Chimpanzee, the Tool Maker?
Is there an anthropological record of a chimpanzee stone age?
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Let's Put On a Show!
That's pretty much what David Hewlett said. As a result, he made <I>A Dog's Breakfast</I> for less than a million—it's a long tail thang.
The Farthest Thing from Perfect
On Saturday night, Don Fiorino, Mark Flynn, Chris Jones, and <i>Stereophile</i>’s Bob Reina came together, within the walls of Merkin Concert Hall, as Attention Screen. I sat in the audience, watching and listening as these four men exchanged ideas, made music. I'm not going to say it was beautiful. I'm not going to say it was interesting.
Rick Rubin
John Atkinson sent me a link to <I>Time</I>'s Rick Rubin interview. I can see why JA liked it—Rubin's production philosophy reminds me a lot of the way JA edits and records.
Interval Library
Here's something you probably never even knew existed: music librarian humor.
Meat and Essence
Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran ponders self-awareness.
Slangin'
<I>Allen's English Phrases</I> sounds like a fun read.
Have you ever heard an audio system that faithfully reproduced the sound of real, live musicians? What was it?
Faithfully reproducing the sound of real, live musicians in our listening rooms is the audiophile's Holy Grail. Have you ever heard a system do this? If so, what was it?
Miracle At Merkin
On Saturday, February 10, collaborative improvisation band Attention Screen gave its debut at Manhattan's Merkin Hall at Kaufmann Center to a packed house. The event was recorded by John Atkinson for release in May as a <I>Stereophile</I> CD, possibly followed by a limited-edition DVD-A.
Slim Devices Transporter network music player
Is a high-end music server the audio equivalent of polishing a turd?