This week, a Siracusa-length episode on how, where, and when we listen to music. Also, followup on the Rush/Ayn Rand connection, MP3 versus FLAC, vinyl versus digital, how much cassettes and the cassette revival suck, who has the biggest iTunes library, audiophile nonsense and Monster Cables, audio hardware, buying through iTunes versus Amazon, Peter Serafinowicz, Andrew’s new band, Rich’s publicly making a fool of himself, and Matt preparing to head to the Land of Ports for a wedding.
Picks this week: Rush, Hot Chip, and Tara Busch – First Girl on Mars
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Rich
- Sanspoint
- @sanspoint
- Want a Breath Mint?
- Philadelphia: The New Old Philly | US Air Guitar
- The Philadelphia Air Guitar Championships | Philly.com
- US Air Guitar Championship | Flickr
- Hot Chip
- Hot Chip | Wikipedia
- In Our Heads | Wikipedia
- Hot Chip – Don’t Deny Your Heart (Later with Jools Holland) | YouTube
- Hot Chip – Night & Day | YouTube
- Hot Chip – I Feel Better | YouTube
- Look Around You Module 2: Water | YouTube
- Audio woo | RationalWiki
Andrew
- andrewmarvin.net
- @andrewmarvin
- Andrew’s Last.fm profile
- Rush
- Clockwork Angels | iTunes
- “Caravan” | YouTube
- “Headlong Flight” Official Lyric Video | YouTube
- “Seven Cities of Gold | YouTube
- “The Garden” | YouTube
- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
- Beyond the Lighted Stage | Amazon
- Required Listening: Rush’s Hemispheres | First Today, Then Tomorrow
- Rush | Wikipedia
- Rush discography | Wikipedia
- Clockwork Angels | Wikipedia
- Hemispheres | Wikipedia
- 2112 | Wikipedia
- Moving Pictures | Wikipedia
- Jason Segel & Paul Rudd meet Rush | YouTube
- Rush on Q TV (2009 interview) | YouTube
- Rush on the march of time (2012 interview) | YouTube
- Geddy Lee bass interview | YouTube
- “YYZ” Live (Rush in Rio)
- “La Villa Strangiato” (Time Machine Tour: Live in Cleveland 2011) | YouTube
- “R30 Overture” (R30 Tour) | YouTube
- Exit Stage Left (full live dvd) | YouTube
- Monoprice
- How to upgrade tracks to iTunes Match, fast | Macworld
- The Great iTunes Purge | andrewmarvin.net
- iTunes “Perfect” EQ | 43 Folders
- Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered
- Amplified #12: A Kickstand on Everything I Own| 5by5
- BassJump 2 Subwoofer | TwelveSouth
- BassJump Review | andrewmarvin.net
- AKG K240 Studio Headphones
- Jawbone Jambox
- Pioneer HTS-GS1 5.1-Channel Surround Sound System for Xbox 360 | Amazon
- Sennheiser CX300B MK II Bass Earbuds | Amazon
- CloudScrob | App Store
Matt
- Kittysneezes
- @kittysneezes
- KS Tumblr
- Tara Busch
- Tara Busch on Soundcloud
- Tara Busch on Facebook
- AWESOME edition of the album
- Tara on Metafilter
- Tara – Somewhere Over The Rainbow Backwards
- Tara – Somewhere FORWARDS
- Tara Busch – The Rocket Wife EP'
- The Knife
- SexyBack
- WP on Left-Libertarianism
- WP on Ayn Rand
- WP on ‘‘Anthem’’