Ken Richardson

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Live & Kickin’
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 06, 2006

Recommending a recent gig by Franz Ferdinand, The Village Voice said the Scots "generate an in-person intensity that you just can't download." Or get from a CD. Sure, you can go digital or disc to sample these acts, but Austin's 20th South by Southwest proved once more that the show makes the band.

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Tracking Surround
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 05, 2006

PINK. Yes, Pink's gone 5.1 - who knew? I didn't until I bumped into her fresh DualDisc in the store. Hell, SonyBMG.com/dualdisc still doesn't know, crediting it with "enhanced stereo" only.

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Music Reviews
Music: Every Pic Tells a Story
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 05, 2006

The Velvet Underground: "one of the most unique bands of the 1960s." Syd Barrett: "one of the most unique talents to surface from the 1960s underground music scene." Kate Bush: "one of the most unique artists in British musical history." Queen: "perhaps the most unique band in the history of rock music." Such is the slant of your opening line of narration

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Music Reviews
Norah Jones Gone Wild!
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 09, 2006

Don't know why anyone should be surprised that Norah Jones is loosening her shirt more and more these days. After all, growing up, the ingénue liked Mötley Crüe! "My neighbor and I would go listen to Mötley Crüe all the time," she says of the boys at right. And in her concerts, she's been known to do a gritty cover of "Ride On" by the boys Down Under, AC/DC.

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Other Tech
Beatles Recording Engineer Geoff Emerick
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 05, 2006

In your new book with Howard Massey, Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles (Gotham), you write that "true Beatles fans" should get the mono versions of Revolver and Sgt.

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New Products
New Product: Outside-The-Home Theater
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 04, 2006

Spring's turning into summer faster than you can say, "I wanna go outside!" Looking for the middle ground between your home theater and the local multiplex - but you're nowhere near a cozy drive-in? Direct from Germany comes "the original inflatable movie screen" by The Airscreen Company (for U.S.

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New Products
Is that an iPod in your pocket?
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 02, 2006

0606_rp_gear200Whatever your personal-portable pleasure, you can hide it away with the latest in Father's Day fashions (clockwise from above): ScotteVest's Hidden Cargo Pants ($80) have 11 pockets to help you mobilize with ease. They're 100% cotton and designed for everyday use.

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Music Reviews
Music: From The Sublime to the...Perfume?
Ken Richardson  |  May 09, 2006

I've said it once in these pages, and I'll say it again: SANTANA's self-titled third album, a.k.a. Santana III (gatefold below), is the best thing they've ever done. Columbia/Legacy has reissued the 1971 album once, and now they've done it again, making it a two-disc Legacy Edition.

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Other Tech
What Is "Enhanced Stereo"?
Ken Richardson  |  May 04, 2006

That's what a lot of people want to know when they buy a Sony DualDisc and notice that the DVD side offers Enhanced Stereo. As Clark Novak writes on QuadraphonicQuad.com, "What the hell does that mean anyway? 'Enhanced Stereo.' That's kind of like 'connoisseur's popcorn.' Means nothing. Grr."

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New Products
New Product: Vinyl Equipment Skins
Ken Richardson  |  May 03, 2006

Skin is in!... Professional-grade vinyl skin, that is, which you can use to personalize and protect all gadgets great and small.

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