http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/its-not-your-imagination-lyrics-are-getting-sadder-and-angrier/

Discusses hearing. “Many consumers would be far better served spending time training their ears as to what good sound is.” https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/accurate-microphone-or-ears

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/11/01/quadraphonic-sound-podcast/ https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/recording/the-unlikely-return-of-quadraphonic-vinyl

Four stages, one band …. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong_(band) https://www.londonmusichall.co.uk/four-stages-quadraphonic-sound-eight-albums-one-band-kong-interviewed/

A personal favourite of mine. http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/12/24/the-career-of-bob-james-is-long-varied-and-continues-to-evolve-at-every-turn-photos-video/

My favourite quote of the year (do far) … “hearing the sounds of a blow torch inside your brain … it’s very difficult to concentrate” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-artist-brainsurgery-idUSKCN1OL09L

What do Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, and Grover Washington Jr. have in common? They’ve all recorded a Live at Blues Alley album. And so did Eva Cassidy, in early January 1996. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Alley

We are not The Beatles, said Klaatu (eventually). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_(band)

I audition several products and interview the founder and designer of Etalon Acoustics, from Hungary, here at TNT-Audio. http://www.tnt-audio.com/intervis/etalon_e.html

Some holiday reading. This book explores the essence of jazz from its early roots, to the years of swing and Satchmo, to ragtime and beyond. Renowned jazz writer Bob Blumenthal gives a perfect introduction to understanding jazz. He covers the people who made the music, history, listening suggestions, jazz trivia, and more. Former Boston Globe […]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/20/can-folk-music-save-the-honeybee

“Music is my life without question” http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/12/20/frank-gambale/

I calculated the optimal speaker placement for my listening room using one of the tools at http://www.noaudiophile.com The room is 6.1 m x 3.9 m x 2.4 m My speakers were too close to the front wall, and too far apart. It took me 10 minutes to reposition them, with toe-in to my listening position. […]

“My playing has suffered from just being so preoccupied with writing songs over the years” https://www.musicradar.com/news/mark-knopfler-my-playing-has-suffered-from-just-being-so-preoccupied-with-writing-songs-over-the-years

A sceptical look at the proprietary claims, including audio origami, temporal blurring, and noise pollution. https://ask.audio/articles/mqa-is-this-codec-masquerading-as-high-quality-audio?fbclid=IwAR1CNj17XXWquUTWZmJdBGoFlNbOYcx_VcbST88vTfXsESwLyfUvxjyhgVY

What makes music sad? http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/12/19/in-praise-of-blue-notes-what-makes-music-sad-videos/

https://thehardtimes.net/music/experimental-song-fails/?fbclid=IwAR3lJBKMY61PKSnVtEa0MsS7D3uGd73aG584k5mo27WwO2Xh6J5_Y6s2dIo

Simple acoustic treatment of reflecting surfaces can turn a problem room into a high quality listening space. Watch out in the new year for my case study of acoustic treatment in a local listening studio, on http://www.witchdoctor.co.nz https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2018/12/19/home-studio-listening-environment/

From reviewer Michael Lavorgna: “Let me explain, analogously, how I operate—I love watching movies and I watch a lot of them. This has been the case for many decades and in all that time the screen I watch movies on has changed in size and quality. . .a lot. That being the case, once a […]

This piece considers the assignment of genre to music. Is it sometimes just not really very helpful? I don’t stick rigidly to labels, but sometimes others’ assignments mislead. Best to listen and hear for yourself. Then like/dislike is a better way of discerning. https://www.dagogo.com/a-jungle-out-there/?fbclid=IwAR1-OEJps20OAwpFRDUiOOkUccW3PUiOlDugzNVww7Cz15yhOXhrMy-ZbdU

Trendy audiophile nightlife …. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8490909/los-angeles-hi-fi-bars-gold-line-in-sheeps-clothing

https://www.facebook.com/groups/8393406199?view=permalink&id=10156059189026200&fs=8&focus_composer=0&fr=%2Fstories%2F&refid=18&__tn__=S%2AW-R

A discussion with a video. “each style of jazz—and each variety of blues, rhythms-and-blues, and rap, for that matter—have been appropriated from the African-American community almost the day after it was first heard there.” http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/12/18/the-social-effects-of-jazz-video/

https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2018/12/18/half-speed-mastering/

https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile/audiophiles-elitism-is-both-good-and-bad.html And about Harry Pearson, here.

“Music is the song of, our pressure sensitive, species. Pressure sensitivity is our primary sense and the basis of all our senses. Music is our universal language of feeling and emotion. It is a function of pressure sensitivity derived from our being alive and the force of gravity that we use for everything. It is […]

Her obituary from The Washington Post.

https://www.psaudio.com/askpaul/how-should-speakers-present-an-image/

I’m one of those who desperately yearn for more time to listen to new music. And I have far more time than many (when I’m not away from my listening room searching for music new to me). https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/06/08/deezer-study-musical-paralysis-peak/

Tsundoku is the Japanese word for the practice of buying more books than you can read, and piling them in your living space. Another word is bibliomania. There must be a term for collecting more records than can be listened to. https://www.treehugger.com/cleaning-organizing/tsundoku-practice-buying-more-books-you-can-read.html