Old and New: A 2014 Resolution
Thanks to Art Dudley, Norman Blake's Old and New was one of my three major musical discoveries of 2013. What will 2014 bring? It should be an interesting year, to say the least.
Happy New Year! I hope you’re somewhere warm, like Rincon or San Clemente, taking in a ton of golden sunshine and perhaps enjoying a rum punch. In New York, New Jersey, and much of the rest of the country, the New Year came with several of inches of cold, white snow that fell from the icy sky like the confetti we happily tossed about on New Year’s Eve. This is a perfect day to stay inside and listen to that pile of records you’ve so carefully propped up against the wall.
Over the last seven years, I’ve pretty much purchased any damn record that sparked my interest. Old Treasures
Among the treasures discovered this morning, we have the very first issue of Stereophile, punk rock-style buttons, several outstanding hi-fi cartoons drawn by JGH, and some absolutely shocking show photos.
Old-School Logo
I was totally into Sumiko's old-school logo. Bring it back, Sumiko!
On a Dissecting Table
AlexO's response to Leila's Blood, Looms, and Blooms made me chuckle. AlexO wrote:
On Form
"You know, Mr. Stephen, I'll be coming to you for help with my new blog," Robert warns me.
On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.31 No.12 (December 2008)
Dear readers,
You can find our December 2008 issue on newsstands now.
You can find our December 2008 issue on newsstands now.
On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.1 (January 2009)
The January 2009 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. Volume 32 Number 1 is pretty much bursting at the seams with radicalness. I received a voicemail from a long-time subscriber telling me so. It went:
On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.2 (February 2009)
The February 2009 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. On the cover, we feature the first CD player to come from Canadian manufacturer, Bryston.
On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.3 (March 2009)
The March 2009 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. I know this because people are already">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=60827&an=0… complaining about the $107,000/pair loudspeaker we put on the cover.
On Our Way to Montreal
The Salon">http://www.stereophile.com/news/montreal_audio_show_starts_friday/">Sal… Son & Image hi-fi show opens on Friday, March 26, in Montreal, one of the world’s friendliest and most colorful cities. Tomorrow morning, John Atkinson will arrive at my front door, and we’ll drive the 376 miles from Jersey City to Montreal’s Hilton Bonaventure, where its rooftop garden and two floors of music await us.