Stephen Mejias

"Thanks for listening."


I wish she would call.

I just saw a rainbow fall into the floor
Shattered into pieces, your eyes ask “What for?”
These days I’m all alone out in the middle of the world
These days I’m trying to tell myself you’re just some other girl
&#150"Off the Wall," Lee Ranaldo

It was around noon on Sunday, October 16th, 2011, and I was in the lobby of the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Jennifer Atocha broke the news. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore had separated after 27 years of marriage and 16 awesome full-length albums with their band, Sonic Youth:

the
band
that
had
changed
my
life.

There has been a lot of Leonard Cohen talk going around the office this week. You will find out why when you receive your September issue of Stereophile. You will enjoy it, too, I am certain.

Then there's this">http://www.pbase.com/sid_presley/the_record_collection">this site full of awesome Asian record covers from the 60s and 70s. (Thanks Edenhttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/project_sapphire_at_the_end_o…;.)

Let's just say I had a little bit too much fun at last night's CD release party. Let's just say beer, tequila, and rum. Let's just say hot girls in summer dresses making out on the cushioned booth. Yeah, let's just say that. At one point, I turned away from the stage to see that the front room had been transformed into The">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQJexFOxolI">The Tequila Scene from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. It was like a dream, I tell you, and it may have been the most wonderful thing I've ever witnessed in my life.

Here's the video for 2009's "Single of the Year" (as determined by me), the undeniably catchy "Life Magazine," by Cold">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/love_comes_close/">Cold Cave.