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You'd think we knew pretty much all there was to know about water, wouldn't you? Well, zap it with high-energy X-rays, subject it to extremely high pressure, and make sure the proportions of H2 and 02 are just right and you get "a highly energetic material."
Excellent performance of "Crossroads" by a Cream that came to play. But kids, this video is evidence that you shouldn't take acid and operate a camera.
In November's "Aural Robert" (p.154 in the print mag), music editor Robert Baird sees technological advancement as the major cause for the decline of the independent record store. He writes:
Like the 45rpm single and the LP before it, the Compact Disc is giving way to downloading.
He goes on to say, "An informal poll around the Stereophile office found that no one under 40 had even been in a record store lately, let alone bought a record."
Then, he quotes me!
"It's been so long," said assistant editor Stephen Mejias, "that I can't even remember the last time…
When Harvard Business School Press wouldn't let Robert Sutton title his book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't, he walked. Sounds like it was HBSP's loss.
It is a well-known fact that a rock guitarist's ability to squeeze those really hard-to-reach notes out of a guitar is directly tied to the facial muscles. Over at WFMU's fabulous Beware of the Blog, Scott Williams has posted a tribute to the "guitar face."
Good morning. It's just about 11:30am, and I've received three calls from a reader — let us say his name is... Rich — who is interested in purchasing the $43,000, four-box, Zanden CD player reviewed in our November issue. I reckon, from the information Rich provided, that he is interested in the Zanden simply because we refer to it as "The World's Most Expensive CD Player."
And I'm all like "Wow." Don't you realize, Rich, that
"World's Most Expensive CD Player" isn't really a compliment?Rich, did you read the review? Did you get to that part…
I've just discovered Think Denk (thanks to a link from Alex Ross' The Rest Is Noise). Billed as "the glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist," it's a good read—and Jeremy Denk is good company. Now I have to hear him play.
This is a great response to a bone-headed manufacturing ploy. Yes, it happens—a reviewer contacts a manufacturer for a review sample and the manufacturer responds, "Sure, as long as you guarantee good press."
At Stereophile, our response has always been, "Get over yourself—and call us back when there are no strings attached." (Actually, that's a mild translation of what we really say, but you get the idea.)
When Alienware pulled that trick on Hexus.net, Bob Crabtree took the backstage story online. Crabtree gives fantastic rant. Enjoy the ride.