Over at <I>Locust St.</I>, the blog has been featuring an ongoing series called "100 Years (in Ten Jumps)." It's good stuff, but I'm particularly in awe of the entry "1976," which links such disparate artists as Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Anthony Braxton, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, and The Ramones.
Judging from the number of times I've been sent this animated short, it must be the most viral thing on YouTube lately. I can see why: It's great story-telling and it thrills me while leaving a smile on my face and a lump in my throat.
Somehow I don't think we're going to be seeing this one in <I>The New Yorker</I>.
<I>aka</I> the Large Hadron Collider at Cern.
Remember kids, open flames and hi-fi are a volatile mix.
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Many audiophiles find that it takes months, if not years, to develop excellent listening skills. How good are your listening skills?
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc., the national electronics retail chain, has teamed with Sonos, Inc., developer of wireless multiroom music systems for the digital home, to bring "the digital home experience directly to the retail floor." The retailer will run broadband Internet connections to Sonos Digital Music System point-of-sale displays at over 150 Tweeter locations, to give music lovers live demonstrations of music server systems.
Dedicated audiophile and all-around nice chap Bill Leebens sent along an email a few days ago, noting:
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"<I>Stereophile</I> friends:
What, exactly, is one to make of a speaker named "Reference"? An easy answer might be that it will be expensive. Another easy answer is that someone might be being overly optimistic or downright deceitful. Ambitious? Certainly.
