In My Notebook
She wrote your name down in my notebook and circled it and drew a bunch of funny pictures of cats.
Stephen Mejias
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Deep Listening: The Video
Well, I wasn't able to attend Saturday's "Deep Listening" discussion at the Philoctetes Center. A plane to Mexico was missed and I wound up drinking exotic beers and helping newlyweds plan their honeymoon. Long story.
Check's in the Mail
The new high gloss, high performance Rega">http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/708rega/">Rega P3-24 turntable complete with TT-PSU power supply (sold as an option with standard finish P3s) is now available. The updated P3 was a big winner in our Products">http://www.stereophile.com/features/1208poty/">Products of the Year celebration, taking home awards for both Analog">http://www.stereophile.com/features/1208poty/index3.html">Analog Source of the Year and Budget">http://www.stereophile.com/features/1208poty/index7.html">Budget Component of the Year.
Deep Listening
I am thinking of going to thishttp://www.stereophile.com/news/120308deep/">this; on Saturday. I wonder if there are any good record">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=record+stores+near+247… shops in the area.
Because You Asked, or: Stop
In a way, I started writing that">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_dresses_the_shoes_and_the… Ryan Adams piece at the moment I dropped the needle on the record—around two, or maybe closer to three weeks ago now. Words, however, weren't typed onto this computer screen until last Monday. Normally, I don't spend so much time on a blog entry. For better or worse, these entries usually end on the day they begin, but other things—work, Thanksgiving, life—kept getting in the way of my completion of the Cardinology piece. I think I could have finished it all in one day had I had the opportunity, and I also think it could have been a better piece if I had, but I am nevertheless happy with it.
The Process of Listening That Way
Selfdivider">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=54397&an=0… directed us to this">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/technology/techspecial2/02table.html?… excellent and encouraging article in the New York Times.
The Dresses, the Shoes, and the Clothes
My heart is not broken. It is collapsed like the sun into the frozen Meadowlands. Sometimes, alone in bed at night, I get this awful, screaming pain in the side of my bony chest, in that empty space where I imagine you to be. It's not often that I do this, sit here. Listen to the same sad songs over and over again, sing along, cry, think of how these words were written for us. It's probably not a good habit to be getting into, but it seems I just can't stop. It's been more than two weeks now, and it isn't wearing off. Twelve songs, 40 minutes, over and over again. I can't stop. Remember when you said that no one else could ever love me like you loved me? I don't know if that was a gift or a curse, but I believe it is true.
Pitch Perfect
Remember what">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/cold_weather_usb_phono_preamp… I wrote last week about my dream listening room? Some nice furniture, DeVore Fidelity loudspeakers, Shindo amplifiers, walls lined in vinyl LPs, all that?
The Open Bar
It's not all-audio all-the-time in the Stereophile forums. Every once in awhile, a fellow likes to turn down the stereo and reach for The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, The Economist, Sports Illustrated, King, whatever.
On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.31 No.12 (December 2008)
Dear readers,
You can find our December 2008 issue on newsstands now.
You can find our December 2008 issue on newsstands now.