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Writing about the idiocy known as the Grammy Awards Show just isn't that much fun anymore. I used to take great glee is slicing and dicing them but they’ve been so dumb for so long that, to quote Mr. King (as in B.B.): the thrill is gone. That said, I now look at it as live comedy, of the squirm in your seat variety. It's always mildly amusing to see the U.S/U.K. music business make an ass of itself for the entire world to see. In no particular order here's a few Grammy 2007 observations.
On one of those occasions when the camera whirled down and across the crowd, I saw Jeff Tweedy of Wilco…
May Pang spills the beans about her relationship with John Lennon.
And, just in case you missed it, here's a lovely assessment of what Maharishi Mahesh Yogi actually did for the Beatles, especially Lennon. Having never met Lennon, it's fatuous for me to say that some of Michael Gerber's insights ring true, but this line seems like it must be: "John Lennon always needed two things: something to do, and something to fight."
My great friends, Omar and Mikey, striking The Audiophile Pose, at Audio Connection in Verona, New Jersey.
See these two smiling faces? That's my uncle Omar on the left. He's standing with John Rutan of Audio Connection in Verona, New Jersey, a short and happy drive from downtown Jersey City, along the Parkway and up good old Bloomfield Avenue, dotted with trees and liquor stores, pizzerias and movie theaters. A very fine place, indeed.
What's Omar so happy about?
This was my first time at Audio Connection. I'd been meaning to visit ever since I noticed their ad in Stereophile, five six seven maybe almost eight years ago. I was not disappointed. We walked into the quiet…
George's smart remote. It's great. I only wish it was smaller and more comfortable to hold.
George's back panel offers an Aux input, headphone output, preamp output, USB port, and bass level control.
George uses a pair of three-inch woofers with coaxially mounted tweeters.