Album Reviews

1—–>3—->5
Terrible—->Fantastic

5
Glass, Philip Cello Octet
Coltrane, John Coltrane’s Sound
Coltrane, John My Favorite Things

4
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Coleman, Ornette Sound Grammar
General Elektrik Cliquety Klicks X
Good, The Bad, And The Queen, The Good, The Bad, And The Queen, The
Prince Black Album, The
Prince Hits and B-Sides (CD2), The and CD3
Prince Sign o’ the Times
Saint Germain Des Pres Cafe, Volume 06

3
Busdriver Roadkillovercoat
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder
Hang On The Box For Every Punk Bitch And Arsehole
Various Artists Acid Lounge (CD02)
Various Artists Mix, The (Winter 2004)

2

1
Bacharach, Burt A Man And His Music

Seeing Is Hearing

I had my hearing checked the other day. Surprisingly, and despite what my brain tells me, my hearing is great.

While waiting for my appointment, I browsed through hearing-aid literature. It is more amusing than you might think.

For example, Oticon–a high-end hearing-aid manufacturer–claims to have put Artificial Intelligence into its devices. Amazing how they were able to do it but billions of dollars directed at similar efforts have not.

Also, there was a brochure for GN Resound. Here is my favorite part:

ReSound Hearing Aid