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Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted. 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: On the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee MUBI BFI Player Nightsleeper - iPlayer Our next tracks: Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 1 - Tana Quartet Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting. 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: Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge Winterreise review - agony and ecstasy as Bostridge and Drake bring Schubert’s song cycle to dramatic life Palladium Lone Star Cafe The Bottom Line Our next tracks: La Folia 1490-1701: Jordi Savall X: Smoke & Fiction If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days. 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: Panasonic Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K Our next tracks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (4K Ultra HD) Kiss: Alive If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.) 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: Cambridge Audio EVO ONE Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees Episode #168 - L'Affaire Sonos and Obsolescence in Audio Equipment KEF LSX II Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear Our next tracks: Radio On Oasis - Definitely Maybe If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

It's tough to make money in the music business. So artists sell merch. 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: Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead parking lot market) Live Nation announces it will drop merch cuts and pay $1,500 stipend to all club acts Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them. Adele in Munich Robert Fripp: The Guitar Circle Robert Fripp merch Handmade by Toyah & Robert Cameo - Robert Fripp videos I thought Bob Dylan had fallen in love with me – then he asked me for $5,000 Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 Elastica: Elastica If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

It's the summer of Apple beta software. We chat a bit about the Music app, new operating systems, and how Apple's AI could affect Apple 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: macOS Sequoia Preview Moom Soulver How to Install Apple Beta Software for macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and tvOS 11 Install macOS Sequoia Beta in a Virtual Machine on an M1, M2, or M3 Mac with UTM "By saying, “Hey Siri, I like this song,” HomePod and Apple Music become the perfect musicologist..." The Music Genome Project Our next tracks: Reformation: Mishka Rushdie Momen Leon Russel: Carney If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

"Don’t confuse consumption with reach." 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: Reach, Bob Lefsetz Glastonbury on the BBC iPlayer Glastonbury 2024 line-up Our next tracks: Robert Fripp: Washington Square Church CD, download Rory Gallagher: Calling Card If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

No one gets up in the morning and says, “I want to be in a classic rock band.” 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: The most popular, obscure, Democratic, Republican and hated music in America Queen Catalog to Be Acquired by Sony Music for £1 Billion Music on The Sopranos Our next tracks: Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas The Three O'Clock: Sixteen Tambourines If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Something always goes wrong. "The grass may look great, but it's not real grass." 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: Episode #278: Gear Acquisition Syndrome Our next tracks: Charles Ives: Concord Sonata, by Donna Coleman) Dog Party: Dangerous If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Doug and Kirk discuss one of Brian Eno's best early albums, Another Green World. 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: Another Green World Another Green World (Wikipedia) Oblique Strategies Episode #164 - Sid Smith on the Life and Times of King Crimson Brian Eno — Everything Merges With The Night — Timo Andres Another Day on Earth David Byrne: Catherine Wheel Our next tracks: King Crimson - Full Show (The Noise - Live At Fréjus 1982) Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track