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Issue 71Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #71! The leaves have mostly passed peak color here in the Front Range of the Rockies, meaning the dogs are running through the carpet of fallen leaves and are...

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The Lion and Albert

Issue 71QUIBBLES AND BITS

From the 1920’s through the 1950’s, one of the most popular English entertainers was Stanley Holloway, who carved out a niche for himself reciting comical poetic monologues in a northern...

What Are They Buying Back?

Issue 71INDUSTRY NEWS

At this point in 2018, many will argue that stock prices are grievously inflated, and are verging on a crash, as in 2008. I’m certainly not an expert, and won’t...

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 Part 2

Issue 71FEATURED

As pointed out in the last issue of Copper, the biggest news at RMAF 2018 had to do with the new venue for 2019. But that doesn’t mean that there was nothing new...

BASS! How Low Can You Go? (Or: Another Take on ...

Issue 71FEATURED

This article’s title was taken from the great Chuck D who reprised his vocals for the 1991 Public Enemy/Anthrax video “Bring the Noise,” one of the earliest Rap/Rock partnerships along...

And The Beat Goes On

Issue 71MUSIC TO MY EARS

I have a recurring dream. I’m standing backstage at a theater of some kind and the curtain is closed. Next to me is a guy whose name apparently is Fred...

The Clash

Issue 71OFF THE CHARTS

It’s one thing to help invent a genre, but it’s quite another to continue inventing and developing that genre into the next generation. That’s a particularly impressive feat when you...

Masumi

Issue 71MUSIC'AL NOTES

“Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?” “Yes,” she replied, to my great astonishment. I was on a business trip to Europe and as my timing happened to...

Wild About Harry, Redux

Issue 71MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

[Having recently brought up J. Gordon Holt, it seems only fair that we bring up Dan’s memories of the other giant of American audio writing–-Ed.] Some time ago, I wrote,...

More Mostly Quiet Music

Issue 71TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Have we today forgotten how to speak softly and with grace, or is the real danger that we aren’t screaming loudly enough?  —Sean Shibe That’s how the BBC’s Kate Molleson leads...

Liminal Messages

Issue 71THE AUDIO CYNIC

I rarely notice ads, other than to be irritated by them. In my car, I listen to a local listener-supported station, largely to avoid ads (I mostly like the music—but...

Elton Saved My (Rock 'N' Roll) Life Tonight

Issue 71TWISTED SYSTEMS

Last Friday, I attended Elton John’s concert at Madison Square Garden, with amazing seats, courtesy of a good friend, Jay Marciano, CEO of AEG. I will get into what transpired,...

50 Ways to Read a Record Part 6

Issue 71VINTAGE WHINE

As we know from old issues of Popular Science and similar mags that were full of hovercraft “you can build in your basement!!”—once a technology becomes mature, adventurous experimenters try to side-step that...