Author: JohnValbyNation

Christie’s has called off the auction of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, the auction house told Agence France-Presse Monday, days before it was due to go under the hammer in Hong Kong. The cancellation came The New York Times reported on Sunday that an American fossil company raised doubts about parts of the skeleton named “Shen.”…

Après Pierre Niney, c'est au tour d'un autre acteur français, bientôt à l'affiche du rôle le plus important de sa carrière, de devoir renoncer au prochain film réalisé par Johnny Depp. Pour une raison inattendue. Encore un changement de casting pour la prochaine réalisation de Johnny Depp ! Contrairement à ce qui avait été annoncé,…

CJ Perry provides a health update.   The star pro-wrestling manager, who is currently working for AEW, was rushed back to the hospital after more complications arose from the MRSA infection in her finger. Perry took to social media (X & TikTok) and revealed that she needs to get her finger re-dressed everyday after the…

Ukrainian police officers returned Saturday, along with TV and radio services, to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Russia livable after months of occupation. Yet one official still described the city as “a humanitarian catastrophe.” People…

McIntosh CEO Charlie Randall, pictured outside the company’s Binghamton factory in 2006. (Photo: John Atkinson) To remain profitable, many hi-fi companies have outsourced production to faraway countries with lower labor costs. That, certainly, is a legitimate way of doing business. Yet many other hi-fi makers have chosen to work with suppliers that are local, regional,…

A vital member of the second wave of Texas singer-songwriters that emerged in the 1970s and included Lucinda Williams, Butch Hancock, and Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith was a product of a time when, to paraphrase a once-ubiquitous bumper sticker, Austin was still weird. Gifted with a delicate, sweet voice and fierce determination, she started playing…

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Falls Church, Virginia, dealer Now Listen Here enjoys an unusual pedigree. By day, part-owner Shayne Tenace (who also runs Tenacious Sound) builds nuclear power plants; a Canadian project currently occupies his time. But by night—watch out—Shayne spins vinyl on the brand new Rega NAIA turntable and Vandersteen Quatro speakers. (Despite his nocturnal…

Bruce Toussaint, Pascale de La Tour Du Pin, Aurélie Casse… Et si cette vague de départs des présentateurs sur BFMTV s’expliquait par le comportement de Marc-Olivier Fogiel, patron de la chaîne d’information en continue ? Dans le magazine Télé 2 Semaines en kiosque lundi 30 octobre, le magazine a mené l’enquête. Un journaliste assure à…

Temple du cinéma bis, voire carrément Z, mais toujours sympathiques, les productions de l'écurie Troma ont vu passer de nombreuses stars qui firent parfois leurs débuts chez elle, avant de devenir célèbres. Voici 10 exemples. Fondé par le toujours facétieux Lloyd Kaufman épaulé par son ami Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment est à ce jour l’une…

Ampsandsound is perhaps best known for his amplifiers made to drive either headphones or loudspeakers. (See for example Herb Reichert’s Gramophone Dreams #47.) At this show, however, Ampsandsound manufacturer/designer Justin Weber was showing his Arches monoblocks ($50,000/pair), which put out up to 65W each with KT-88 tubes or 85W each with KT-150 tubes. The other…