Updated: Friday, 5:11 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A vibrant Grand Central District street mural painted in rainbow colors to represent the LGBTQ+ Progress Pride flag was recently defaced by tire marks. The mural, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and 25th Street, was recently repainted by volunteers on May 6 just ahead of…
Tannoy consultant/designer Danny Cooklin gave me a proper introduction to the company’s forthcoming 70th Anniversary Autograph 12 loudspeaker, which was in the prototype stage at High Munich. The Autograph 12 is built around Tannoy’s current 12″ concentric driver with an AlNiCo-magnet motor on the mid/bass driver. “The new design retains AlNiCo for the legendary midrange…
ASHBURN, VA — On Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors delayed consideration of a single-family housing development proposal in Loudoun County west of Brambleton until July. The Arcola Farms proposal calls for rezoning of 80.28 acres to allow 307 single-family homes. It includes 39 for-rent single-family homes designated as affordable housing. According to the applicant, the…
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Ric Flair made headlines when TMZ reported that he chewed out a worker at pizza restaurant after he took longer than Flair wanted in the bathroom. The restaurant manager told Flair he was cutting him off from being served more drinks. When Flair asked what…
There are times when a music critic gets so upended by a recording of well-loved music that their previous plaudits for a different recorded version demands reassessment. Thus did the first movement of Leonard Bernstein’s Vienna Philharmonic recording of Mahler Symphony No. 5, played on this excellent Gryphon system, cause me to sit up in…
NEWARK, NJ — Earlier this year, New Jersey’s largest city passed a law that lowers its voting age for school elections to 16. Now, the rest of the state would follow Newark’s lead if a proposed law crosses the finish line. New Jersey lawmakers introduced S-3240 in the Senate on Monday. It would allow 16…
PLAINFIELD, IL — Plainfield is set to undergo a Special Census to capture extra state revenue rather than waiting for the 2030 Census, village documents revealed. The 2020 Census revealed Plainfield has a total population of 44,762 people. At $258.35 per capita from the state, the village was set to $11,564,262.70 in annual funding revenue…
Click:gold buyers AucklandDamon Von Schweikert, CEO of speaker manufacturer Von Schweikert Audio, did something interesting in the room (1621) he shared with Gary Leeds of WestminsterLab. Faced with a challenging room whose opening to a second inner chamber of similar size all but guaranteed that bass would be a mess, set up two Von Schweikert…
Going to an audio show is a bit like being a finalist in that old Monty Hall show where your prize is behind one of three identical doors. At AXPONA, there are more than 200 identical doors. You don’t know what you’ll get until you walk through, though I’ve found that the prevalence of pleasant…
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW DYNAMITE REPORT APRIL 17, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. AT INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM AIRED LIVE ON TBS REPORT BY JACK LONDON, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT DARK OPENER (A) Powerhouse Hobbs won a squash match to warm up the crowd NOTES -I have been to almost every Dynamite here…