Tonight’s WWE RAW will air live from the Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia with the red brand go-home build for WWE Money In the Bank.   WWE has announced a new match for tonight’s RAW with WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Ronda Rousey taking on Raquel Rodriguez. RAW will also feature WWE World Heavyweight Champion … Continue reading "WWE RAW Preview for Tonight: New Match Revealed, Money In the Bank Go-Home Show"

Saunder Jurriaans: Beasts Decca (16-bit/44.1 kHz streaming on Qobuz). 2020. Saunder Jurriaans, prod.; D. James Goodwin, eng. Performance **** Sonics **** While Saunder Jurriaans was writing his solo debut, he became a sought-after soundtrack composer with musical partner Danny Bensi. They helped create the grim, ethereal moods of Ozark, The OA, and Fear the Walking … Continue reading "December 2020 Rock/Pop Record Reviews"

WWE remain high up on The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.   A new report from Fightful Select notes how a WWE higher-up has talked about the company’s affection for the faction, as well as WWE Hall of Famer Edge himself recognizing that The Judgment … Continue reading "Backstage News on How WWE Officials See The Judgment Day, Praise for Each Member"

Roderick Strong has signed with AEW, making a surprise appearance on Wednesday’s Dynamite. Adam Cole on Wednesday called out Chris Jericho and told him to come to the ring. Jericho on the video screen rejected Cole’s demand, calling him a coward. He then sent the Jericho Appreciation Society to attack. Orange Cassidy and Bandido attempted … Continue reading "Roderick Strong signs with AEW, debuts on Dynamite"

Beabadoobee: Fake It Flowers Dirty Hit (16/44.1 streaming on Qobuz). 2020. Pete Robertson and Joseph Rodgers, prods.; Joseph Rodgers, eng. Performance **** Sonics ***½ In 2017, Filipino-British songwriter Bea Kristi wrote a love song called “Coffee” and sang it into her phone, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. She added simple backing vocals and posted it … Continue reading "January 2021 Rock/Pop Record Reviews"

A North American title match is set for next week’s NXT. Wes Lee will defend the title against Drew Gulak. On Tuesday’s show, Gulak said that he and Charlie Dempsey will take advantage of Lee constantly defending the North American title. Later backstage, Tyler Bate offered to be in Lee’s corner for next week’s title … Continue reading "North American title match set for next week’s WWE NXT"

As I was doing a final edit on this column, I received very sad news from Leif Johannsen, the chief officer of acoustics and technology for cartridge manufacturer Ortofon A/S: Kim Petersen, described by Johannsen as his “right hand and new cartridge design and listening partner” and the company’s “top cartridge expert,” passed away suddenly … Continue reading "Analog Corner #289: Ortofon Anna Diamond MC phono cartridge"

CONNECTICUT — Cox Communications is excited to announce its latest campaign to recognize the heroes in our midst. To that end, Cox has launched its “Outstanding Coaches” campaign to celebrate the men and women that push young people to new levels of excellence and leadership. Via this nomination form, residents can suggest a local coach … Continue reading "Cox Communications Seeking Nominees For "Outstanding Coaches" Campaign"

Vince McMahon has reportedly made changes to tonight’s episode of Raw. PWInsider is reporting that although Vince McMahon is not at tonight’s Raw in Chicago, he has still made major changes to Monday’s show. “PWInsider.com has been told there have been some major changes to tonight’s Raw script. We are told the changes are being … Continue reading "Report: Vince McMahon making ‘major’ changes to WWE Raw script"

In 1979, I visited Philips Electronics’ renowned Research Center in Eindhoven, Holland, to examine a prototype of what would eventually be called a compact disc player. In 1989, I returned to the Eindhoven lab to witness the birth of the first sigma-delta DACs, which eliminated the problem of large linearity errors at low recorded levels … Continue reading "Grimm Audio MU1 music streamer"