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• 16 Let It Be On DVD?

  It sounds like Paul McCartney is working on it, which would be a good thing: In between all of the inter-band squabbling on the documentary, there's also some wonderful music, some of the last made by the band, and their last live performance.

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 23, 2002

• 15 How Come You Taste So Good?

  Ever imagine yourself in the recording studio with the Stones while they cut "Brown Sugar"?

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 20, 2002

• 14 Interview with Michael Apted

  The Digital Bits DVD review site recently interviewed the director of Enigma, as well as a host of other excellent films.

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 17, 2002

• 13 Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece

  Miles Davis changed the direction of jazz three times, once with the release of his 1959 LP, Kind of Blue.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 17, 2002

• 12 How The Fender Bass Changed The World

  Leo Fender was the one of the un-hippest looking white men ever, and he wasn't even a musician, but somehow, in the early 1950s, he invented two instruments that would create a brand new genre of music: rock and roll.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 11, 2002

• 11 Apocalypse Now Redux

  Watched Hearts of Darkness on laserdisc the other night, a documentary from the mid-1990s on the making of Apocalypse Now. so here are some random, Apocalyptic thoughts...

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 10, 2002

• 10 Book Review: In The Houses of The Holy by Susan Fast

  Ever wonder what a postmodern, pro-feminist book written in the dense style of rococo academia devoted to studying Led Zeppelin would be like?

  Review in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 06, 2002

• 9 Overdubbing: It's Not Just for Musicians Anymore

  Senator Clinton was booed when she walked on stage last October at a rock concert in Madison Square Garden to benefit 9/11 victims. It was shown live by VH1, but the booing was replaced with cheering and applause on the DVD of the event.

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 30, 2002

• 8 Hard Knocks-style Look at The Recording Industry

  If you've enjoyed HBO's Hard Knocks training camp mini-series, you'll enjoy this ongoing weblog on what it's like to be a recording engineer with an out of control band that's new to recording.

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 29, 2002

• 7 Nick Kepics' Piece Offering

  While most self-produced CDs these days seem to be either rock or techno-oriented music, Nick Kepics has taken a decidedly unique turn with his self-produced CD, titled Piece Offering, full of cool West Coast jazz and bossa nova tunes.

  in — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 26, 2002