Stephen Mejias

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Experiments
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 05, 2006  |  3 comments
My speakers haven't moved very far from where they first landed on the night that John DeVore visited Jersey City. The Arros, after the Gibbons, found a similar home — a comfortable spot, if nothing else, which works fine enough for me. It's a spot that allows me to walk into my bedroom easily, without having to brush up against a side wall or trip over any turncoat cable. A spot that appreciates symmetry and cleanliness and my apartment's obsession with order.
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The Word I Was Looking For
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 04, 2006  |  5 comments
in stinct n. 1. An inner pattern of behavior that is not learned and results in complex animal responses such as building of nests and nursing of young. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse. 3. A natural capability or aptitude.
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A Crimson Bird Flying
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 03, 2006  |  4 comments
Bottom of the 2nd, no score. Tom Glavine better gain some control. The walks are going to hurt.
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That Bitch-Goddess, Success
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 31, 2006  |  11 comments
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Light and Airy
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 30, 2006  |  5 comments
"Guess what."
"What?"
"Chicken-butt."
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Professor Plum in the Billiards Room with a Candlestick
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 29, 2006  |  2 comments
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Of Matter into Energy
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 28, 2006  |  0 comments
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Confess and Teach
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 24, 2006  |  7 comments
The doctor never called back. Maybe tomorrow. Nevertheless, I do feel a bit better. My head still hurts and my throat is still sore, but I've got more energy than I had all week. I picked up the tissues, came to terms with the tea, washed the dishes, and found the energy to set the Moscode aside for now and reinstate the Musical Fidelity A3.5 integrated.
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Blood Work
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 23, 2006  |  5 comments
Signs of sickness, with a scent like ennui, all over the apartment: dirtied tissues tossed to the floor, the many jilted cups of tea, unfinished this, unwashed that, empty cans of soup, the pale and quiet Moscode.
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Sick
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 22, 2006  |  5 comments
I'm sick. About as sick as I've ever been. Come to think of it, I haven't really been well since I came down with the flu at CES. I've been fighting something ever since. And today, it knocked me out. Fever, chills, pain all throughout my body, an excruciating headache.
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Imposter
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 21, 2006  |  2 comments
Today I received an e-mail from one of my favorite hi-fi sales managers. These are the guys who help me collect pricing and dealer data, images to accompany our reviews, and other behind-the-scenes stuff.
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A New Song
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 20, 2006  |  4 comments
I've been paying more attention to my trembling hands. I wonder if they shake while I'm playing guitar. Does it contribute to my style? Has it determined the way I fret and strum?
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Best Laid Plans
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 17, 2006  |  2 comments
It turns out that Dr. L.R., PhD, does not have two first names. While her last name is spelled just like a very ordinary first name, it is pronounced in a way that makes it something entirely different.
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How to Do Things
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 16, 2006  |  3 comments
I had no idea at all. The first one, recommended to me by my primary care physician, wouldn't accept my insurance, but would be happy to give me a discounted rate of $40 for the first two sessions. Afterwards, we'd have to discuss and determine an amount that would be fair. Besides this small inconvenience, she would be away for the entire month of April. While she'd be willing to see me for at least one session before flying off to South America — "How does that sound to you?" — I'd be left alone immediately after.
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Built for Audiophiles
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 15, 2006  |  2 comments
JA, the industrious, is home today, working on his review of the Slim Devices Squeezebox, which will appear in our next eNewsletter. This makes me happy. Happy, not because JA, the boss, is home, but happy because he's working on his review of the Squeezebox. And, the Squeezebox, as we know, with all of its delicious features and its oh-so-sleek-and-simple lines that fit snugly in the tiniest of corners to broadcast your Editors and Jimmy Edgars and Pink Martinis and Sonic Youth-slash-Fugazis from your office to your kitchen to your bedside window ledge to your broom closet and back into your sweetly pitter-pattering music-loving heart,
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