“Fishing for food is both a practice and a network, extending into the community like piers into the water, connecting the ocean’s resources to kitchen tables.”
– Coastwatch, “Fishing for Food and Finding Connection”
“To set up the circuitry for a Raspberry Pi theremin, let alone a more robust two-antennae version, requires a still hand. To play the theremin requires a near constant trembling.”
– Protocols, “Theremin and the Touchless Touch”
“A short piece written for two pianos, it is written with a heavy foot on the sostenuto pedal that helps to meld the hands of the players together throughout the piece. It is, in other words, intentionally muddy. Despite this, the turbo-charged Diablo performed with aplomb and gave distinction to the players, despite their efforts to become one.”
– Positive Feedback, “Travel with the Devil: A Review of iFi's Diablo”
“Furthermore, pre-Primephonic streaming has been built for genres of music that don’t have the same categorizations, sonic ranges, or intertextuality as classical music. As Primephonic is quick to remind you, metadata, and search optimization on traditional streaming platforms is hardly suited to the easy discovery of classical music.”
– Part-Time Audiophile, “Primephonic Classical Music Streaming Review”
“Craft brings “soul, eye, and hand… into connection.” Its decline results in their disconnection. Thus, without craft, we are separated from the people before and after us, and are also not allowed to forget time. States of deep relaxation, which stem from handiwork and a time in which “time did not matter,” have vanished. Even if one does manage to have such an experience, she is then left unable to convey it to others.”
– Long Wharf Theatre, “Put Down the Novel: How Communal Storytelling Offers More”
“These two questions form a powerful dichotomy. The first is one that others often ask us: why aren’t we more like someone else? The second is what Jewish tradition asks us: why aren’t we more like ourselves?”
– Long Wharf Theatre, “Not Good Enough for Ginsburg”
“Since the 1990s, WCPE has been broadcasting at 100,000 watts, using a broadband antenna atop a 1,200 feet tall radio tower, roughly the same height as the Empire State Building. One of my favorite things about working at The Classical Station has been its engineering history, but really for me, the technology doesn’t mean much without the music. Like many hi-fi enthusiasts, I am fascinated by the evolution of audio technology and the listening experience. Working in classical music radio has shown me that technology at its best is about reaching people, and that classical music has the power to bring people to tears, connecting listeners with their own emotions and experience. Although classical music is defined by history —when it was composed, how the instrument evolved and so on— I’ve learned that classical music is less about world history and more about personal history. Even when it’s not Dvořák, the music acts as the golden spinning wheel, revealing to us important truths that were previously disguised, and reviving a part of us that we thought might have been dead.”
– Part-Time Audiophile, “The Golden Spinning Wheel: Classical Music Radio Keeps Bringing Us Back to Life”
“Since the pandemic hit, most of us are just trying to make it from one day to the next. A small few of us are making it easier for everyone, through music, through the fight for social justice, and sometimes the intersection of the two. Ezinma (pronounced eh-zee-mah) is a classically trained violinist who became a sensation when she started posting videos of her classical covers of trap hits. She then toured with Beyoncé and has also collaborated with Stevie Wonder and Mac Miller.”
– Part-Time Audiophile, “Beethoven Pleads the Fifth”
“There was a stove in the kitchen, a stove in the living room, and a stove in the bedroom. I kept all three constantly fed as if I was following the Jewish tenet that you feed your animals before yourself, which is not because of animal rights, but rather because you need to protect your future more than your present. And yet still the air was so cold that only one afternoon was our breath not visible inside.”
– Part-Time Audiophile, “Ocean FM Was Fire: How Local Radio Done Right Can Heat A Cabin”