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Revinylization #8: Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um

I consider Charles Mingus one of the great American composers, at least on par with the most celebrated American classical dudes. With apologies to fans of that music, I’d much rather listen to this record, or any of several other Mingus recordings, than, say, Billy the Kid or Rhapsody in Blue. What makes Mingus great […]

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WWE Backlash 2023 review: The story, continued

Cody Rhodes is continuing his story, but will it have a happy ending? Rhodes did beat Brock Lesnar in front of a hot crowd in San Juan, Puerto Rico at Saturday's Backlash. It was an effective, explosive back and forth main event, perhaps best known for the spot towards the end of the match where […]

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NAD Electronics Presents the NAD M33 BluOS Streaming DAC Amplifier

UPDATE: This webinar is now expired NAD M33 DAC Amplifier Webinar Now Expired LIVE: Thursday, August 27, 2020 – 12:00PM ET Join us when NAD Electronics presents a deep dive into the NAD M33 BluOS Streaming DAC Amplifier, with an overview of features and benefits, including an in-depth look at their novel Eigentakt amplification technology. […]

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MLW Announces National Openweight Championship Match For Never Say Never In Philly

MLW issued the following press release announcing that Jacob Fatu will be defending his National Openweight Championship against Calvin Tankman at the July 8th Never Say Never event from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Full details, including an updated look at the show card, can be found below.   Major League Wrestling (MLW®) today […]

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World Heavyweight title tournament to begin on WWE Raw

WWE has revealed some more information on how its new World Heavyweight Champion will be decided. At WWE's pre-Backlash press conference, Paul "Triple H" Levesque announced that the World Heavyweight Championship tournament will begin on Raw this coming Monday (May 8). There will be two triple threat matches on the episode. The winners will then […]

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Mikey Bats 302

John Atkinson (left) presents Michael Fremer with the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society’s 2018 Founder’s Award. Issue 54 of The Absolute Sound, cover-dated July/August 1988, had arrived in my mailbox. I had been warned that this issue contained a report from Stereophile‘s third hi-fi show, which had been held in Santa Monica the […]

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AEW Dynamite draws lowest viewership of 2023

Click:cnc machining center Wednesday night's episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 776,000 viewers on TBS, down 10.1 percent from last week. It's the lowest audience total for the show since October 18 of last year, which was a Saturday airing. For a Wednesday episode, It's Dynamite's lowest viewership since June 15, 2022. In the 18-49 demo, […]

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Recording of November 2020: What’s Next Vivaldi?

What’s Next Vivaldi? Antonio Vivaldi and others Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, cond. and flute. Alpha 624 (Auditioned as 24/192 WAV). 2020. Jean-Daniel Noir, prod., edit., master. Performance ***** Sonics **** Forget almost everything you know about Vivaldi performance practice, authentic and otherwise, and shush all “shoulds.” Banish from your mind any […]

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Coyote Spotted In Central Park With Incredible Photo

CENTRAL PARK, NY — David Lei journeyed into Central Park on Monday night hoping to snap a photo of Flacco, the celebrity owl that escaped from the famous park’s zoo in February. As he scanned the Manhattan park about 9 p.m. with his thermal monoculars, though, he gasped as a very different type of animal […]

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WWE NXT live results: Women’s Tag Team title match

With the WWE Draft now over, changes are coming to NXT. NXT Women's Champion Indi Hartwell, NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn, Apollo Crews, JD McDonagh, Zoey Stark, Von Wagner, Pretty Deadly, Katana Chance & Kayden Carter, Cameron Grimes, Grayson Waller, Indus Sher, Odyssey Jones, and Xyon Quinn are all moving […]

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