Copper


Gibson: Missed It By That Much

Issue 75INDUSTRY NEWS

Believe it or not, it’s not over yet. Reports of Gibson Brands’ emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy were, as it turns out, premature. In Copper #72 we reported the news that thanks to agreements between the...

“When Did THEY Do THIS To US?”

Issue 75FEATURED

The other day I had the opportunity to meet with a local journalist who anchors one of the local TV morning news programs. He had been trying to upgrade the...

The 50 Best Albums of 2018

Issue 75FEATURED

For me, 2018 was a blur, and seemed to pass faster than any other year before. Was it the politics? Was it work? Friends and Family? No idea. In all...

Top Dog

Issue 75FEATURED

[There is no sexism intended by use of “man” in this piece. Luckily for the survival of humanity, insanely destructive competitive behavior is primarily, if not uniquely, a male trait....

Joni Mitchell

Issue 75OFF THE CHARTS

In 1943, Alberta, Canada released a musical wood sprite into the world who came to be known as Joni Mitchell. A polio survivor whose damaged fingers made her get creative...

Fairchild, Part 1

Issue 75VINTAGE WHINE

I truly enjoy the research involved in these pieces, refreshing faded memories, absorbing facts overlooked or misunderstood in my youth, and especially—ending up somewhere completely unexpected. That’s how I came...

Berlin Stories

Issue 75MUSIC'AL NOTES

KaDeWe  “How can you stand to be here after all that happened to your family?” Her name was Anna and she lived in East Berlin. I met her at the...

You Know It Ain’t Easy, Part 1

Issue 75TWISTED SYSTEMS

Montreal, 1969 Over the last year or so, I have run across 2 people with incredible stories about how they planned ways to meet John & Yoko, and managed to actually...

The Volume Of A Pizza

Issue 75QUIBBLES AND BITS

Numbers, and the mathematics that describe them, can help you with many interesting things, including the volume of a pizza. There are some wonderful surprises hidden in plain old numbers....

2018 Was Really Something

Issue 75THE AUDIO CYNIC

Over more decades in audio than I care to dwell upon, I’ve attended concerts and demos that assaulted not just my ears but my intellect and my emotional stability. Somehow...

The Revenge of The White Album

Issue 75MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

By now, you know whether The White Album re-issue is for you.  I’m happy to go on record, so to speak, as saying that most of these Fabs reissues aren’t...

Telling the Story

Issue 75TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Every picture tells a story. That’s utterly true, regardless of Rod Stewart. And if every picture can speak, so can all the music ever made. It’s always useful to remind...