The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

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.... more

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September 22, 2017Episode #71 – Hi-Fi Separates, Part 1: Network Streamers
Chris Connaker joins us to talk about hi-fi separates. Today, we discuss the network streamer. How does it work? Do you need one?
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website
Show notes:
Yamaha R-N301 network receiver
Episode #32 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about DACs (Digital-Analog Converters)
Auralic Aries Mini
Chris’s review of the Auralic Aries Mini
Bosch, on Amazon Prime Video
Manchester Rock (Apple Music playlist)
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Art Pepper: The Complete Maiden Voyage Concerts (Apple Music)
Doug: Electronic: Electronic
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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September 15, 2017Episode #70 – Movies about Music, Part 1: Fiction
Doug and Kirk chat about their favorite movies about music, and some that they don’t like. This is the first of three parts; the other parts will be released in the next couple of months.
Show notes:
Almost Famous (The Bootleg Cut)
The Almost Famous Stairway to Heaven scene
Almost Famous: the Tiny Dancer scene
24 Hour Party People
Control
High Fidelity
Still Crazy
Amadeus (I said I saw the play Monday; that was a mistake, I saw it last January.)
A Late Quartet
Episode #20 – You Think You Know about the Blues? Eliah Wald on the History of the Blues
Inside Llewyn Davis
Bird
Round Midnight
Mo’ Better Blues
Miles Ahead
Lady Sings the Blues
A Hard Day’ Night
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Bear’s Sonic Journals: Never the Same Way Once (Apple Music), CDs from the Owsley Stanley Foundation
Doug: David Johansen: Live It Up
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34min
September 08, 2017Episode #69 – Brian Brandt of Mode Records on John Cage, Morton Feldman, and the Music Business
We talk with Brian Brandt of Mode Records about releasing recordings of avant garde music, and the difficulties of the music business.
Apologies for the audio quality of this episode. We had endless Skype issues for this interview.
This week’s guest:
Mode Records
Show notes:
John Cage Edition
Morton Feldman Edition
Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 2
Episode #66 – Minimalist Pianist R. Andrew Lee
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
Our next tracks:
Kirk: LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
Doug: The Knack: Get The Knack
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Special Guest: Brian Brandt.
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38min
September 01, 2017Episode #68 – Hi-Fi Snake Oil, Part 1: Cables
Andy Doe joins us to discuss hi-fi snake oil. In part one of a two-part series, we look at cables.
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
A Gift for Music Lovers Who Have It All: A Personal Utility Pole
UL Listed Hospital Grade Receptacles
How Hi-Fi Magazines Write about Cables, Part 14: Ethernet Cables
Ethernet
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Iron & Wine: Beast Epic
Doug: Big Audio Dynamite: No. 10, Upping Street
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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32min
August 25, 2017♫ Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
Author Peter Conners tells us the story of the legendary 5/8/77 Grateful Dead concert at Barton Hall, Cornell University, and its legacy.
A technical note: you may have noticed that your podcast app re-downloaded a bunch of old episodes last week. We moved the server that hosts The Next Track to HTTPS, and this seems to have treated all existing episodes as new. So we’re very sorry for any extra bandwidth you may have used. Note that iTunes also seems to have redownloaded them, so you may have duplicate audio files for some episodes; check your media folder to make sure.
This week’s guest:
Peter Conners
Show notes:
Cornell ’77: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead’s Concert at Barton Hall
Grateful Dead: Cornell 5/8/77
Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead
JAMerica: The History of the Jam Band and Festival Scene
Grateful Dead: May 1977: Get Shown the Light (All Music Edition)
Dark Star Orchestra
Rocking The Cradle, Egypt 1978
Legion of Mary: Dec 14-15 1974
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Tobias Hume: Musicall Humours
Doug: Van Morrison: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
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Special Guest: Peter Conners.
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36min
August 18, 2017♫ Episode #66 – Minimalist Pianist R. Andrew Lee
Pianist R. Andrew Lee joins us to discuss the minimal, and often very long, works of music he performs and records.
(Sorry about the audio quality; there were some problems recording this episode.)
This week’s guest:
R. Andrew Lee
Show notes:
Irritable Hedgehog Records
Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music
Tom Johnson: An Hour for Piano, performed by Frederic Rzewski
Dennis Johnson: November
The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of The Eternal Process in The Midwinter Starfield 16 VIII 10 (Kansas City)
Our next tracks:
Kirk: The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles
Doug: David Bromberg: Reckless Abandon/Bandit in a Bathing Suit
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Special Guest: R. Andrew Lee.
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32min
August 11, 2017♫ Episode #65 – Pass the Remote Control
Doug and Kirk express frustration about the number of complexity of remote controls they use.
Show notes:
All 165 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked, From Worst to Best – Bill Wyman
Episode #64 – Album Artwork in Digital Files
Logitech Harmony Ultimate Remote
Philips Hue lights
The Clash – Remote Control
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Theatre of Hate: The Live Albums
Doug: John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat: Hooker ‘n Heat
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31min
August 04, 2017♫ Episode #64 – Album Artwork in Digital Files
Doug and Kirk tell you everything you ever wanted to know about album artwork in digital files.
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Show notes:
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes
Size of Artwork
Sort by Artwork Size
iTunes Artwork Finder
ImageOptim
Deleting the iTunes Album Artwork Cache Folder May Resolve Problems with Album Art Displaying
Is Artwork Embedded
Tracks Without Embedded Artwork to Playlist
Re-Embed Artwork
Coverscope
Re-Apply Downsized Artwork
Find Album Artwork with Google
Search CD Universe for Album
Search SlothRadio for Artwork
Search Amazon Book Covers
Save Album Art to Album Folder
Save Album Art as folder.jpg
Restore Artwork From Album Folder
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus, by Marc-André Hamelin
Doug: Dan Baird: SoLow
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31min
July 28, 2017♫ Episode #63 – Will Romano on Yes’s Close to the Edge, the Seminal Prog Rock Album
Author Will Romano discusses his new book, Close to the Edge, How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock.
This week’s guest:
Will Romano
Show notes:
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock
Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock
Prog Rock FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Rock’s Most Progressive Music
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Genesis: Foxtrot
Doug: Yes: Yessongs
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Special Guest: Will Romano.
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36min
July 21, 2017♫ Episode #62 – Simple and Elaborate Audio Systems – How Many Devices Can You Have in Your Audio Chain?
Chris Connaker joins us to discuss simple and elaborate audio systems. How many devices can you have in your audio chain? Chris surprises us with some of his.
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website
Show notes:
Audiophiles in Japan are installing their own electricity poles
dCS
Linear power supplies
Cable lifters?
Screw-in pointy things
IsoAcoustic speaker stands
Gear acquisition syndrome
A Beginners’ Guide To Acoustic Treatment
Feng shui
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Matthias Goerne: Schubert Lieder
Doug: Status Quo; The Last Night of the Electrics
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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32min

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