First Time Vinyl Earworm Experience Report: Pugwash’s Jollity

February 2, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News

What Did I Learn From Playing Guided By Voices’ New Album, Styles We Paid For?

February 1, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

So, there is this thing I realized today when I opened the package from Rockathon Records, the self proclaimed “Factory Of Raw...

Balanced or Unbalanced: Which Is Better?

January 29, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Cables • One Comment

As it stands in today’s times, some type of wire is necessary to connect components and speakers in a high performance audio...

Remixes & Remasters Vs. Originals: No Easy Answers (Part 2)

January 28, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music • One Comment

Remixes & Remasters Vs. Originals: No Easy Answers (Part 1)

January 27, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Recently somebody suggested an idea to me which I thought was pretty cool: do a little “analysis” — in the loosest sense...

Little Richard’s Sweet Lost Southern Child Album On CD, Streaming, Vinyl

January 26, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music • One Comment

I recently finished reading Billy Vera’s fascinating documentary-like book about the legendary and influential record label: Rip It...

Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review, Criterion Blu-ray

January 25, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News

Whammy Bar Guitar Bliss On Matthew Sweet’s New Catspaw

January 21, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Matthew Sweet’s new album is a near one-man-band production that feels more like Neil Young’s Crazy Horse than Todd Rundgren or...

Worth The Wait : Richard Hell Finally Completes His Second Album

January 19, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

In the art world, there is usually a point where the painter, sculptor, poet, musician or craftsman has to step away from the piece and...

U2’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind on 180-gram Vinyl

January 18, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

It Sounds Great but Is It Practical?

January 15, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile • One Comment

Like a lot of folks, I enjoy sports cars. If I am to be completely honest, really fast sports cars. Until recently, however, I never owned...

At Least 10 Reasons To Explore The Grateful Dead’s Studio Brilliance

January 14, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

It seems that every few weeks on these Interwebs and social media, I come across a statement from someone who makes a blanket comment about...

Exploring David Axelrod’s Heavy Axe, Colored Vinyl Reissue

January 13, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

The Monkees, Marketing & The Instant Gratification Music Business

January 12, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Last week my music buddy Frank pinged me about a special deal on Amazon for a live album by the remaining Monkees — Mike Nesmith and...

Drummers Drumming: Bernard Purdie’s Purple Vinyl “Purdie Good!”

January 11, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

It is kind of amazing to stop and think how a drummer who has played on an enormous amount of hit recordings over the past 50 years is not...

My New Year’s Audio Resolutions

January 8, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile

Drummers Drumming: Jack DeJohnette & Idris Muhammad Rock Rhythms From Different Directions

January 5, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

The good folks at Craft Recordings’ rich Jazz Dispensary subsidiary unearthed a handful of tasty jams toward the end of last year...

U2 2K: All That You Can’t Leave Behind Deluxe Edition Boxed Set

January 4, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

In the year 2000, a new album came out by Irish rock legends U2 called All That You Can’t Leave Behind. I had the CD when it was...

New Music: Five Recently Released Works

December 31, 2020• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Yes… No… Maybe… Is Colored Vinyl Really That Bad? Part 2

December 30, 2020• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News • One Comment

Every now and again an audio-centric person on social media raises the specter of hatred towards the much beleaguered — and...

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