Stephen Mejias

Michael Fremer wants the world to know that vinyl is back.

You don’t have to wear a thin mustache and skinny jeans to rock the new Betty Davis t-shirt from American Apparel. (Really, I promise.) The t-shirt comes from a partnership between the hip fashion outlet and Anthology Recordings, an all-digital reissue label devoted to rare and out-of-print music from around the world. For $27, you also get a digital compilation, curated by Anthology, featuring tracks from Betty Davis, Karen Dalton, Father Yod, Telegraph Avenue, Shoes, and other obscure, forgotten artists.

This one goes out to a very special lady. You know who you are.

My inbox is blowing up. Every other second, it's ding, ding, ding. New mail, new mail, new mail. Press conferences, product announcements, and party invitations from hundreds of companies who will be exhibiting during the four far too short days that make up the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.

Have you guys seen “Date Night,” the new comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey? I’m thinking about going to check it out because: 1., Steve Carell is funny; 2., Tina Fey is hot; 3., Parts of the film are set in my college town of Teaneck, NJ; and, 4., There are scenes featuring a hi-fi made up of Meridian’s DSP7200 Digital Active loudspeakers, Reference 800 DVD player, and G68 surround controller.

A contributor to our forum has made a fine argument for the case that "the future of high-end audio, if it has one at all, is inexorably linked to video." And he cites my recent discussion of the Burwen Bobcat as proof.

KR: "What the hell did you people do to me?"