God damn. I said, god damn.
These broken bits of board and fluff were holding on to the Audio Valve Conductor preamplifier—desperately, tentatively, gingerly, hopelessly grasping for life around a chassis made of clear glass and so much generously lacquered stainless steel. You'd think someone would care enough about the thing to protect it properly. The Audio Valve Conductor preamplifier costs $14,000. It comes from…
You'll feel better after you watch this. Let it develop, and have a beautiful day.
So many things race through my mind as I watch this and the chills sweep over my skin. Thinking, first: God, this is so beautiful. And then: How is it that music, in its simplest form, is always so similar, no, the same, all over the world? And: Why do we—people, humans—make music at all? What does it do for us?…
And I also hope you've taken advantage of Matador's Buy Early Get Now plan, and have begun your love affair with Sonic Youth's latest mind-melter, The Eternal. It's the perfect music for this summery heat.
It should be called The Fucking Eternal. I am streaming the hell out of it right now, and it's tossing my flabby body all around the suffocatingly hot office.
It's always so easy to say that…
The consumer-electronics giant, which happens also to be the third-largest music seller behind Apple's iTunes and Wal-Mart, is considering devoting eight square feet of merchandising space in all of its 1,020 stores solely to vinyl, which would equate to just under 200 albums, after a test in 100 of its stores around the country proved successful.
Not bad, considering that a typical Best Buy carries just between 16-20 square feet of music merchandise.
For those who were unable to attend the event, Francois's video coverage will offer an interesting and intimate look at the overall experience, while those who were in attendance now have an opportunity to relive the experience through Francois's eyes. He shares some of his invaluable SSI survival tips, takes you on a tour of his favorite demonstration rooms, attempts to get inside the audiophile mind…
And here they are again, seventeen years earlier, making their "Later" debut with the freestyle classic, "Sugar Kane," from the titanic, Butch Vig-produced, double LP Dirty. I think Steve Shelley is wearing the same shirt. (Because he is keeping it real, yo.)
Watch for Robert Baird's interview with the band, along with a…
Did I mention that there were really hot women at the event? There were!