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By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearnTechnology Music

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November 03, 2017Episode #77 – How to Get the Most out of Apple Music
Doug and Kirk discuss Apple Music, how it’s changed the way they listen to music, and how to get the most out of the service.
Show notes:
Chris Breen
Bach: French Suites, by Murray Perahia
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Cage / Lutoslawski: String Quartets, Lasalle Quartet
Doug: Greta Van Fleet: Black Smoke Rising
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October 27, 2017Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music
Doug and Kirk were teenagers when disco hit. They didn’t care for it then, but has their opinion change after 40 years? Is it time to reevaluate disco music?
Show notes:
Chic: Good Times (12″ version)
The Joy of Disco – BBC Documentary
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On
Saturday Night Fever
New York City blackout, July 13, 1977
Son of Sam
Jumping the shark
Why ‘Disco sucks!’ sucked
Disco Demolition Night
Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
Readers’ Poll: The Best Disco Songs of All Time
Apple Music: Essential Disco Hits
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Lounge Lizards: The Lounge Lizards
Doug: Frank Zappa: Halloween 77
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33 min
October 20, 2017Episode #75 – Movies about Music, Part 2: Documentaries
Doug and Kirk discuss their favorite music documentaries.
Show notes:
Synth Britannia (YouTube)
Synth Britannia (BBC)
Rock Family Trees (BBC)
Episode #58 – David Weigel on the History of Progressive Rock
Rock Family Trees (book)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Long Strange Trip
History of the Eagles
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, The Bootleg Series Vol. 7
The Wrecking Crew
Gimme Shelter
Sam Cutler: You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates
Bach: A Passionate Life
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
BBC Four
How the Brits Rocked America: Go West
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Bruce Springsteen: March 19, 1996 – Belfast, UK
Doug: Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
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October 13, 2017Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead
We welcome Jeffrey Norman, who has been mixing, mastering, and restoring Grateful Dead recordings for more than 35 years.
This week’s guest:
Jeffrey Norman: Mockingbird Mastering
Jeffrey Norman’s project list
Show notes:
Mid-side (MS) recording technique
Owsley Stanley (Bear)
What’s Become of the Bettys? The Fate of the Long-Lost Grateful Dead Soundboards
Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
Plangent Process
The Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 box set
Long Strange Trip
Kirk’s Next Track pick of the Doc & Merle Watson release – Episode #70 – Movies about Music, Part 1: Fiction
Owsley Stanley Foundation
Grateful Dead – Cornell 5/8/77
Grateful Dead – Sunshine Daydream Veneta, OR, 8/27/72
Grateful Dead – Closing of Winterland, 12/31/78
Correction to Kirk’s next track selection. The New Riders of the Purple Sage came on after the Grateful Dead’s first acoustic set.
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Dick’s Picks Vol. 8 – Harpur College, Binghamton, NY, May 2, 1970
Doug: Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers
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Special Guest: Jeffrey Norman.
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October 06, 2017Episode #73 – Kirk Wants to Buy an Amplifier
Andy Doe helps Kirk and Doug understand “make louder boxes.”
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
“You are experiencing audio ennui.”
Show notes:
Yamaha R-N301 network receiver
Recommended Components: Fall 2017 Edition Integrated Amps & Receivers
Richer Sounds
Grado headphones
Episode #71 – Hi-Fi Separates, Part 1: Network Streamers
Bentley Continental
One note about the musical Girl From the North Country. Between the recording and release of this podcast, the show will transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre in London for 12 weeks, from December 29. See it if you can.
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Girl from the North Country, Original Cast Recording
Doug: Dr. John: The ATCO Albums Collection
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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34 min
September 29, 2017Episode #72 – What’s New in iTunes 12.7
Doug and Kirk take a close look at changes Apple has made to iTunes in its latest version, 12.7.
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Show notes:
This Is Where iTunes Is Bloated
What’s New in iTunes 12.7
Here’s Why Removing Apps from iTunes Is Stupid
How to Copy Apps, Ringtones, and Files to Your iOS Devices with iTunes 12.7
Script to Add or Edit a Playlist Description
How to Share Your Listening History in Apple Music
Doug Adams’ Apple Music profile
Kirk McElhearn’s Apple Music profile
Krystian Zimerman: Schubert Piano Sonatas
John Foxx & The Maths: The Machine
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Ghost Star
How to Use Apple Music’s Personal DJ Feature to Create You Own Personal Radio Station
Super Remove Dead Tracks
Track Down Purchases
Music Folder Files Not Added
Find Empty iTunes Media Folders
Apps By Apple ID
Our next tracks:
Kirk: James Blood Ulmer: Odyssey
Doug: Sticky Fingers: Like a Rolling Stone
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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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33 min
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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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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38 min
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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32 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.