As I get older, it’s inevitable that I witness the passing of my personal heroes.
Some have shocked me, some have perplexed me, all have saddened me. The death of Kate McGarrigle took me by surprise.
She and her sister came to my attention in the early 1980s when I had moved from Hobart to Sydney to [...]
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kate mcgarrigle
brad serhan
Brad Serhan is a loudspeaker designer.
What he does is marry cutting edge technology with an audio artist’s aesthetic understanding to create truly superior loudspeakers.
In Brad’s case, that often involves creating the cutting edge technology required, or at least applying the known in a new way. He’s without doubt one of the best in Australia, and [...]
in rainbows
Things I like about Radiohead’s In Rainbows:
That it can be downloaded. I’m really not fussed that the file quality means I’m not getting the best possible sound. Between the quality of my ears and my equipment, I can’t tell the difference anyway.
That it is jaw-droppingly good. The music envelopes and invades me. I feel inhabited [...]
