A Robbie Basho's concert leaflet
My friend Michele found this one-of-a-kind cover of a long forgotten vinyl disc by Robbie Basho, "Venus in Cancer" on Blue Thumb label which Robbie himself shipped to Italy in early '80s.He apparently...
View ArticleNeumann DMT - the mono Neumann cartridge...
More elusive than the stereo sister, the Neumann DST (...), here is a REALLY sought after cartridge...WOW! This is the cartridge for a (mono lover) King!
View ArticleRobbie Basho remembered at the Avatar Meher Baba Center of So. California
A very, VERY important event will be held on next Sunday, March, 9th...... I sincerely hope and trust that the public attention given to the a.m. event will also - and at last - give access to the...
View ArticleNikolas Tesla... resurrected in the name of audio?
An hero, a scientist, an eccentric, an inventor... now an hi-end brand-name?... no comment!
View ArticleNAT Audio Eimac 450TH DHT monoblocks...
Impressive... maybe dangerous lava-like anode giant triode with pets and kids around... but soooo cool without the glass windshield!
View ArticleClaus Jäckle's AcousticPlan "Vadi" - The most elegant disk player ever?
Love it... the minimalist display... and the right size track shown...
View ArticleNYC News... Academy Records Annex... and the vinyl garbage
Sad news... anyway...Too bad...
View ArticleMusings
... for most artists... and bloggers, as well:-)))... thanks to Melanie for the above... so true!
View ArticleWood discs...
... sure not a viable alternative to our beloved, cherished vinyls, yet... cool looking at the poor Audio Technica cartridge reading the wooden grooves...
View ArticleDieter Rams' Quads - the Braun LE-1
Braun's amp, tuner, and LE-1 speaker, made in West-Germany, under QUAD's blessing.Superb electrstatic LE-1 speaker and stand... notice the unconnected mains plug... soooo cute... the Quad ESL 57 in...
View ArticleFlea market's nuggets - John Lennon & Yoko Ono last complete interview, Dec....
Only an handful days after this in-deep interview, John was shot in NYC...A very, VERY interesting little book, where the empathy, the melting together of Yoko and John, is so tangible and painful,...
View ArticleGarrardzilla - old & new... new & old
After swapping months ago from Schick arm to The Peak, I had an heavy laziness attack... I listened to my audio system swapping from open-reel to disk to vinyl... but, when listening to vinyl on...
View ArticlePaul Bley & Gary Peacock - Mindset - Soul Note (1997) - Best double-bass...
I'm almost sure, pals... this is the VERY best recording of double-bass I'm aware of... and, believe me, I'm quite an obsessive double-bass music collector with more than 100 different discs on the...
View ArticleMusic
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music" - Aldous Huxley"There is no scientific proof of existence of music" - Albert EinsteinWondering "why" so many pixes and...
View ArticlePonomusic
Breaking news in sharing and dealing with music files... FLAC as a standard... WOW!Neil Young - the man who always supported vinyl - cannot be wrong!Thanking my friend Reinhard... also very seldom...
View ArticlePiers Faccini
This artist is a maven... hinting - talking about guitar playing style - to Ali Farka Toure, Tinariwen, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake (for the voice, as well)... BUT still remaining Piers Facccini...... an...
View ArticleRotary Signal Emitting vinyl disc from Brasil by Papo de Vinyl Big Chico and...
Almost disturbing, but a clever and cool idea...Buscalo!
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