Tris, what's up with that? You never called me names before.
If you do visit Tris' miscellany, be sure to scroll down the page and read Ben Krieger's thoughts on digital recording. If anyone around here is an audiophile, it's Ben. I also recommend reading the comments from Zachary Lipez…
The other thing is that anyone who’s surprised by Etta’s pugnacious response to all this hasn’t been watching for the past 30 years. Etta has always been an asskicker. I’ve seen her almost unable to walk because she’s so heavy come out, sit on a chair and wail. This woman has lived the kind of…
But the band’s new album, For All I Care (on Telarc’s Heads Up…
I think I wrote something like 22,000 words for this issue. Only had to slay a couple of dragons, sacrifice three virgins, and meet up with the devil at the crossroads to get this one out the door.
No big whoop.
I make it sound as though I did it all by myself. I didn't, of course. John Atkinson, Robert Baird, and I work with a very dedicated, talented, patient, and understanding team. It only feels a bit lonely sometimes; I think that's in the job description for "Managing Editor." Every day, I feel a little more…
But I love these little guys too much to part with them, so I let Pip use her own dang flash drives.
Typically, they just sit there on my computer dashboard thing, looking at me with their funny little faces. Sometimes, when I get nervous or anxious, I pick one up, place it between my index finger and thumb and rub…
We've lived in bars
And danced on tables
Hotels, trains, and ships that sail
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes out of here
Out of here, out of here...
I concur. I am thinking a Dale's. Or three.
In an economy that has many stores on the ropes, Definitive is doing well—and I could see why. The store is drop-dead gorgeous, the staff in really knowledgeable, and store owner Mark Ormiston has pared the lines down to a selection of brands known for solid engineering and superb customer service.
(That's actually crucial—stores that have "everything" seem attractive, but stores that focus on what they…
Today, I love them for this: They don't take the small stuff—the important stuff; the fundamentals—for granted. In a recent Drag City newsletter, they remind us of how to listen.
You know, earlier in this email, we were railing against modern consumers and their parasitical non-consumerism—tough stuff—when we stopped to think for a moment, are we selling the youth of today…