Nothing!
Just kidding. There's lots of intelligent stuff inside each YG cabinet. The unit that was sent to Eric Swanson for the photo shoot, however, was essentially hollow, to save on shipping costs. Imagine all the money you could stuff into one of these empty cabinets. Probably something close to 107,000 dollar bills, I bet.
I'm only kidding. I also have our 2009 production calendar tacked to my wall, so I know everything well in advance. I don't need no reader's complaints to tell me what's going on around here. But, seriously: Don't we know that our country is in the middle of the worst economic breakdown since the Great Depression. What the hell are we doing putting a $107,000/pair loudspeaker on the cover of our magazine?
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Richard Hayman's Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine was released in 1969 and features many persuasive favorites, including "The Look of Love" and "The Girl from Ipanema," all electronically rendered using the groundbreaking Moog synthesizer.
Inside the gloriously thick gatefold, we find Hayman's essay, "The Moog Synthesizer: An Arranger's Delight." He writes:
No other instrument known today is capable of producing so many diversified sounds that can be so completely wild and yet so completely controlled….
The…
Have you ever wondered just whose house he's standing in?
That wallpaper and those blinds might belong to any grandmother in New Jersey. For years, in fact, I was certain that this photo was actually shot in my grandmother's house in Newark. In fact, the image was captured by photographer Frank Stefanko, in Stefanko's Haddonfield home.
I remember heading into the old Tower Records on East 4th, and picking up a copy of…
Scotty Moore plays guitar; Shorty Long is on the piano; Bill Black's got the bass; DJ Fontana is behind the kit; and the Jordanaires sing backup. Highlights include "Rip It Up," "Love Me," "Long Tall Sally," and "When My Blue Moon…
Though she gained much fame in the 1960s as Tito Puente's vocalist and would become the first Latin singer to pack the house at Madison Square Garden, she would later be seen as something of a…
Just my type. She begins:
On a 12x12" surface, Erich Fromm could have fit at least thirty strong excerpts from "The…
I chanced upon this album while browsing the dusty racks at Boomerangs, the new consignment shop on Brunswick, and I was immediately moved by the cover art. On the front, we see Willie Nelson, all red-lit and intent, fretting his guitar. On the back, another shot of Willie, much less forgiving. We focus on the lines around his common eyes, the strange shape of his…
I purchased this album at Tunes in Hoboken, New Jersey. I was torn between it and two other Wainwright albums: I'm Alright and T Shirt. All three were in…
Instead of taking the train out to Brooklyn for Lights' special Valentine's Day show, I kept still inside my old, crooked apartment and listened to many, many records. It felt fine. It felt good.
Here's what I listened to.