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    Music

    The Next Track

    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.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Episode #137 - How Do You Create a "Music Social Network?" Dec 28, 2018
    Show notes

    Apple has killed off its second attempt at a "music social network," Connect, which was part of Apple Music. We ponder what it would take to create a useful music social network.

    Show notes:

    • Discogs
    • iTunes Features That Have Been Retired
    • Episode #60 – Geoff Edgers on the Slow Death of the Electric Guitar
    • The Classical Music Recordings Discussion Group (Facebook)
    • How to Share Your Listening History in Apple Music
    • Doug's profile on Apple Music
    • Kirk's profile on Apple Music

    Our next tracks:

    • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; two-disc CD
    • Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits

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    Episode #136 - Breaking Up with iTunes? Dec 21, 2018
    Show notes

    We look at some possible future scenarios about iTunes, in part because a recent change that Apple has made.

    Show notes:

    • Episode #104 - The Future of iTunes
    • Why iTunes Isn’t Bloated
    • Mojave Update Updates iTunes
    • Apple Support page, "Update to the latest version of iTunes"
    • Steve McGuire maintains a list of recent stand-alone iTunes installers at Apple Support
    • Episode #122 - What if Apple Does Stop Selling Downloads?

    Our next tracks:

    • Springsteen on Broadway (Netflix); two-disc CD
    • "Compared to What" Les McCann & Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement; Eddie Harris: The Electrifying Eddie Harris

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    Episode #135 - Christmas Gift Guide Dec 14, 2018
    Show notes

    Doug and Kirk make a list, and check it twice, presenting some ideas for music-related Christmas gifts.

    Show notes:

    • Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1
    • Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2
    • Angle plugs
    • Banana plugs
    • TwelveSouth BackPack for iMac
    • iTunes gift cards for Apple Music
    • Technics SL-1210 MK2 turntable
    • IsoAcoustics speaker stands
    • Behringer U-Phono UFO202 Audiophile USB/Audio Interface with Built-in Phono Preamp
    • Bach 333
    • Mozart 225
    • Bach 333: Amazon.com, $523: Amazon UK: £400, Amazon FR, €384
    • Bloom: 10 Worlds
    • Sonos One
    • Apple HomePod Compared to Sonos One
    • Sony CDP-CX355 Mega Storage Compact Disc 300 CD Changer Player

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    Episode #134 - Downsizing Your Audio System Dec 07, 2018
    Show notes

    Chris Connaker, of the Computer Audiophile website, joins us to discuss downsizing audio systems. You really can get good sound with a minimal setup these days, and Chris explains how.

    Guest:

    • Computer Audiophile
    • Superphonica

    Show notes:

    • Sonos Beam
    • Focal Chorus 705 speakers
    • Sonos Playbar
    • Sonos One
    • Chris Connaker's HomePod review
    • Apple HomePod Compared to Sonos One
    • Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream, 8/27/72, Veneta, OR
    • Sonos Sub
    • The Definitive Dynaudio Music 1, 3, 5, 7 Speaker Review
    • Devialet Phantom
    • Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin
    • Aurender S5W
    • Tivoli Audio Pal
    • Naim Mu-so

    Our next tracks:

    • Planet Earth II & Blue Planet II (4K Blu-Ray)
    • Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light

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    Special Guest: Chris Connaker.

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    Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2 Nov 30, 2018
    Show notes

    Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Doug's picks. Check out Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 to hear Kirk's picks.

    Show notes:

    Doug's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music, except for Exposure which isn't streamable):

    • The Clash: London Calling
    • The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Yas Out!
    • Humble Pie: Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
    • Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    • Fats Waller: Greatest Hits
    • JS Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
    • Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way Baby
    • Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
    • Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
    • Robert Fripp: Exposure

    We also mentioned Peter Gabriel performing Here Comes the Flood from the 1979 Kate Bush Christmas Special (via YouTube).

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    Episode #132 - Is the Album Dead? Nov 23, 2018
    Show notes

    A recent article in Rolling Stone says that the album is dying. Andy Doe says that "every word in that article is shite."

    Guest:

    • Andy Doe
    • Proper Discord

    Show notes:

    • The Album Is in Deep Trouble – and the Music Business Probably Can’t Save it
    • Zeno's paradoxes (Wikipedia)
    • Episode #1 – Songs to Albums to Songs
    • Existentialism Is a Humanism

    Our next tracks:

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, et al
    • Baxter Dury: Happy Soup

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    Special Guest: Andy Doe.

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    Episode #131 - Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks Nov 16, 2018
    Show notes

    Musician and journalist Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes for the latest Bob Dylan Bootleg Series release, More Blood, More Tracks, covering the Blood on the Tracks sessions.

    Guest:

    • Jeff Slate
    • Jeff Slate's articles about music

    Show notes:

    • More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
    • When Bob Dylan Saw God (Esquire)
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Deluxe Edition
    • A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
    • Bob Dylan’s First Day with “Tangled Up in Blue” (New Yorker)
    • Mondo Scripto
    • Blind Willie McTell (Apple Music)

    Our next tracks:

    • More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Deluxe Edition
    • Billy F. Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues

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    Special Guest: Jeff Slate.

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    Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 Nov 09, 2018
    Show notes

    Doug and Kirk have made lists of their ten desert island discs, and, in part one of a two-part series, we hear Kirk's picks.

    Show notes:

    Kirk's ten desert island discs (links to Apple Music):

    • Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations, Andras Schiff
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 21, D960, Maria Joao Pires
    • Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
    • Grateful Dead: American Beauty
    • Budd/Eno: Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
    • Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1978 ECM recording)
    • Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
    • Durutti Column: LC
    • Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi

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    Episode #129 - Discovering Classical Music with Timothy Judd Nov 02, 2018
    Show notes

    Classical music is vast. How can listeners new to the genre find what they want to listen to, and learn to appreciate the many styles of music it contains. We talk with Timothy Judd who helps listeners do this through his blog.

    Guest:

    • Timothy Judd

    Show notes:

    • The Listeners' Club
    • Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music
    • Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak
    • Complete Music of Carl Ruggles

    Our next tracks:

    • Bach 333
    • Tony Joe White: Hoodoo

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    Episode #128 - How Streaming Changes Music Oct 26, 2018
    Show notes

    Streaming music has changed the economics of the music industry, but it has also affected the way songs are made. We discuss some of these changes and how music is adapting to the new ecosystem.

    Show notes:

    • 7 Songs That Prove Streaming Has Changed Song Structures
    • Martin Connor
    • The dying art of the great song intro
    • Ramones: Ramones
    • The Clash: Sandinista!
    • Bob Dylan: Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

    Our next tracks:

    • Chiku Za: Honte no Shirabe
    • Madness: Absolutely

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