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Latest Listenings
(June 2006)

So what are the twisted masses in this corner of the internet listening to in these dark days? In this sour era of the new oligarchy, would it be the cool percolating rhythms of hard bop? The visceral brutality of screaming, distorted metal? The soothingly contemplative wash of Chinese folk music? Or perhaps the mechanical repetition of teutonic techno? Here's what's been pushing air molecules at my house this month:
 
    1.  Paul Simon - Surprise [CD] (2006)
    2.  Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat [CD] (2006)    
    3.  David Gilmour - On An Island [CD] (2006)  
    4.  John Coltrane - Crescent [CD] (1964)
    5.  Wayne Shorter - JuJu [CD Remaster] (1964)
    6.  Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream [LP] (1962)
    7.  Pink Floyd - Animals [LP] (1977)
    9.  Stephen Stills - Man Alive [CD] (2005)
   10. Duncan Sheik - White Limousine [CD] (2006)
   11. Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh [CD Remaster] (1956)


For The Audiophiles:

    CD Player: Cambridge Audio Azur 640C
    Buffer Stage Tube Pre-Amp: Musical Fidelity X10-D
    Pre-Amp: Hafler DH-110
    Power Amp: Adcom GFA-545 II
    Speakers (a): Infinity Reference Kappa 7
    Speakers (b): Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble II
    Turntable: VPI HW-19 MK III (Rega RB-300 Tone-Arm / Benz Micro Cartridge)
    Tuner: Yamaha TX-492
    Tape Deck: Nakamichi CR-2A
    Cables: Kimber 4TC, MIT AVT-3, MIT Terminator 6, Monster
    Power Conditioner: Monster Power HTS 3600 MK II
    AC Wall Receptacle: PS Audio Premium Power Port

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Recent Readings

    1. Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture (2005)
        - Kevin Phinney
    2. Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture (2003)
        - Edited By Greg Tate
    3. Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter (2004)
        - Michelle Mercer
    4. A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (2002)
        - Ashley Kahn
    5. Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie (2005)
        - Donald L. Maggin
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Donald Fagen.
Wayne Shorter.

 

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