Stephen Mejias

(all you ever have to know about life is that little girls are taught to dance and little boys are taught to kick it's all over from there my son is going to get a">http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=6193">a whole bunch of garbage for his birthday and i'll say here boy play music)

&#151lines from an old poem, "the green water rocks / make me cry," by me

"Nice blogging," says JA.

Check one and two, but you won't find any of three in my apartment. Unless, of course, you count Story of O&#151and you might. I like to think of it, however, as erotica. Then there's The Forty-Eight Ways. Is that porn? Nah, it's more of a manual. Takeout menus are few, and include: Wild Fusion (their green curry is delightful); Frank's Pizzeria (a large regular costs five bucks!); and La Conguita (their pernil asado reminds me of my grandma's). I don't keep a very large collection of Stereophile back issues at home, but I do have a few special issues on the bookshelf in my living room.

I'm still surprised whenever approached by some faithless audiophile — hair thinning, ears sagging, belly bulging — and asked (seriously): "Do you think there's any hope for our industry?"

A few days ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that our totally radical magazine is also available in">http://www.zinio.com/offer?issn=0585-2544&of=ZH01&ns=zno">in digital attire. It was on my mind because Dave Jenne, one of the production dudes at Zinio (our digital publishing partner), had sent me the link to our April issue. Dave sends me an e-mail each month. And it goes a little something like this: