Welcome to Copper #72! It's a cliche' that travel expands the mind, but there is truth in it. Having just been in ...
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I’ve just seen a documentary about a food writer. It was inspiring, it made me think—about what critics can accomplish,...
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I was trying to figure out when and where I first tried my hand at writing lyrics. The first time...
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Somewhere over Brazil, 11/10/18: When we write about listening to music, we often refer to blacker backgrounds, greater inter-transient depth---and...
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I wouldn’t normally give a “Rack Filler” CD a moment’s thought, but here I am actually recommending one! 40 Most...
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Although The Beatles were my “jumping off point” in my rock ‘n’ roll dreams, they did not give me the...
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We've looked at a variety of methods of making music---or at least generating a signal--- from a record groove. We've...
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As a kid growing up in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1950s, it was not at all unusual to receive a...
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James Taylor turned 70 this year. Before the Boston-born and North Carolina-bred songwriter struck out on his own, he sang...
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If you grew up in the 80's, as I did, then you remember this song being IMPOSSIBLE to escape. "Take...
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The Lord was walking through the Garden. He was knitting what would one day be known as a Rubik’s Cube...
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A classic recording of Mozart’s six so-called Haydn Quartets has been reissued as part of a box set, and that’s...
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Not all bankruptcies are alike. The two forms generally seen in business are Chapter 7 and Chapter 11; the "chapter"...
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Since coming into existence 70 years ago and still going strong, the Audio Engineering Society has hosted conventions that have...
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[Ken Fritz has abilities and ambition that put most of us to shame. Ken decided to build his own speakers---and...
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