Stop - Hey what's that sound?

Thought I heard a hissing sound today.

Turned out it was the world giving a sigh of relief. Yes, we are losing the village idiot.
Better still, a promising character takes his place.

Much to my astonishment most if not all newspapers headline that he is a BLACK man. I thought we were all beyond that already since Rosa Parks, since Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, since... I won't elaborate about it though. Let's just hope for the best now. If there was one thing these last eight years didn't allow us it was hope.

Many thanks to my American friends who did the right thing.

The loudness war

The music being played sucks, but this is a good illustration of what's been going on in the record industry these last 10 years. It's mostly commercial music that suffers this (the kind that needs a lot of radio play to drive sales - they feel they need to make it sound louder in order to get it into people's heads), but the phenomena bleeds into other genres as well.

Rolling Stone magazine wrote an article about it as well.

The loudness war is killing music. Resist!



You can do your part and sign the petition petition.

Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Coming asap, watch this space!
1. Gloria's Step
2. Gloria's Step Take 3
3. My Man's Gone
4. Solar
5. Alice in Wonderland Take 2
6. Alice in Wonderland Take 1
7. All of You Take 2
8. All of You Take 3
9. Jade Visions Take 2
10. Jade Visions Take 1

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955 - 1961

CD I

1. Two Bass Hit Alternate Take
2. Two Bass Hit
3. Ah-Leu-Cha Alternate Take
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Ah-Leu-Cha Take 5
6. Little Melonae
7. Budo - Alternate Take
8. Budo
9. Dear Old Stockholm
10. Bye Bye Blackbird (Alternate Take)
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Tadd's Delight
13. Tadd's Delight Alternate Take

CD II

Coming asap, watch this space!
1. Dear Old Stockholm Alternate Take
2. All of You Alternate Take
3. All of You
4. Sweet Sue Just You First Version
5. Sweet Sue Just You False start With Discussion Between Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis
6. Sweet Sue Just You Alternate Take
7. Sweet Sue Just You


CD III

Coming asap, watch this space!


CD IV

Coming asap, watch this space!


CD V

Coming asap, watch this space!

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

This is the best quality edition of this must own classic ever released on CD. A 24 carat golden UDCD pressing by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. It's not available for sale anymore (you might still find it used for an inflated price). The ripping was amazing, close to zero read errors on first try. Truly impressive and a high step up from the standard edition if your equipment is revealing enough in nature.

1. Speak To Me
2. Breathe In The Air
3. On The Run
4. Time
5. The Great Gig In The Sky
6. Money
7. Us And Them
8. Any Color You Like
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse


You may notice this edition has a lower volume level than the standard pressing. Read about the Loudness War for a technical explanation.

Beck - Sea Change (Japanese Edition)

1. The golden age
2. Paper Tiger
3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Lost Cause
6. End of the Day
7. It's All in your Mind
8. Round the Bend
9. Already Dead
10. Sunday Sun
11. Little One
12. Side Of The Road
13. Ship in the Bottle

Enjoy!