Listening #28
"Spread out."—Moe, addressing Larry and Curly
Listening #28
"Spread out."—Moe, addressing Larry and Curly
Listening #29
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.—E.L. Howe
Listening #3
If I wrote a column for a car magazine and I learned that the magazine's readers were using their cars to run over kittens, I would be deeply troubled. I would beg them to stop. Failing that, I would find another line of work.
Listening #30
"Good career move."—Michael O'Donoghue on the death of Elvis Presley
Listening #31
I wish the domestic audio industry of 2005 were more like the pop-music industry of 2005, with its variety, vitality, and ability to reach beyond its boundaries to move people. And its sense of fun, which hi-fi often seems to entirely lack.
Listening #33
I'm beginning to understand why some people enjoy writing about crazy tweaks like electron counseling and magic listening trousers: When an idea is that new, it brings with it the chance for some gifted but heretofore unappreciated journalist to rise through the ranks and describe it to an anxious world. By contrast, when a defeated and baggy old establishment writer sets out to describe a CD player or amplifier, the product is surely the millionth such thing to come down the pike, and before long the readers complain: We used to like you, but you don't try very hard to excite us anymore.
Listening #34
What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.—Gustav Mahler
Listening #35
"It's rather warm in here."
—violinist Mischa Elman, at Jascha Heifetz's Carnegie Hall debut
—violinist Mischa Elman, at Jascha Heifetz's Carnegie Hall debut
Listening #36
"Not for pianists."—pianist Leopold Godowsky, at Jascha Heifetz's Carnegie Hall debut