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Stephen Mejias
Master Marcy
Stephen Mejias  |  Nov 02, 2006  |  2 comments
Last night, audiophile Al Marcy — oh, hell-kite! — did an incredible thing. He, with one swift comment, responded to every single blog entry I've ever posted:
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Wes Phillips
Malcolm Arnold: A Re-Evaluation
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 02, 2006  |  1 comments
Terry Teachout's Commentary essay on Malcolm Arnold suggests that it's time to re-evaluate the critical consensus that Arnold's music wasn't serious simply because it was, well, among other things, not hard on its listeners.
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Stephen Mejias
A Memory Talking
Stephen Mejias  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  0 comments
It's kind of crazy. I go to bed each night with a little bit of worry over the words I've let loose. Nouns and verbs and other linking bits, forming ideas and images meant to be pretty, meant to be funny, meant to be interesting. These words are linked to me, just as my name is linked to Stereophile, and it all comes with
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Why Doesn't Batman Party With SpongeBob Squarepants?
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  1 comments
I think it's because he's a dangerous psychotic who probably has about a zillion injunctions forbidding him anywhere close to children. . . . Wait, was that a trick question?
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Requiem For Tower
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  2 comments
Tomorrow night, I'm going to attend a wake for Tower, an event held by ex-Tower classical employees where we will commiserate, dissect, and reminisce about the good old days.
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Review Integrity
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  0 comments
This is a great response to a bone-headed manufacturing ploy. Yes, it happens—a reviewer contacts a manufacturer for a review sample and the manufacturer responds, "Sure, as long as you guarantee good press."
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The Seven Stages of Owning an iPod
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  0 comments
Drivl gets it about right.
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I'm Thinkin' Think Denk
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 31, 2006  |  0 comments
I've just discovered Think Denk (thanks to a link from Alex Ross' The Rest Is Noise). Billed as "the glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist," it's a good read—and Jeremy Denk is good company. Now I have to hear him play.
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Stephen Mejias
Poor Rejection
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 31, 2006  |  1 comments
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Guitar Face
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 31, 2006  |  4 comments
It is a well-known fact that a rock guitarist's ability to squeeze those really hard-to-reach notes out of a guitar is directly tied to the facial muscles. Over at WFMU's fabulous Beware of the Blog, Scott Williams has posted a tribute to the "guitar face."
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