Chalkhills Digest Volume 19, Issue 5
Date: Friday, 26 July 2013
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 19, Number 5
Friday, 26 July 2013
Topics:
Who wrote the book of ... compressed digital music?
miniature sun -looosely inspired!
Dave spotting
XTC on his list
Todd on AP - again...
Richard Thompson on XTC
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: Who wrote the book of ... compressed digital music? Message-ID: <1369159171.2393.YahooMailClassic@web121003.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Many if not most of us, I reckon, listen to our music nowadays in compressed digital file form through little computer-size speakers, or even earbuds. Many if not most of us still have a turntable or two, and a pair or two of loudspeakers the size of a human torso, all of them in working order but no longer used, collecting dust on a high shelf. No, let me stop myself here. I just wrote my longest-ever Chalkhills post and I'm not going to top that by penning an introduction to a book that might already exist. If it does, you people would know and I hope you direct me to it. The title might be something like "Ear Rot," "Ear Candy," or "Aural Fast Food," and it would be a collection of essays concerning compressed digital music files, the tiny speakers through which we listen, and the loss of fidelity and atmosphere we have accepted in exchange for the glorious convenience, affordability, and portability we all now take for granted. Is there room for compromise? Can I keep my digital convenience but enhance my current listening experience? Can the MP3 deliver the goods as well as the vinyl groove used to, at least to the competent but untrained ear like mine? If so, how many kilobytes per second must flow through the pipe to do the job? In the past decade, the industry standard has risen from 128 to 192 to 256. Is that adequate, or should "lossless" be our byword? In 2003, when I began ripping and downloading music, I decided to set a standard of 192kbps for my library. In 2008, I upped that to 256. The core of my library, the music I imported first, including XTC and The Beatles, is all at 192. Would an upgrade be worth it? If you -- any of you, but especially those of you who are recording artists whose names appear on the *King For A Day* compilation -- were invited to contribute an essay to the book I'm imagining, what might it look like? Are you fully at peace with compressed digital music? Are you fully at war? Are you somewhere uncomfortably in-between? Ryan Anthony An independent Internet content provider Tucson AZ
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:15:07 -0700 (PDT) From: LeA <juancarloxbuzon@yahoo.com> Subject: miniature sun -looosely inspired! Message-ID: <1371687307.33543.YahooMailNeo@web161003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> More ilustrations: now, "Miniature Sun" http://the-strip-arte.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/songlines-sol-en-miniatura-yo- soy-las.html cheers! LeA http://the-strip-arte.blogspot.com.ar/ http://poorqualitysignals.bandcamp.com/
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 13:45:06 +0100 From: "Philip J. Lawes" <philip.lawes@plextek.com> Subject: Dave spotting Message-ID: <8C9A6B7580601F4FBDC0ED4C1D6A9B1D0679A1D4@plextek3.plextek.lan> A sighting via David (The Word, Smash Hits) Hepworth's blog and The Duckworth Lewis Method. http://whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/i-make-my-recording-debut-with.html?utm_source=feedly Not sure whether DG will be appearing at the Lords Cricket Ground gig mentioned. Phil Plextek Limited, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NY, UK. Reg. No. 2305889, VAT Reg. No. GB 918 4425 15. Tel: +44 1799 533 200.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 18:40:51 +0000 From: Michael Stone <nedrise@sympatico.ca> Subject: XTC on his list Message-ID: <BAY174-W358F1C9D129FA118C776FED3A20@phx.gbl> Hi folks. Michael League is the leader/writer/producer forthe amazing up and coming funk-jazz band Snarky Puppy.I saw them in Detroit a couple of nights ago and theirshow was amazing x infinity. Anyway, in this interview he lists his five most influentialalbums, which are: Beatles - Abbey RoadXTC - Apple VenusRadiohead - OK ComputerStevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of LifeLed Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Starting around the 19 minute mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrtzTgq46hs Mike
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 08:10:53 +0800 From: Neil Sheppard <shepster247@gmail.com> Subject: Todd on AP - again... Message-ID: <CANn0O5EVCKWYJom2XRDWMYaNX=kN_GCDL=Wh_OyG415gKH-KsQ@mail.gmail.com> http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/may/01/todd-rundgren-interview
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:10:43 +0200 From: Jan Bletz <jan@xs4all.nl> Subject: Richard Thompson on XTC Message-ID: <51F22F03.40803@xs4all.nl> In his latest Q&A, Richard Thompson comments on XTC: "I'm very fond of XTC. Andy Partridge is hugely underrated, a real original thinker. It's a shame that he had to stop performing, because there's no career left in just making records. If you're not out there on stage, you become invisible." See: http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=1941 -- *Jan Bletz* E-mail: jan@xs4all.nl <mailto:jan@xs4all.nl> WWW: janbletz.nl <http://www.janbletz.nl>
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