Copper


Autumn

Issue 69Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #69! The aspens are starting to turn yellow here in Colorado, and  Rocky Mountain Audio Fest takes place October 5-7. Depending upon the machinations of publishing, it will either be forthcoming,...

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Sears, Yet Again

Issue 69INDUSTRY NEWS

It seems like only yesterday when Industry News wrote about Sears CEO Eddie Lampert. In fact, it was two weeks ago—but during that brief period there have been major developments. And yet, really,...

Humility and Hubris

Issue 69THE AUDIO CYNIC

As a kid in Minnesota during the early to mid-’60s, I was a fan of the Minnesota Twins. In spite of having a cut-rate stadium out in the then-sticks of...

Monterey Auto Week Part 1

Issue 69FEATURED

“The Pebble Beach car show is this weekend,” followed a little later by, “It’s all a bunch of stuck up, rich assholes.”  If you’re the person sitting behind me and...

In A Big Country

Issue 69HAND PICKED

ARITE!! This is one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME!! Big Country’s “In A Big Country” is one of them jams that will immediately whisk you back to the...

Fleetwood Mac

Issue 69OFF THE CHARTS

Fleetwood Mac just launched a six-month North American tour, tickets for which went on sale to the public in the spring. That a band formed 51 years ago still warrants...

Education

Issue 69MUSIC'AL NOTES

“It’s your move Roy. The bet is two shillings and hurry up, it’s almost lunchtime,” said my English teacher. I dropped out of school when I was fifteen. Academia and...

Loving the Beatles (In Real Time)

Issue 69TWISTED SYSTEMS

With the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ “White Album” this November 22nd, and my position as the Beatles featured writer for Goldmine magazine, I am steeped in Beatledom at the moment. Within...

Lost Boys

Issue 69QUIBBLES AND BITS

John MacCormick My family moved to the city of Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, in the summer of 1968 when I was 13.  My father had got a...

Paul Kantner Is Dead, Redux

Issue 69MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

[Following the recent death of Jefferson Airplane lead singer Marty Balin, it seemed appropriate to revisit Dan’s meditation on the passing of another Airplane band member—Ed.] He died on Thursday, January...

Why Do You Think They Call it Classical?

Issue 69TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Larry: Greetings, music lovers. Today we have a question or two for The Goddess of Conventional Wisdom—who has agreed to talk with us at length, in spite of her busy schedule. Our...