Have you ever seen that record?'

Young's Living With War on MusicGiants - Where???

I've written before about how the much hyped MusicGiants "audiophile quality" music download service is not anywhere near ready for primetime and once again they go out of their way to prove me right.

The lastest screw up concerns the (once again) over hyped nonsense about how this little MusicGiants network trumped iTunes and has exclusive download rights for the new Neil Young "Living With War" release. Here's three links to three seperate news stories.

MusicGiants Link

Travel Advisory

Travel Advisory

I'm going to be on the road for the rest of the week, so blogging will be even more irregular than usual. I'll be visiting NHT's facility in Benecia, CA&mdash;so check the <I>Stereophile</I> Galleries for some instant gratification&mdash;and I <I>will</I> be putting up new links, just not as early.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

My friend Jeff gave me a copy of the new CD remaster of this David Byrne/Brian Eno disc&mdash;and it's great. Now Byrne and Eno, "in keeping with the original spirit of the album," offer listeners access to the original multitrack recordings and a chance to remix them through a Creative Commons license. They also offer a chance for the remixes to be posted in a daily Top 20, as chosen by the site moderators.

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