I don't know about you, but I got a little bit bored with the wall-to-wall coverage of the 40<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary of <I>Sgt. Pepper's</I> last week. So why am I linking to Jody Rosen's article on the subject? Because it actually has something to say and says it well.
Keith "tha missile" Bailey played bass for Gong, many years ago. After that, for his sins, he served as Gong's booking agent. He tells the tale of what happened one night in Hamburg when famed drummer Pierre Moerlen went AWOL, Daevid Allen went into a wizardly rage, and Bailey went on as the band's drummer.
Scott Bahneman, CEO of MusicGiants, called earlier this week to announce what he called big news. "Actually," Bahneman said, "we're not going to issue an official press release—yet—but MusicGiants is going to offer Windows Media Audio (WMA) lossless music downloads without DRM.
We were taking our morning constitutional around the Interwebs one day last week when we happened upon an article on <I> Timesonline</I> titled <A HREF=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music… Music Really Is Getting Louder"</A>. <I>Oh boy,</I> we thought, <I>a mainstream outlet is catching on to the whole issue of dynamic compression</I>—a subject we have inveighed against repeatedly over the years. (JA first preached that particular sermon back in <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/asweseeit/177/">1999</A>.)
As much as I loved the zen of sourdough maintenance and loved the resulting loaves, I gave up my weekly baking sessions because of the "tyranny of the dough." Honest to God, it was like having another pet—worse, in some ways. Huck and Bagheera are cute enough that we can get cat-sitters when we travel. Ever tried to get anybody to feed your sourdough starter?
Bagheera makes sure I get her good side.
Huckleberry signals for more canned mice.
Daniela Edburg chronicles death by Oreos, M&Ms, and all our little binges.
Fifty things you ought to know by age 50.
Is there a better Bob Wills clip than this? I've never seen it, if so. BTW, these were designed to be rear-projected, so everything is reversed —that's why Wills, Joe Holley, Bobby Koefer, and Cotton Whittington all seem to be playing leftie.
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