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There are some great things to see in Ohio. Having eschewed a junket to see Cleveland’s Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame when it first opened (knee-jerk reaction when I heard that they used funds from the Ohio school system. Nice summary here )… read more >>
As we send out deeds of gifts (if you sent materials), thank you’s (for services or monetary donations), and plan, as best we can, for what we should be doing in 2010, we have POSTED our “2009 Year End Roundup” on the… read more >>
It is a little known fact that the ancient Nabataeans were early adaptors of new sound recording technologies. They began with cylinder discs (called columns) but found them awkward. Later, around 70 BC, they sliced the cylinders into wafer thin segments, well… read more >>
It’s taken a while, but here’s the text of the official press release from Columbia University. Yes, were changing the face (facade) of academic study! Columbia Forges Partnership with ARChive of Contemporary Music Collection of be-bop, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, rap, reggae,… read more >>
Today, the stars aligned while I was alphabetizing the “J” section of the ARChive’s collection of 78 rpm records – a small collection here of about 8,000. Tucked in between the Harry James and the James Johnson was a runty nine-inch record… read more >>
One of the nicest things about the ARC is the nice people who pop up over the Holidays, the nicest time of the year. So Here’s to jolly, saintly, James Doran, who gave us the nicest gift of all to round out… read more >>
It’s Official – Today, The New York Times became the Onion – the headline reads : “Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline in Time Spent Reading” And may we suggest: “Music Linked to Instances of Listening”