...and yet, I have to work on Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day AND Ash Wednesday. Life ain't fair. Anyway... Welcome to Copper #52!...
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Once every year, a year passes! Pundits, critics, observers far and wide seize the opportunity to assess yada yada yada....
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My last piece seems to have raised some eyebrows, though in the end it seems I came out more favorable...
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Back in my school-days, I found the subject of history completely boring. I realize now that it wasn't the subject...
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I have recently been introduced to the American composer Mason Bates, and in particular an album of three of his...
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The response to “Climbing to the Audio Summit:  Turntables” was truly amazing. The comments really were, for the most part,...
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I wrote about ephemera back in Copper #37. In that column I wrote (and I'm quoting myself because I don't...
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“Roy, would you do me a favor? Can you visit Sammy in Rikers Island? He is stopping there for a...
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I can’t imagine a more auspicious start to an indie songwriter’s career than the one Jesca Hoop had in the...
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Out of one the darkest periods of our history came a style of music that would have never happened without...
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J.S. Bach’s works for solo violin are compositional marvels that show off the instrument’s potential while allowing the musician to...
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In Copper #51 we wrote about the demise of Thiel Audio.  The reality of the situation was that the Thiel that...
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[Back in Copper #44 I devoted a Vintage Whine column to the 60th anniversary of the single-groove stereo disc, first...
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I’ve just been to my 41st NAMM show. I’ve only been to a few CESs, about a dozen exclusively Hi-Fi...
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