Lawrence Austin
My blogs
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Introduction | I grew up listening to records -- shellac and vinyl -- and the sound of a needle tracking the grooves of an old LP is still deeply comforting to me -- a sound from childhood, like the fan of the hot air furnace coming on. However turntables are now relatively scarce, and we are becoming less tolerant of noise from the medium the music is stored on, so putting up renovated files of what I consider choice, but neglected performances, seemed a good way to spend some time. There are several thousand LPs in the house, a lot of them not re-issued on CD, some of them performances of real importance. If you like something, post a comment. I'd love to hear from you. Everything posted here is in my personal collection on LPs or 78rpm records, and any restoration to the file is done by me. I do not post anything from CDs. |
| Interests | Literature, philosophy, music, photography, politics |
| Favorite Music | Haydn and Bartok hold each a special place in my affections. These two and Brahms would probably be my desert island composers if I had to choose but three. All the rest would be relinquished with choking regret; but I could probably live with these three. |
| Favorite Books | Voltaire: Dictionnaire Philosophique and L'ingénu, Alfred Whitehead: Science and the Modern World, James Hogg: Confessions of a Justifed Sinner, J.M.G. LeClézio: L'étoile errante, Barbara Ehrenreich: Nickel and Dimed, Marcel Aymé: Le passe muraille (short stories) |