Great Names

2015-06-12 ezzy

Cool article about people with changed names/show-business names/stage names.

Nice Look, Texas – The Tale of The Tittywing Massacre

2015-05-192015-05-19 ezzy

Thousands of bikers. Hundreds of bimbos making money serving wings and other deep-fried chunks of food-like substance and alcohol to fat people. What could go wrong?

For $100 extra your “waitress” will apply the “bar-B-que” sauce with her “uniform” and … Read the rest

Remember WFNK Funk Supersite!

2015-05-142018-06-11 ezzy

There have been several branding attempts on WFNK.com over the years, including the funk e-griot, the funk supersite, no fake afros, and the not-so-modest center of the online funk universe, whatever that means.

The point was … Read the rest

Life With PonoPlayer

2015-04-222016-11-29 ezzy

I’ve been playing this thing daily for 5 months now. Here’s more thoughts on living with it (and some new pictures):

The form/shape is still nearly perfect. The only thing it doesn’t like is working out with tight

… Read the rest

Loudness Wars Research

2015-04-162015-11-06 ezzy

I’ve really been exploring my music collection lately* and along with the playback quality of the PonoPlayer, I’ve learned some things about the hated concept of “loudness wars”:

I can really hear it start up in the early 90’s

… Read the rest

Recording Quality Rule Of Thumb

2015-04-132016-04-17 ezzy

Allow me to speak some truth about the recording arts — the overall quality of music production has been going down since before I started. I’ve done nothing to reverse the trend ;-).

This is due to multiple factors not … Read the rest

Breathophile

2015-04-102016-11-22 ezzy

I love air. I really enjoy breathing, and I do it everyday.

It’s what drives me and is perhaps the most important thing in my life.

I don’t want it constricted or contain some odor of unfamiliarity.

I won’t accept … Read the rest

Extended Playlist Mentality

2015-04-012015-04-01 ezzy

So I prayed on it a bit, and I am starting to like the idea I’m calling “Extended Playlists” to organize my digital music library v2.

The idea is simple – develop several playlists 30-50 songs deep. They can be … Read the rest

The Ultimate (Final) Digital Music Collection

2015-03-232015-10-16 ezzy

I’ve got my DAP that plays everything wonderfully. It’s got expandable storage and prices are low enough that I think it’s time to abandon the iTunes catalog I’ve spent 15 years curating to the smallest size possible and build a … Read the rest

Triangle Love

2015-03-182015-09-10 ezzy

More random reasons to love the PonoPlayer, the more I live with it:

It has no EQ. Thank you. The mix is perfect, or at least final. You can buy different headphones/speakers, or run an external EQ if you insist,

… Read the rest

FUNK @ 24/192: Oh My!

2015-03-172015-09-10 ezzy

But of course, why did I ever doubt it?

I worry. More than my cool attitude allows.

I worry about incompetence and greed getting in the way of a good time.

I worried that the high resolution thing would pass … Read the rest

Oklahoma USA

2015-03-10 ezzy

No tolerance for the singing college kids on the bus. The frat brothers and their sorority dates deserve to be expelled from school. Maybe daddy will stop paying for some of them and they can go to community college and … Read the rest

The New Kid On The High Resolution Block – MQA

2015-03-032015-09-08 ezzy

Well this is getting interesting. British company Meridian has come up with something that goes beyond just a format or delivery mechanism, and also involves lossy compression, yet it still looks like a potential future audio technology we need to … Read the rest

Lots of Gadgets Are Spying On You

2015-02-232017-06-10 ezzy

I covered it last week here. Samsung gets called out for their smart TV’s listening and transmitting everything we say to a third party. Very 1984. You might have thought ‘Samsung isn’t the only one doing it’ – and … Read the rest