Elmyr de Hory

ask me what i consider to be the ultimate art work of the past two centuries, and I have to say it’s “f is for fake” by orson welles. like all great art works, you have to know the life and history of the artist to understand his/her created language. and if you do, you can not stand un-baffled by the graceful emergence of topics in this fictional documentary. this man is perhaps the GOD who blessed godard as his apprentice and servant. amazing work. thanks to my ultimate idol and teacher mr. george porcari.  many years ago, i discovered this film and the twisted, fascinating, ironic story of elmyr de hory, howard hughes/citizen kane, picasso, amedeo modigliani, ibiza, and art in general all in one.  it stayed with me through the years, and seeing it again for the third time tonight just confirmed its genius. maybe some one else will appreciate it as much today as i did 18 years ago…. thank you george! by pp

CATEGORIES: art, clips, must see films

ipod sounding like kak?

I’m seriously considering getting one of these wadia 170i transports. if you are sick of your ipod’s shit sound like me due to that 49¢ cent Chinese D/A converter inside, making the rest of your stereo equipment obsolete this “can” potentially be the answer for approximately $320. But here’s the dilemma. the biggest ipod you can get is still only 120gigs and rather pricey per gig when you think of it. which means, even with a 120gig ipod you still can not put all of your music in uncompressed state or by using apple’s lossless format. Sooloos is not an option either yet. the price ofc ourse, but also you have to be psychotic to deal with PC interface in this day and age. the other issue is what do you do with all the; massively compressed, 10th generation re-compressed, yet great tracks you got from your various rug rat friends! now you need to get those original CD’s and that’s a job and a half. I wish apple would allow a digital out from you mac for music to avoid it going through apples or ipods D/A converter, and you could just get a terabyte drive and be done. wadia made a deal with apple to go around the elaborate protection software and tap direct into the digital file avoiding the D/A conversion and this is the first time i understand they allowed that. Still no great answer. Just inferrior sound for now. Portable and potable. by dd

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics, objects, perfect gift