The Magic of Concert Sound

Last night I sat up and watched the documentary, "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage." Yeah, I watched it because I am a Rush fan. One of my first two "rock" cassettes (yes, grew up in the 1980s and bought cassettes) was "Signals," and my first concert was seeing Rush during the "Hold Your Fire" tour at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans (1988). I saw them again a few years later and have a fairly good collection of their music on CD (and cassette). The documentary, like so many of their songs, triggered thoughts that started swirling around in my head; thoughts of "what if?"

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Visual History of Daft Punk’s Helmets

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New Album By Gorillaz Created Entirely on iOS

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Sony pulls the plug on cassette Walkmans in Japan, makes epic mixtape

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Fixing audio problems in "Dragon Age: Origins" (PS3)

Over the weekend I picked up a copy of BioWare's “Dragon Age: Origins” and I've found it to be a great way to watch time fly by (good thing on the entertainment front, bad thing on the trying-to-get-stuff-done one). I'm enjoying the character design, cinematic narrative (with surprisingly good humor), engaging combat, and for the most part, a great soundtrack. I say for the most part because one of the things the frustrates me has been choppy audio playback.

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