The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearnTechnology Music

The Next Track episodes

August 10, 2018Episode #117 - Back from Vacation
Doug and Kirk took a week off. They are back to discuss their music listening during that week, and more.
Show notes:
PhotoActive: a podcast about photography and the Apple ecosystem
Richard Russo: Nobody's Fool, Everybody's Fool
Nobody's Fool (movie)
Anthony Powell: A Dance to the Music of Time (book; part one of four); A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement (audiobook; part one of four)
Episode #93 – Simon Vance on Narrating Audiobooks
Coming Soon: An Even Bigger Classical Box Set, Bach 333
Our next tracks:
András Schiff Plays Schubert on an 1820 Fortepiano
BR5-49: Bonus Beats (Apple Music link; not available on CD)
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August 03, 2018Episode #116 - Wearing Your Favorite Band
We talk about artist t-shirts, and how they represent a search for identity and a desire to belong to a certain group. And they look cool.
Show notes:
Grateful Dead t-shirts
Grateful Dead store "Art & Home" section
Joe Jackson Look Sharp! button
Our next tracks:
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Alfred Brendel Artist's Choice
Nicky Hopkins, et al: Jamming With Edward!
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July 27, 2018Episode #115 - App Developer Peter Chilvers on the New Travis & Fripp Apps
Peter Chilvers joins us to follow up on last week's episode, where Theo Travis discussed his new apps built around Travis & Fripp performances, that Peter developed.
Guest:
Peter Chilvers
Travis & Fripp apps
Show notes:
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Chapman Stick
Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence
Bloom
Peek Inside Brian Eno’s Meditative Berlin Installation
Video of the Berlin installation
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno & John Cale: Wrong Way Up
Sugar: File Under Easy Listening
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Special Guest: Peter Chilvers.
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July 20, 2018Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
Flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis joins us to discuss the three new Travis & Fripp apps he has recently released, and his various music projects.
Guest:
Theo Travis
Travis & Fripp apps
Travis & Fripp on the DGM label
Show notes:
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence
Slow Life
Frippertronics (Wikipedia)
Soundscapes by Robert Fripp (Wikipedia)
Bill Nelson: Live In Concert At Metropolis Studio
Soft Machine Tour
Our next tracks:
King Crimson: Red
Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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Special Guest: Theo Travis.
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July 13, 2018Episode #113 - Liner Notes, Lyrics, & Ephemera
Remember how, back in the day, you used to get cool stuff with your records? Lyric sheets, liner notes, stickers, and other things?
Show notes:
Graham Johnson: Franz Schubert, The Complete Songs It's actually three volumes and 3,000 pages long.
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs (Hyperion Records)
The Big Book of Blues
Dover music scores
The Sandpaper Cover of The Return of the Durutti Column
The Haçienda (Wikipedia) (Sorry, I said FAC 52; it was really FAC 51.)
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Travis & Fripp, Between the Silence (three CD live set)
Our next tracks:
Travis & Fripp apps
The Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk
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July 06, 2018Episode #112 - The End of B-Sides
We talk about the lowly b-side, the flip side of a single, which is fading away into obscurity.
Show notes:
LP record (Wikipedia)
Vitaphone (Wikipedia)
A-side and B-side (Wikipedia)
Flexi disc (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
The Normal: Warm Leatherette
The Sex Pistols: Did You No Wrong (B-Side of Virgin's God Save the Queen re-release); YouTube
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34 min
June 29, 2018Episode #111 - How They Listen to Music: Simon Vance, Audiobook Narrator
We discuss the changes in the way we have listened to music over the decades with Simon Vance, esteemed narrator of audiobooks, who saw all the great British bands live in their prime.
This week's guest:
Simon Vance
Show notes:
We don't link to all the many bands and records that Simon mention in this episodes; we'll leave it up to you to search for them.
2018 Audie Awards with Simon Vance
Audible Audiobook Narrator Hall of Fame - Simon Vance
Bob Lefsetz, The Leftsetz Letter: "McCartney on Carpool Karaoke"
"Side Splitter" AppleScript
Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Fill Your Head with Rock (Wikipedia)
Almost Famous (The Bootleg Cut)
Still Crazy
Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: The Guitar and Other Machines (Correction: it was released in 1987.)
Family: Fearless
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Special Guest: Simon Vance.
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43 min
June 22, 2018Episode #110 - Requiem for the Stereo
Is the home stereo dead? It certainly looks like it.
Show notes:
Carvel
Radio Shack
Realistic (Wikipedia)
Wollensak (Wikipedia)
Goliath
Bosch
The Good Fight
Sonos Beam
The Best Stereo Receiver (Wirecutter)
Sonos One (In the show, Kirk mentioned the Play:1, but that's not the model that will support AirPlay 2; it's the newer Sonos One. Their products are a bit confusing.)
Stand for Sonos Play:1
Sonos Play: 5
Focal Chorus 705
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 26
Cake: B-Sides and Rarities
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June 15, 2018Episode #109 - In Praise of the CD
James Jackson Toth joins us to discuss why we shouldn't give up on the CD.
This week's guest:
James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand
Show notes:
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Perfect Sound For A Little Longer: In Defence Of The CD
Episode #108 - Buying Records
Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
Our next tracks:
Thomas Dunford: Bach
Dalindeo: Kallio
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Special Guest: James Jackson Toth.
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33 min
June 08, 2018Episode #108 - Buying Records
Doug and Kirk wax nostalgic about buying records: what was so nice about browsing record stores, and what are we missing.
Show notes:
Andy Doe shows how to open any kind of CD.
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Delete Tracks Never Played AppleScript
MusicWeb International
E. J. Korvette (Wikipedia)
Sam Goody (Wikipedia)
Collecting Music in an Analog Age
Morris Levy (Wikipedia)
PhotoActive: a podcast about photography and the Apple ecosystem
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, Hyperion Records
Newbury Comics
Musical Heritage Society (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
John Foxx: Metamatic (3CD version)
Head Hands & Feet : Head Hands & Feet
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38 min

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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.