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November 25, 2020Episode #197 - I'm Not an Audiophile, But...
A comment by a tech reviewer incited us to discuss who is qualified to pass judgment on the audio quality of devices. We discuss this with our favorite audiophile, Chris Connaker.
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Guest:
Chris Connaker
Chris Connaker on The Next Track
Show notes:
Apple HomePod mini Review: Siri in a Compact Speaker (Kirk's review)
A New Listening Room Part One
A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP
The Next Track: Episode 167, Tuning the Perfect Music Listening Room
Apple HomePod Review - An Audiophile Perspective
Can a Good Soundbar Rival a True Surround-Sound System in a Blind Listening Test? (Wirecutter)
Amazon Music HD Is Still Lossy
Episode #159 - Has Lossless and High-Resolution Audio Finally Come to the Masses?
Josh.ai
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 - 2020
Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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November 11, 2020Episode #196 - Really Don't Mind if You Sit This One Out
Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick is arguably the best progressive rock concept album of all time. Doug and Kirk have long been fans of this record, and discuss the genesis of the recording and the music, which still stands, nearly 50 years after its release, as one of the great albums of all time.
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Show notes:
Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick (Wikipedia)
Thick as a Brick - live in London, 1977
Thick as a Brick newspaper
Thick as a Brick lyrics
Our next tracks:
The Eagles: Live
The Who: Quadrophenia
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October 28, 2020Episode #195 - Timo Andres: Making Home Videos and the Creative Process
We last spoke with composer and pianist Timo Andres early in the lockdown, after he made a series of videos for a recital program that had been cancelled at Carnegie Hall. Over the past few months, Andres has refined the art of filming himself at the piano, and uses both audio and video recording as part of his creative process.
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Guest:
Timo Andres
Timo Andres' YouTube channel
Show notes:
Episode #183 - Composer and Pianist Timo Andres on Concertizing at Home
Alex Ross: I hate "classical music."
Timo Andres: How can I live in your world of ideas?
IRCAM (Wikipedia)
Timo Andres: Debussy — Reflets dans l’eau / Ellington — Reflections in D
ORTF stereo technique (Wikipedia)
Adam Abeshouse
I Still Play
Sony RX100 VII
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Davinci Resolve
MKBHD (Marques Brownlee)
Score follower video: Stravinsky — Symphonies of Wind Instruments — piano transcription by Timo Andres
The Orchestra - iPad app
Our next tracks:
John Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Paul O'Dette
Young-Holt Unlimited : The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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October 14, 2020Episode #194 - Pianist Simone Dinnerstein
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein used the lockdown to record an album of music by Philip Glass and Franz Schubert. We discuss how she built her career, how she recorded this album, and talk about Schubert's wonderful last piano sonata.
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Guest:
Simone Dinnerstein
Show notes:
A Character of Quiet
Paapa Essiedu in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Photo of Simone Dinnerstein playing for Philip Glass
Circles: Glass Piano Concerto No. 3, and Bach Keyboard Concerto in G Minor
Our next tracks:
Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1984)
Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti (Deluxe Edition)
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42 min
September 30, 2020Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?
Is stereo the right way to listen to music? After all, it is an artificial attempt to reproduce the sound of live music. Perhaps we should revolt against the tyranny of the sweet spot.
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Show notes:
Grateful Dead June 1976 box set
Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular
How To: Position Desktop Speakers
BOSE 201 Bookshelf Speakers
KEF Q350 speakers
Two ears - two loudspeakers?
KEF LS50 Meta speakers
Chris Connaker: A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP
Sonos Arc
Q Acoustics 3020i Bookshelf Speakers
Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge
Our next tracks:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Complete Schubert Lieder
Morphine: Cure for Pain
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September 16, 2020Episode #192 - The Same as It Ever Was
Following our discussion of CDs in episode #190, we continue our discussion about these plastic discs, mainly because Doug bought some new audio gear and is now CD-obsessed.
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Show notes:
Episode #190 - Nostalgic about CDs
Elizabethtown
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wendy Brooke on Twitter @ProgRockers
The story of the Grateful Dead Europe 72' release
The Cure: Faith (Cassette release)
A Certain Ratio: The Graveyard and the Ballroom (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
A Certain Ratio: acr:set
The Flock: Dinosaur Swamps
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September 02, 2020Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
We begin an irregular series of key albums that stand out in the history of music. For our first foray into this type of discussion, we talk about The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.
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Show notes:
The Renaissance Men of Music
Exile on Main Street
Exile on Main Street (Wikipedia)
Stones in Exile (Wikipedia)
Robert Frank: The Americans
Exile on Main Street review, Lenny Kaye, Rolling Stone
Side Splitter (AppleScript)
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno & Jah Wobble: Spinner Brian Eno & John Cale: Wrong Way Up
Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head
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August 19, 2020Episode #190 - Nostalgic about CDs
We wax nostalgic about CDs, those plastic (and partly metal) discs that changed the music industry starting in the mid-1980s, and whose popularity has waned since the rise of streaming.
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Show notes:
CD Text to CD Info AppleScript
Dave’s Picks Volume 34
FNAC
Goldberg Variations by Kenneth Gilbert
Compact disc bronzing (Wikipedia)
CD Single (Wikipedia)
BTHVN 2020 - Beethoven The New Complete Edition
BACH 333 – The New Complete Edition
Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition
NAD C538
Denon AVR-S540BT
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: Vini Reilly
The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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August 05, 2020Episode #189 - Renaissance Men of Music
A reviewer suggested that we mentioned John Cage in this podcast as a "cheap marketing ploy." That made use think about taste: highbrow, lowbrow, and unibrow. We reflect on whether we are really the "Renaissance men of music."
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Show notes:
John Cage Trust
Episode #186 - Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani
Episode #7 – Music and Genres
Brotherhood
The Murder Capital live from the Guinness Storehouse
Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After
- Springsteen on Broadway
Our next tracks:
John Cage, Witold Lutosławski - LaSalle-Quartett, String Quartets
Jack Bruce: Harmony Row
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July 22, 2020Episode #188 - Kathryn Williams on the Breath in Music
Kathryn Williams plays the flute, and, because of some health issues, has a unique approach to the breath. In addition to being a free diver, she has been commissioning pieces of music for one single breath. And she's going to try to break the Guinness world record for the longest sustained note on a wind instrument.
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Guest:
Kathryn Williams
Show notes:
The Listening Service: Music and breathing - BBC Sounds
Royal Northern College of Music
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band: Poor Until Payday
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Special Guest: Kathryn Williams.
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Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.