Lemurian Congress

Ladies and gentlemen, it's the newly-updated and fully-equipped Barracks Home Studio. I've splurged a bit during the last few weeks....

By September 27, 1930 the talkies had hit their stride. The technology had advanced to a point where procedures for recording sound were sta...

UPDATE: After you read this, check out my "two months later" review . I'm saving money, right? I've got a mortgage and new...

If you grew up listening to radio pop-rock during the '70s, you may be aware of a distinctive drum sound that has never reappeared. I do...

The last time I quoted a conversation between two prototypical "Stinkies," the transcription was referred to as "a weird sor...

A month ago I set my father a task: find me a car, daddy-o! This is a point-form summary of the results, covering the last week and perhaps ...

Today, on a lunch-hour whim, I committed myself to buying a multi-effects processor. The one I settled on was the Lexicon MX300. I could onl...

Further into the February 4, 1928 issue of The New Yorker, the talk of Leon Theremin's New York recital continues. After the initial one...

The Theremin finally made its way from Russia to America in 1928, and in the February 4, 1928 issue of The New Yorker they make a strange s...

Right now I'm reading "Inventing Modern" by John H. Lienhard. It's a sort of personal, semi-autobiographical overview of t...