The album isn't dead. Doug has been discovering new ways to listen to albums in Apple's Music app. We also chat a bit about the good old days, when you could tweak macOS. Remember ResEdit?
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Back in the day, everything was recorded on tape. Tape is deteriorating, and some people are trying to restore old recordings before they crumble.
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Lots of people have gift guides this time of year, but we decided to talk about how we don't really need anything at this time of year and have nothing to recommend to others.
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Kirk recently read Cameron Crowe's memoir The Uncool, about his experience writing about music, notably for Rolling Stone. Doug and Kirk reflect on rock music journalism.
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Kirk was invited by Amazon to be part of a focus group for a forthcoming film on Amazon Prime. He talks about the experience, and he and Doug discuss the key economic difference between music streaming and video streaming.
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Bruce Springsteen has released a four-disc set around his 1982 acoustic album Nebraska, including electric versions of many of the songs.
"You could multi-track right in the bathroom."
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Why are there so many biopics about musicians lately? Follow the money...
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Apple's new operating systems are out, all numbered 26, and Doug and Kirk discuss changes to the Music app.
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It's hard for us to remember, but there was a time before there was recorded music. How did people hear music?
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Some musicians fight to get control of their old music, and others sell off their back catalog. Songs are just another commodity in the capitalist system.
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Lots of artists record and perform covers, songs written and recorded by other songwriters. We discuss covers, and Doug explains the origin of the term.
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We discuss AI music, and how most musicians don't make money. Then we have some thoughts about podcast listening.
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It was 50 years ago, and as years for popular music go, 1975 was a doozy.
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After our previous episode discussing double albums, we wondered where to go next. We decided to turn the podcast up a notch, and discuss triple albums; much rarer than double albums, but many of them are landmarks in the history of rock music.
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We talk about double albums, which used to be a thing back in the LP day. They were special, because having an album with twice the music was (almost always) great. But they disappeared starting with the CD era and, now with digital, they don't exist any more. We talk about great double albums.
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Doug and Kirk discuss some of the things they like and dislike about the current state of audio equipment and the music industry.
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Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Doug has been a gamer for a long time, but Kirk only recently converted. We talk about how gaming is part of our leisure activity.
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AI is everywhere. It hasn't really affected music yet, or has it?
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Wired editor Chris Anderson came up with the idea of "the long tail" in 2004, suggesting that older books, music, and other creative works would continue to sell in small amounts, making enough money over time for these creators to survive. He was wrong. Very wrong.
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Composer and pianist Timo Andres wrote extensive listening notes for the new box set of Steve Reich's Collected Works. We talk with him about this composer whose work over the past five decades has been incredibly influential.
"I went everyone to listen to music in a more abstract way."
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.