'Tis Both: A Curved Line and a Boobie
Your blog is pretty chaotic, alright, but poses a couple of interesting questions. I was going to reply to it, but 1,024 characters would NEVER do for an old windbag like me. So here I am.
"A Penny More," Restless, The Skydiggers
I put this one in so you could hear some of the Cash Brothers in action. It came up in the comments to an earlier blog entry, and was a big reason for wanting to send you this disc. Note: the pop in the beginning is on the CD; maybe something in the master.
"Hola!" from Barcelona
Wes sends his "Hola!" from Barcelona:
"Salesmen, Cheats and Liars," Shakespeare, My Butt..., Lowest of the Low
The song title is fitting, considering some of the "miracle tweaks" that exist in the audiophile world.
("You Won't What?" I Wondered.)
"So, what have you been listening to lately?"
(Don’t F With) Dre Day
You might’ve noticed my big smiling mug on the stereophile.com home page today, calling attention to my review of Monster">http://www.stereophile.com/headphones/monster_cable_beats_by_dr_dre_stu…’s Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. When I posed for that picture—a few months ago and with a hellish hangover from a night of fun spent at John">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/at_the_monkeyhaus/">John DeVore’s Monkeyhaus—I had no idea that I’d be today’s top model. The photo was the work of our sneaky web monkey, Jon Iverson. I came into the office, went to our site, and spit coffee all over my monitor. Hilarious.
(Just Plain Old) Crying (In The Rain)
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—Immediately, And Immediately
Speaking of vinyl, Sonic Youth has announced the vinyl-only release of SYR 7, the seventh installment of their self-released improvisations. These long pieces are often entirely instrumental, and they are lovely, moving, and beautifully-recorded. The hypnotic artwork is by artist and filmmaker, Chris">http://www.visitordesign.com/">Chris Habib. In the past, the CD packaging for each release has mimicked a gatefold LP, with the CD simply sliding into an inner sleeve.
"Congui Congui Music"
I sat at the bar and ordered a Brooklyn Winter.
"Happiness won't leave me alone," says the bird in his nest.
I have a little space heater that I keep in my kitchen because the kitchen is where it's coldest. The wind whips against our old apartment building and rattles the old windows and sets the sparrows and the starlings fluttering into my thin walls where they've made their nests. If there was ever any insulation in those thin walls, it must be long gone.