Weredog and the Undead Bone

Author's details

Name: John Parker
Date registered: May 29, 2009
URL: http://

Latest posts

  1. Why did SACD, DVD-A, and Blu-ray fail as music surround formats? — June 27, 2011
  2. Hallelujah! — March 25, 2011
  3. RIAA + AARP = profit? — October 8, 2010
  4. Rolling Stone to RIA — August 16, 2010
  5. Extension FM — July 15, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. BOLO: Black Prairie — 3 comments
  2. …and drift away — 2 comments
  3. New Subdudes — 2 comments
  4. New Mika CD lovehatelovehateloveit — 2 comments
  5. Pat Metheny on Kenny G — 2 comments

Author's posts listings

Jun
27

Why did SACD, DVD-A, and Blu-ray fail as music surround formats?

Answer – because people listen to all their music through stupid little ear buds plugged into mp3 players and phones – a fact not lost on Mr S Wilson. Why did SACD, DVD-A, and Blu-ray fail as music surround formats? | The Audiophiliac – CNET News.

Mar
25

Hallelujah!

My biggest pet peeve about modern music recordings is in the process of being addressed. The loudness wars are ending. The kicker? Sales rankings reflect better results for music with better dynamic range. (Note: for a great explanation of the problem, see here)

Oct
08

RIAA + AARP = profit?

CD sales is NOT the same thing as the music industry revenue.

Aug
16

Rolling Stone to RIA

Very nice thank you letter.

Jul
15

Extension FM

exfm

ExtensionFM is a browser extension for Chrome that finds every MP3 file on pages you visit and automatically creates a library of those songs for you to enjoy.  Sweeeet.

May
21

Pat Metheny on Kenny G

On his latest album, Kenny G overdubs himself on top of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”.  It’s a sad tale of the bastardization of one of jazz music’s greatest figures, but it certainly is an entertaining read.  Pat Metheny is erudite, passionate and pulls no punches in describing Kenny G’s “lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, …

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May
19

I ♥ xkcd

The Tell-Tale Beat

Feb
13

Elliot Smith

The live stuff.  Yeah.

Jan
23

BOLO: Black Prairie

As you may already know The Decemberists have been on fire lately, and their 2009 album The Hazards of Love is an eclectic and amazing piece of work that bears repeated listening.  It just came in at the top of Sound & Vision Magazine’s Best of 2009 list, and deservedly so.   But that’s not the …

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Nov
10

*New* Beatles album?

the tape

Some folks say The Beatles never broke up.  What say you?

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