The Man Who Hears Color

American Jazz Album Covers in the 1950s and 1960s http://www.printmag.com/design-culture-2/american-jazz-album-covers-in-the-1950s-and-1960s/

Humanity Still Producing New Art As Though Megadeth’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Doesn’t Already Exist

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/05/world/audeze-2000-headphones-head-fi/?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iref=obnetwork

Headphones (High end ones) on the front page of CNN.

Still Making Audio Cassettes http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-01/this-company-is-still-making-audio-cassettes-and-sales-are-better-than-ever

 

Forever Bluegrass http://bittersoutherner.com/forever-bluegrass

 

Edited September 2, 201510 yr by blessingx

How Hugh Hefner’s love of jazz shaped Playboy’s complicated, iconic legacy

http://qz.com/500004/how-hugh-hefners-love-of-jazz-shaped-playboys-complicated-iconic-legacy/ 

What Will I Hear When My Ears Stop Working? http://narrative.ly/the-sound-of-silence/what-will-i-hear-when-my-ears-stop-working/

Wow, it's been a long time since this thread's been added to.

Here's a good piece on the origins of the Steppenwolf song "Magic Carpet Ride". 

The inspiration is particularly appropriate!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-story-behind-steppenwolfs-magic-carpet-ride-1468347778

Random audio related thing for today: I was reading this article about William Eggleston (photographer)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/t-magazine/william-eggleston-photographer-interview-augusten-burroughs.html

And I noticed in the video that he appeared to have some rather expensive looking monblocks in the background so I did a quick search and came up with this:

http://prorecordingworkshop.lefora.com/reply/46987146/Expensive-speakers-reality-checks-audiophiles-mix-choices#reply-46987146

Pretty neat that his son is EgglestonWorks. I haven't ever gotten to hear any but apparently they are great.

Rarest pressing of Sgt. Pepper's article from Analog Planet.

This is a great interview of the mastering engineer down under that sheds some light on why some pressings are so different sounding.

http://www.analogplanet.com/content/origin-rarest-and-most-sought-after-pressing-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band#tlr27Ei6GZ78KvJq.97

Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening - A fun read that brings up some interesting questions & thoughts for today.

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/01/16/578216674/too-much-music-a-failed-experiment-in-dedicated-listening

Great article... I think I'm at the opposite end of the writer's spectrum, though, despite the amount of time I spend listening to music. Since I buy music in CD/SACD form, my library is strongly constrained by budget, so I don't listen to as much new music as I should (my collection is also strongly-weighted toward audiophile recordings, which generally means that it is extraordinarily conservative).

Instinctively, I know this is wrong because many of my favorite albums have been somewhat random, rather than planned purchases. Still, that Mobile Fidelity SACD of Santana III has my name on it.

Even with those caveats, I have no excuses with access to free Spotify, internet radio, YouTube, etc. We are living in an unprecedented age of musical accessibility, and I am not one to complain.

Not sure if there are other Throbbing Gristle fans here, but there is a NYT article on Genesis P-Orridge and her declining health.

Thanks for posting, Doug.....both a nice but sad article....

Ah man, Little Jimmy Scott’s voice... 

https://longreads.com/2018/11/29/shelved-jimmy-scotts-falling-in-love-is-wonderful/

Thanks Ric - good read - listening to lovely tones now... 

“If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s the Fall,” the singer Mark E. Smith, who peremptorily hired and fired dozens of members of the Fall, once said. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/arts/music/band-name-reunions.html

 

If you were neither the parent of young children nor a connoisseur of animated musicals in 2013, it’s hard to explain the cultural force that was Frozen’s signature ballad. “Let It Go” was the perpetual soundtrack of children’s play dates, car rides, and birthday parties. It stalked your days and haunted your dreams.

https://qz.com/quartzy/1576997/let-it-go-is-the-most-streamed-disney-song/

Meanwhile ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/technology/personaltech/music-streaming-cd.html

An oldish (2012) article about a pianist and his recording of Ives' Concord sonata. I bet Gould would have loved having a computer and Protools.

Great article Antonio!

Here's a video of Gould in some editing sessions.

 

Excellent article from the NY Times Magazine about the terrible loss that occurred from the 2008 Universal Studios fire.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

^ Wow. 

 

Enjoy the music while it lasts. 

We Won't Be Listening To Music in a Decade According To Vinod Khosla

"Custom song equivalents" sounds a bit like "processed cheese food." 

Edited June 14, 20197 yr by blessingx

The sad part is that music that most people would like is easily "designed" by AI or even a moronic intelligence.

Kind of a followup of the article on the Universal fire, here's a video on the Packard Campus where the Library of Congress collection of audio visual assets are stored and preserved.

One thing that isn't covered is the range of items and programs there. Here's a link to their site if you want to dig deeper. 

https://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/

BTW The British Library and many other countries have their own programs for preserving culture.