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  • Episode #308: Playing Games

    Episode #308: Playing Games
    2025/05/21
    Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Doug has been a gamer for a long time, but Kirk only recently converted. We talk about how gaming is part of our leisure activity. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes Batman: Arkham Asylum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Asylum) Assassin’s Creed Shadows (https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/shadows) Escape from Tarkov (https://www.escapefromtarkov.com) The Long Dark (https://www.thelongdark.com) Stardew Valley (https://www.stardewvalley.net/) Stray (https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/stray?ref=website-popularity) Our next tracks: Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII (https://amzn.to/4mIb8QT) Guided by Voices: Universe Room (https://amzn.to/3H3yAYa) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    29 分
  • Episode #307: AI Is Everywhere

    Episode #307: AI Is Everywhere
    2025/05/07
    AI is everywhere. It hasn't really affected music yet, or has it? Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Perplexity (https://www.perplexity.ai) Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed (https://www.theverge.com/news/656104/microsoft-surface-ad-generative-ai-copilot-intel) How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-daydreaming-can-enhance-creativity-for-fiction-writers) The Next Track: Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works (https://www.thenexttrack.com/310) Sonatas and Interludes - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatas_and_Interludes) Our next tracks: John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes, James Tenney (https://amzn.to/4jK2uPm) Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden (https://amzn.to/44XhYeA) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    30 分
  • Episode #306: Displacement and the Long Tail

    Episode #306: Displacement and the Long Tail
    2025/04/23
    Wired editor Chris Anderson came up with the idea of "the long tail" in 2004, suggesting that older books, music, and other creative works would continue to sell in small amounts, making enough money over time for these creators to survive. He was wrong. Very wrong. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Chris Anderson, The Long Tail (https://www.wired.com/2004/10/tail/) (Wired) Darkside at Coachella (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkktgOxDPJo) (unfortunately, the full video is no longer available; here's one song that's on YouTube) Very Seldom Casual, on uncertain.fm (https://www.uncertainfm.com/shows/vsc) Our next tracks: Yasunori Imamura: J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 2 (https://amzn.to/4jK2uPm) Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years (https://amzn.to/4itNiVt) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    31 分
  • Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works

    Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works
    2025/04/09
    Composer and pianist Timo Andres wrote extensive listening notes for the new box set of Steve Reich's Collected Works. We talk with him about this composer whose work over the past five decades has been incredibly influential. "I went everyone to listen to music in a more abstract way." Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Timo Andres (https://www.andres.com) Timo Andres on The Next Track (https://www.thenexttrack.com/guests/timo-andres) Steve Reich: Collected Works (https://amzn.to/3FZSZgd) Will Hermes (https://substack.com/@willhermes) Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Reckoning (https://amzn.to/42p7oKq) Ron Wood: I've Got My Own Album To Do (https://amzn.to/43FKz7H) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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    37 分
  • Episode #304: Box Sets

    Episode #304: Box Sets
    2025/03/26
    The Grateful Dead released a big box set that Kirk will not buy, leading Doug and Kirk to discuss box sets of CDs. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Enjoying The Ride, Grateful Dead (https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/60th-anniversary/enjoying-the-ride-dead.net-exclusive-%5B60-cd%5D/081227813048.html) Grateful Dead Complete Europe ’72 Box Set (https://kirkville.com/coming-soon-grateful-dead-complete-europe-72-box-set/) New Live Release from Yes: Progeny, Seven Concerts from 1972 (https://kirkville.com/coming-soon-new-live-release-from-yes-progeny-seven-concerts-from-1972/) Why Box Sets Are Stuck in the Past (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/where-are-new-music-box-sets-1235229328/) Vinyl and packaging manufacturer, Key Production Group, reveals its predictions for vinyl and physical music releases in 2025 (https://www.recordoftheday.com/news-and-press/vinyl-and-packaging-manufacturer-key-production-group-reveals-its-predictions-for-vinyl-and-physical-music-releases-in-2025) Steve Reich: Collected Works (https://amzn.to/424qaGO) Our next tracks: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue — Phantasm Viol Consort (https://www.phantasm-consort.com/recordings/js-bach-the-art-of-fugue) Mose Allison: The Best of Mose Allison (https://amzn.to/3FHxHnx) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    29 分
  • Episode #303: What Is Our Dream Home Audio Setup?

    Episode #303: What Is Our Dream Home Audio Setup?
    2025/03/12
    We muse on our dream home audio setups, the enshittification of streaming TV, and Doug explains how he has music in his bathroom. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Ruark 100 series (https://www.ruarkaudio.com/products/100-series) Towards Zero (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0028c7p/towards-zero) Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres (https://www.thenexttrack.com/49) Our next tracks: Darkside: Nothing (https://amzn.to/3R1ybHv) David Johansen: David Johansen (https://amzn.to/3FnuBVG) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    29 分
  • Episode #302: Rant about Apple's Music App

    Episode #302: Rant about Apple's Music App
    2025/02/26
    We rant about compilations in Apple's music app, and some other annoyances. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Doug's AppleScripts (https://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php) Take Control of Apple Media Apps (https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/apple-media-apps/) Very Seldom Casual: UncertainFM (https://www.uncertainfm.com/shows/vsc) Apple Music Classical (Mostly) Plays the Right Chords - TidBITS (https://tidbits.com/2023/03/29/apple-music-classical-mostly-plays-the-right-chords/) Our next tracks: Bears Sonic Journals: Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, Before We Were Them (https://amzn.to/4k8GT42) Spirit: Clear (https://amzn.to/4kdjJcV) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    29 分
  • Episode #301: The Freddy Mercurization of Dylan

    Episode #301: The Freddy Mercurization of Dylan
    2025/02/12
    The recent movie about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown, has led many people to "discover" Bob Dylan's music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Don’t look back: after decades of apathy, A Complete Unknown has turned me into a Dylan nut (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/30/dont-look-back-after-decades-of-apathy-a-complete-unknown-has-turned-me-into-a-dylan-nut) Elijah Wald: Dylan Goes Electric (https://amzn.to/3CKnDZW) Episode #20 – You Think You Know about the Blues? Eliah Wald on the History of the Blues (https://www.thenexttrack.com/21) Our next tracks: Allman Brothers: Live at the Fillmore East (https://amzn.to/42Mg53s) Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisted (https://amzn.to/3WWAhMq) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.
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    23 分