Stephen Mejias

Remember that">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=35628&an=0… forum thread I">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/040108id/">I mentioned? It's still going on. It reminds me of one of the black and white films I watched in my avant-garde cinema class. Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean-Paul Sartre is staring into a mirror is staring into a mirror, with a with a with a knife in his hand knife in his hand, demanding demanding that the image that the image in the mirror mirror answer his questions his questions. He is outraged because the image in the mirror refuses to answer his questions. Answer his questions. Answer my questions! Demanding. Outrage!

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.

Last week, Steve Guttenberg posted an">http://www.cnet.com/8301-13645_1-9906397-47.html">an entry at his Audiophiliac blog reporting that vinyl sales had recently surpassed that of the compact disc.

I've worked at Stereophile for eight years, and, in a time when people change jobs as often as they change cars or television sets, eight years is a pretty good stretch. In that time, I've taken part in some exciting and memorable things, from Home">http://www.stereophile.com/news/050205Day4/index.html">Home Entertainment Shows and Consumer">http://www.stereophile.com/news/010905ces3/index.html">Consumer Electronics Shows to the live recording of Attention">http://www.stereophile.com/musicrecordings/907att/index.html">Attention Screen at Merkin Hall. But Stereophile is fifteen years older than me, and I missed so much.

Right about now, I suppose John Atkinson and Wes Phillips are pulling into a rest stop, somewhere off the New York State Thruway. The sky is Sinatra blue and the air whispers secrets of spring. The doors to the Land Cruiser shut with a gentle thud, and the guys stroll into a 7-11 for some black peppered beef jerky, Nacho Cheesier Doritos, and a couple of tall Mountain Dews.

Jason Victor Serinus reported">http://stereophile.com/news/031308amex/">reported on it a couple of weeks ago, but in case you still haven't seen that American Express ad featuring hi-fi retailer MusicDirecthttp://www.musicdirect.com/">MusicDirect;, here it is.

Was it really only yesterday? It feels like it was a hundred years ago.