The Next Track

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. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes Batman: Arkham Asylum Assassin’s Creed Shadows Escape from Tarkov The Long Dark Stardew Valley Stray Our next tracks: Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII Guided by Voices: Universe Room If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

AI is everywhere. It hasn't really affected music yet, or has it? Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Perplexity Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers The Next Track: Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works Sonatas and Interludes - Wikipedia Our next tracks: John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes, James Tenney Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Chris Anderson, The Long Tail (Wired) Darkside at Coachella (unfortunately, the full video is no longer available; here's one song that's on YouTube) Very Seldom Casual, on uncertain.fm Our next tracks: Yasunori Imamura: J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 2 Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

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." Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Timo Andres Timo Andres on The Next Track Steve Reich: Collected Works Will Hermes Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Reckoning Ron Wood: I've Got My Own Album To Do If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Special Guest: Timo Andres.Support The Next Track

The Grateful Dead released a big box set that Kirk will not buy, leading Doug and Kirk to discuss box sets of CDs. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Enjoying The Ride, Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Complete Europe ’72 Box Set New Live Release from Yes: Progeny, Seven Concerts from 1972 Why Box Sets Are Stuck in the Past Vinyl and packaging manufacturer, Key Production Group, reveals its predictions for vinyl and physical music releases in 2025 Steve Reich: Collected Works Our next tracks: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue — Phantasm Viol Consort Mose Allison: The Best of Mose Allison If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We muse on our dream home audio setups, the enshittification of streaming TV, and Doug explains how he has music in his bathroom. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Ruark 100 series Towards Zero Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres Our next tracks: Darkside: Nothing David Johansen: David Johansen If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We rant about compilations in Apple's music app, and some other annoyances. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Doug's AppleScripts Take Control of Apple Media Apps Very Seldom Casual: UncertainFM Apple Music Classical (Mostly) Plays the Right Chords - TidBITS Our next tracks: Bears Sonic Journals: Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, Before We Were Them Spirit: Clear If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

The recent movie about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown, has led many people to "discover" Bob Dylan's music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Don’t look back: after decades of apathy, A Complete Unknown has turned me into a Dylan nut Elijah Wald: Dylan Goes Electric Episode #20 – You Think You Know about the Blues? Eliah Wald on the History of the Blues Our next tracks: Allman Brothers: Live at the Fillmore East Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisted If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We look at Spotify's Billions Club, and discuss how some people are trying to discover the must unplayed music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today Vintage Obscura Lefsetz Letter: Apple Music’s Per Stream Payment Our next tracks: Morton Feldman: Two Pianos and other pieces, 1953-1969 Steel Pulse: Tribute to the Martyrs If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

With the release of Kirk's new book, Take Control of Apple Media Apps, we discuss how Apple has normalized their media apps and, perhaps, finally made them easier to use. We also discus the use of songs in movies. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Take Control of Apple Media Apps Obsidian Casino Megalopolis Oppenheimer Wonder Boys Our next tracks: Dance Craze Andy Pratt: Andy Pratt If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track