Daily Archives: March 10, 2023

Gramophone Dreams #69: Trance Dancing on Maxwell Street & the Rotel DT-6000 “DAC Transport”

Everyone knows I’m a lucky guy. I was born in Chicago in nineteen-hundred and forty-nine, and as far as I can tell, that was the perfect year to be born. I missed the war, plague, and Depression horrors of the first half of the 20th century, and I witnessed the art, music, and cinema inventions […]

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Freddie Prinze Jr. Names Which WWE WrestleMania Match He Thinks Will Tear The House Down

Freddie Prinze Jr. recently offered his opinion about the WrestleMania 39 card during the most recent edition of Wrestling With Freddy.  Click Here: welsh rugby jerseys   The former WWE creative writer shared his take that Logan Paul vs. Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 39 will tear the house down.  “Now, I’m gonna say the bad […]

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Brian Cage Set to Leave AEW/ROH Soon, WWE – Cage Update, More

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Brian Cage could be on his way out of AEW after the upcoming ROH Supercard of Honor event.   It was recently reported that Cage’s AEW contract was set to expire imminently. Now Fightful Select reports that there were “some hiccups” as AEW hoped to extend the deal due […]

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Recording of March 2023: Countdown to Ecstasy

Steely Dan: Countdown to Ecstasy ABC/Geffen Records/UMG, Analogue Productions UHQR 0010-45 (2 LPs). 2022. Gary Katz, Chad Kassem, prods.; Roger Nichols, Miss Natalie, Bernie Grundman, engs. Performance ***** Sonics ***** They were elitist brainiacs. The lyrics were too obscure. Their rhythmic, irresistible pop confections resisted easy description. Yet their debut album, Can’t Buy a Thrill, […]

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Kane Talks His Relationship With The Undertaker: “He’s An Idol”

Kane has fond memories of working with the Undertaker.   The WWE Hall of Famer spoke about the Deadman during a recent interview with PW Mania, where he called his kayfabe brother his favorite superstars of all time. The Big Red Machine praised Taker for his incredible athleticism and locker room leadership, one that carried […]

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Re-Tales #27: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes in the hi-fi industry

I spoke with people working in hi-fi to get a sense for how the industry is evolving. Here’s one way: Some companies at the market’s higher end are eschewing the traditional distribution model, in which a domestic company serves as middleman for products from overseas, buying and reselling inventory to dealers and then providing support. […]

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Penguin to publish “classic” Roald Dahl books after “censorship” backlash

Publisher Penguin Random House said Friday it will publish “classic” unexpurgated versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels after it faced a backlash over its plan to cut and rewrite sections of his books with the intention of making them suitable for modern readers. The new editions, which remove passages related to weight, mental health, gender […]

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Top Matches Finalized for Impact Sacrifice, Updated Card

Two new matches have been finalized for Impact Wrestling’s upcoming Sacrifice event.   Impact previously announced that Jordynne Grace would challenge the Impact Knockouts World Champion at Sacrifice in her rematch title shot, which would be the winner of tonight’s title match between Gisele Shaw and champion Mickie James. James ended up retaining the title, […]

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March 2023 Classical Record Reviews

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Curtis Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä Curtis Studio (24/96 WAV download). Drew Schlegel, prod. and eng. Performance **** Sonics **** The best American conservatory players can match fully fledged professionals in musicality and polish, so it’s no surprise that the Curtis Institute has launched its own label. Kicking off with a showpiece like Scheherazade might […]

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Mexico’s president shares photo of what he says “appears to be an aluxe,” a “mystical” woodland spirit

Mexico City — Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social media accounts Saturday showing what he said appeared to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem to be joking when he posted the photo of an “Aluxe,” a mischievous woodland spirit in Mayan folklore. […]

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