The April 2006 Edition of Our Little Darling
Okay, now that we've sent the March issue off to become beautiful and real, it's time to move on to the April issue.
The Architecture of a Tuesday Afternoon
JA often compliments me on how easily words flow from my fingertips to the screen.
The ARChive Record Sale
Though it seemed to have been fairly well-scavenged by the time we arrived on Saturday afternoon, the ARChive of Contemporary Music's Winter">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/926_new_stock/">Winter Record and CD Sale held many great treasures.
The Arrangement
This week only, we can stream">http://soundcloud.com/subpop/beach-house-the-arrangement">stream new music from Beach House. “The Arrangement” comes from the A side of Beach House’s “Zebra” 12-inch, made special for Record">http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">Record Store Day (this Saturday, April 17!).
The Art of the Turntablist
In a sense, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are music historians and preservationists. In "The Hard Sell," they take us on a scratching, mixing, looping journey through musical genres and fads, from the wildly obscure to the completely commercial, while employing not one, not two, but eight turntables and a collection of original 45rpm seven-inch singles that would make Mikey">http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/84/size/big/… Fremer's hair go straight.
The Ascendance of Digital Music
And, if you still feel like reading on this particularly frigid Friday, check out today's">http://themultipurposesolution.blogspot.com/2007/01/our-world-here-has-… You Can Go To Jersey, Or You Can Go To Hell entry.
The Audio Doctor: Prescribing the Best of Everything
On the corner of Sherman and Sanford in the quiet, residential neighborhood of Jersey City known as The Heights, just a block from Leonard Gordon Park and two blocks from Pershing Field, there is a beautiful, old Victorian house. Standing a little taller than the other houses in the neighborhood, 112 Sherman Place, with its turreted rooms, stained glass windows, and distinct green and ochre exterior, has a proud, stately, almost royal, appearance. This is the home of Dave and Paula Lalin, their three children, their three pets, and more high-end audio components than you would ever expect. This is the Audio Doctor.
On a perfect, late autumn morning, Uncle Omar and I made the short drive from Downtown Jersey City to meet with the Lalin family for a little tour and a lot of hi-fi.
The Audiophile of Solitude
The Audiophile Pose
My great friends, Omar and Mikey, striking The Audiophile Pose, at Audio Connection in Verona, New Jersey.
The Audiophillie Music Awards For Excellence In Recorded Sound
In our">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/now_on_newsstands_stereophile… March 2010 issue, Steve Guttenberg offered an excellent As We See It, detailing his newly rekindled relationship with vinyl playback. Over at CNET, Steve is known as the">http://news.cnet.com/audiophiliac/">the Audiophiliac, discussing a wide range of news, events, and ideas, all in the worlds of music and hi-fi. Now the Audiophiliac and his colleagues at the 404 Podcast present the Audiophillie Awards: They’re asking recording engineers and hobbyists of all levels to submit their best work, with the chance to win some fun prizes.