Stephen Mejias

John Fahey cites Bill Monroe’s “Blue Yodel #7” as the song that changed/destroyed his life. After hearing that song, he knew he had to play guitar.

Corrina sent me a link to this video for "70 Million" by Hold Your Horses, a band I know nothing about. It must have been so much fun to make this.

I brought a bag of tapes to work today.

I’ve also been digging the debut LP from Gongasufi, A Sufi And A Killer, on Warp">http://warp.net/records/gonjasufi/debut-album-a-sufi-and-a-killer#0">Wa… Records. You listen to the first track and you’re like, “Hmm?” Listen to the second track and you’re like, “Oh.” Listen to the third track and you’re like, “What the hell is this?” Listen to the fourth track and you’re in love, you’re on your way to the record store even though you swore off buying records for a month, or at least until the next payday, but whatever, you have to have this record now. Now.

From Hospital">http://www.hospitalproductions.com/">Hospital Productions, Cold Cave & Prurient: Stars Explode.

So, this is what the">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_weight_of_my_loneliness/"… mess looks like right now.

Remember our old intern, Ariel">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_system_is_down/">Ariel Bitran? He left us to become a rock and roll star. (But only after we managed to infect">http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/1108awsi/">infect him with a taste for high-quality sound and an even deeper appreciation for music.) His band, Heroes of the Open End, will be performing tomorrow night at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan). This is one of those extremely important shows in the life of any aspiring band: You know, if you don’t draw at least 15 or so people, the club’s manager holds your head down in the toilet bowl while the bouncer pulls out your toenails. It’s bad.