Stephen Mejias

While They're Hot

Stephen Mejias  |  Feb 22, 2007

I was surprised to find that we once featured Stereophile t-shirts on a cover.

Of course I'm forgetting that, at one time or another, we thought it was a good idea to make cover material of gorillas, dogs, babies, C-3PO, an Oscar trophy in the likeness of J. Gordon Holt, and even the table of contents (several times).

I wonder how gorillas influence newsstand sales. Has anyone done the research? And what about gorillas wearing headphones?

Someone: Get me the data on that, please. Thank you.

COMMENTS
Wes Phillips's picture
Submitted by Wes Phillips (not verified) on February 22, 2007 - 11:44am

Hey, I have have an official Stereophile apron featuring that gorilla cover hanging in my office's kitchenette. Now. that's a limited edition promotional item. OTOH, my wife has the long-sleeved tatoo-cover teeshirt, which people not only did not buy, they fled in terror from.

Stephen Mejias's picture
Submitted by Stephen Mejias (not verified) on February 22, 2007 - 12:04pm

>the long-sleeved tatoo-cover teeshirt<WTF? I need a picture of this.

Jim Teacher's picture
Submitted by Jim Teacher (not verified) on February 23, 2007 - 11:09am

I think there was a scientific study done that shows that wines featuring animals on their label outsell wines that do not. I assume the same applies to T-shirts.

john devore's picture
Submitted by john devore (not verified) on February 24, 2007 - 8:45am

Ahh, I remember those playful old covers. They were great--lots of fun. None of that BEST CD PLAYER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD stuff.

Buddha's picture
Submitted by Buddha (not verified) on February 24, 2007 - 1:01pm

Hey, if anyone knows the value of good primate imagery, it would be Mr. Silverback himself!

The JGH-headed Oscar cover was so good that I hear Harry Pearson still uses it as his preferred dart target!

Jim Tavegia's picture
Submitted by Jim Tavegia (not verified) on February 28, 2007 - 12:51am

Borrow Gieco's:"It'so easy to love Stereophile even a Caveman could do it". Forget the gorilla.

SD's picture
Submitted by SD (not verified) on September 18, 2007 - 2:46pm

before you jump, listen to this

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