Partington Cove
Though many of the highway’s trails were closed due to floods and mudslides, Jon and I found one that took us right down to the ocean. Partington">http://www.hikinginbigsur.com/hikes_partingtoncove.html">Partington Cove was furious, relentless, and beautiful. No subwoofer can recreate that massive sound made by the waves as they crashed into the land.
Passion, I said
It was a quarter to five on the last day of the show, and I was feeling good. I mentioned this to John Atkinson. He was sitting there beside me. The bus was empty but for us. We were waiting to go back to our hotel, waiting to leave the noise and smoke and lights of the crowded, extravagant Venetian. The place is madness. All of Vegas is madness.
Patterns, Tools, and Gifts
Every young audiophile could use a mentor. In my position here at the magazine, I am fortunate to have about two dozen of them. They give me inspiration, criticism, advice, the heebie-jeebies, and sometimes even gifts. Most recently, Uncle Art sent me a couple of really neat gifts: A lovingly used Dynavector DV10x5 high-output moving-coil cartridge and a tough-looking Rega torque wrench.
Paul Mawhinney's Record-Rama
Here is the video that people are talking about:
Payday Albums: 1/4/13
Today’s payday. These are the albums I bought.
Payday Albums: 2/1/13 & 3/1/13
I started this Payday Albums project in January. By February, I’d already fallen behind. So, let’s play catch-up:
Today’s payday. These are the albums I bought.
Payday Albums: 3/15/13
Today’s payday. These are the albums I bought.
Payday Albums: 3/29/13
Today’s payday. I bought just one title.
Payday Albums: 4/12/13 & 4/26/13
Whenever I post one of these entries, there are at least a couple of readers who ask for reviews of the albums I’ve listed. And while such requests are quite reasonable, they take for granted that I’ve actually listened to all of these albums. Sadly, I have not.
Even sadder, I still haven’t listened to the albums I bought last payday.
Payday Albums: 5/24/13
Jenny Hval. Photo: Kasper Vogelzang.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t made much progress since the last Payday Albums post: I keep buying records, but the days don’t get any longer. What’s up with that? The number of LPs in my collection that have gone unplayed is growing dangerously large; soon enough, my collection will be made mostly of unplayed LPs. Meanwhile, I’m just plain running out of shelf space. What’s a guy to do? Buy a massive hard drive and convert to computer audio?
Hmm . . . I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.
For now: Today’s payday. These are the albums I bought.