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"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

Continuing with our multi-episode arc, we discuss the joys of listening to 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: My New Vitsœ Shelves Have Freed Up Space in My Office Another Timbre Episode #155 - Running a Small Record Label: Another Timbre Dave's Picks Vol. 50: Palladium, New York City, NY 5/3/77 Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas Our next tracks: Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Simple Minds: Empires and Dance If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Kirk buys new audio gear for the first time in several years. Tech doesn't always work. 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: NAD C 3050 amplifier NAD BluOS module Cambridge Audio CXA61 amplifier Belkin SoundForm Connect AirPlay 2 Adapter CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock Our next tracks: Durutti Column: Vini Reilly 35th Anniversary Edition The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Tech is full of surprises. 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: NAD C 538 CD Player Episode #177 - Author Michael Connelly on Music in the Harry Bosch Novels and TV Series Our next tracks: Original Cast Recording: Girl from the North Country Thurston Moore: By the Fire If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We discuss lyrics in popular music. Have they become simpler and angrier over the years? 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: Billie Eilish Clarifies Comments About ‘Wasteful’ Vinyl Variants: ‘I Wasn’t Singling Anyone Out’ Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last five decades Genius Our next tracks: Timo Andres: The Blind Banister The Hanging Stars: On a Golden Shore If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or GAS, affects people with many interests: musicians, photographers, and audiophiles. We discuss how this syndrome can affect people, and why people just want to keep buying more gear. 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 150 DELOREAN EDITION All-in-One Player The 7 key stages of Gear Acquisition Syndrome Kyusu Our next tracks: Max Richter: Sleep (Piano Edition) Little Village: Little Village If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

This time, Kirk chose three rock stars to discuss from David Hepworth's book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994. 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: Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 Our next tracks: Vega Trails: Tremors in the Static Pan•American: The Patience Fader Gustaf: Package, Pt. 2) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track