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I think it's because he's a dangerous psychotic who probably has about a zillion injunctions forbidding him anywhere close to children. . . . Wait, was that a trick question?
It's kind of crazy. I go to bed each night with a little bit of worry over the words I've let loose. Nouns and verbs and other linking bits, forming ideas and images meant to be pretty, meant to be funny, meant to be interesting. These words are linked to me, just as my name is linked to Stereophile, and it all comes with
So
Much
Weight:
The weight of almost forty-five years and hundreds of writers and thousands of reviews: The weight of loudspeakers and monoblocks: The weight of mountains, some sort of audiophile genetic memory. And so I worry. Did I say what…
Terry Teachout's Commentary essay on Malcolm Arnold suggests that it's time to re-evaluate the critical consensus that Arnold's music wasn't serious simply because it was, well, among other things, not hard on its listeners.
Last night, audiophile Al Marcy — oh, hell-kite! — did an incredible thing. He, with one swift comment, responded to every single blog entry I've ever posted:
Relax, Sado-Maso, this audio trip is great fun. OK, so somebody thinks money isn't stupid... bet they did NOT earn their's... I am looking forward to 60. My latest Heathkit A-7 uses 12A6 output tubes. Damn thing sounds fantastic. I am planning on fixing my other one. Mono is too good for mere mortals, right? Boy, you've got to carry that weight...
Remarkable.
Language Log offers some good advice on protecting yourself from—'wait for it—good advice on writing.
Disclaimer: No English professors were harmed in the writing of this entry.
Mobile Fidelity UDSACD 2018 hybrid SACD/CD. Don Schlitten, prod.; Richard Alderson, eng. Remastering engineer: Sean R. Britton. Original recording date: 1968/Remastered: 2006. A/DSD. TT: 38:20.
Pat Martino: guitar; Eddie Green: piano; Ben Tucker, Tyrone Brown: bass; Lenny McBrowne: drums.
You know that old saying Don't judge a book by its cover? It applies to recordings, too. Even though I've never heard a Pat Martino album that didn't knock my socks off, I've always skipped over East! in the record bins because of its bright orange jacket with its quizzical looking Buddha…
And here I am, sleeping with the Buyer's Guide. Now that it's finally alive and real, I can sleep like a baby.
Notice the yellow sticky note, reminding me to arrange the return shipment of the Vandersteen 2CE Signature loudspeakers (review to appear in our January 2007 issue). Gotta call Richard!
Now I must kiss the Buyer's Guide to show it how strong my love is.
You, too, will kiss it. Once it is in your lucky hands, you will not be able to resist.