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Tube Supplies Under Siege
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 20, 2006  |  0 comments
It may read like a page out of a classic corporate crime thriller, but the threat is real. ExpoPul, a company whose factory in Saratov, Russia manufactures vacuum tubes under the brand names Sovtek, Electro-Harmonix, Tungsol, Svetlana, Mullard, and others—tubes that include the 6H30 "super tube"—is threatened by one of the many Russian corporate "raiders" who are increasingly stealing businesses from their rightful owners. If the threatened hostile takeover proves successful, two-thirds of the world's supply of vacuum tubes—tubes vital to the sound of audiophile gear and instruments from such well-known companies as McIntosh, Audio Research, BAT, Jadis, Fender, KORG, Peavey, Vox, Soldano, Carvin, Ampeg, and Crane—could become a thing of the past.
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Stephen Mejias
Very Loud
Stephen Mejias  |  May 19, 2006  |  7 comments
Since 5:43pm yesterday evening, the sun and rain have been engaged in some sort of wild tango — the sunshine whips the rain furiously across the dance floor, the rain stomps forcefully upon the sunshine. One moment is blue and gold, the next is streaked with gray. Lightning and thunder have me constantly looking over my shoulder and out onto the City rooftops. All that I can see is wet and droopy and confused. This type of weather makes me wonder what we've done wrong. Why are we being punished? I blame it on Elizabeth. This is what happens when people go on vacation.
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Wes Phillips
It's a Good Week to be an Eno Fan
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  2 comments
More Eno, Wes? Why yes, thank you.
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Wes Phillips
An Englishman in New York
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  0 comments
Gary Younge discovered that America is a big country—too big to be just one thing.
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Wes Phillips
D.B. Belches Worst Vile Drivel On Ten Oceans
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  6 comments
That's an anagram of "Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code." Oh drat! I just gave away answer #4 on this important cultural quiz. And, if you haven't already done so, read Tony Scott's hilarious review of the movie from yesterday's NY Times.
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Wes Phillips
Cool Is Cool, Too
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  2 comments
After a hard afternoon of sunbathing, relaxing in the dark living room is nice, too.
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Wes Phillips
Sun Drunk
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  2 comments
Bagheera and Huckleberry have pruned the Venetian blinds so they can bask in the late afternoon sun.
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Wes Phillips
Where's Corey?
Wes Phillips  |  May 19, 2006  |  3 comments
Erstwhile Stereophile scribe and Audio editor Corey Greenberg has a new mission: To bring back the manly art of wet-shaving with a badger hair brush and a "real" razor. No matter how obscure the subject, Greenberg's always an entertaining read.
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Stephen Mejias
Voice Shatter
Stephen Mejias  |  May 18, 2006  |  4 comments
If you like (or even if you don't like) the album version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," try this slow live jam.
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Stephen Mejias
Maybe We’re Crazy. Probably.
Stephen Mejias  |  May 18, 2006  |  5 comments
Often when I think I have nothing to write about, I remember. I remember. I remember JA commenting on one of my entries:
"It's amazing how you can write 300 words about nothing, and make it seem important."
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