Best Laid Plans
It turns out that Dr">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/031606howto/">Dr. L.R., PhD, does not have two first names. While her last name is spelled just like a very ordinary first name, it is pronounced in a way that makes it something entirely different.
Better Than Sex?
Michael Fremer wants the world to know that vinyl">http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2007/05/17/turntable-records-vinyl-t… is back.
Better This Way
Rega’s outstanding">http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/708rega/">outstanding P3-24 turntable is available in lots of fun colors, and even though I do love my white P3, I still suffer from color envy. I want a green one, a blue one, an orange one, a">http://blog.stereophile.com/ssi2010/regas_p3-24_is_pretty_in_pink/">a pink one. I would like a different P3 for every day of the week, a P3 for my every mood. I wonder if the different colors have different sonic properties. For instance, does my white P3 sound purer than a black P3? Are certain colors better suited to certain types of music? Blue for the blues?
Betty Davis Tees
You don’t have to wear a thin mustache and skinny jeans to rock the new Betty Davis t-shirt from American">http://store.americanapparel.net/6401vbty.html">American Apparel. (Really, I promise.) The t-shirt comes from a partnership between the hip fashion outlet and Anthology">http://anthologyrecordings.com/newspost.asp?blogid=140">Anthology Recordings, an all-digital reissue label devoted to rare and out-of-print music from around the world. For $27, you also get a digital compilation, curated by Anthology, featuring tracks from Betty Davis, Karen Dalton, Father Yod, Telegraph Avenue, Shoes, and other obscure, forgotten artists.
Between The Band and Betty Davis
It is spring! Without doubt, it is spring. The skinny trees on Monmouth Street have suddenly bloomed all pink and purple and white, while the birds outside my kitchen window have learned to sing new songs. They make a wonderful racket in the morning. I like it. It makes me feel somehow closer to the world, to nature, to love and god and shit. This music of spring is a nice contrast to the sirens and jack hammers that normally make up a Jersey City morning.
Beware the Devil Woman
This one goes out to a very special lady. You know who you are.
Bewitching, Rewarding
Joanna Newsom’s third full-length LP, Have One On Me, is available today. You can stream">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123981491&ft=1&f=9… the entire thing from NPR, if you’re interested. Today, after work, I will go out into the light rain and hunt down this album. The arrangements are as intricate as ever, but Newsom’s voice has never been so seductive, alluring, inviting. So far, I especially like the kindness and yearning of “No Provenance,” but the entire thing—three LPs, 18 tracks, and two hours long—is bewitching and rewarding.
Beyond.FM Tackles DRM with Chuck D and DMC
My inbox is blowing up. Every other second, it's ding, ding, ding. New mail, new mail, new mail. Press conferences, product announcements, and party invitations from hundreds of companies who will be exhibiting during the four far too short days that make up the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.
Big Ideas: Don't Get Any
Awhile back, Radiohead held an online contest, asking fans and other ambitious artists to remix their song, "Nude," from the superb album In Rainbows. I forwarded the link to my good friend Todd, knowing that he could win it all—win it all!—if only he cared enough to spend the time with it.
Big Top Hi-Fi
Have you guys seen “Date Night,” the new comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey? I’m thinking about going to check it out because: 1., Steve Carell is funnyhttp://www.moviemaker.com/images/uploads/steve_carell_40_year_old_virgi…;; 2., Tina Fey is hothttp://thezaz.nationallampoon.com/files/2009/12/tinafey_21313.jpg">hot<…;; 3., Parts of the film are set in my college town of Teaneck, NJ; and, 4., There are scenes featuring a hi-fi made up of Meridian’s DSP7200 Digital Active loudspeakers, Reference 800 DVD player, and G68 surround controller.