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Severe Time Crunch
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 10, 2007  |  0 comments
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Severely Damaged (WTF?)
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 23, 2010  |  2 comments
Upon opening the package, which had been shipped from South Africa, we found that one of the two replacement drive-units had been severely damaged. Crikey!
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Sexy Power Supply
Stephen Mejias  |  Jan 30, 2009  |  1 comments
Remember my friend, Eden? The one with the amazing apartment and the Sota Sapphire? I visited her the other day. Slowly, so slowly, we're revitalizing the old turntable. Getting her ready to spin again. Getting her ready to sing again.
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Shadows in Daylight
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 12, 2009  |  3 comments
Although it was a really lovely autumn Sunday with soft blue skies, abundant sunshine, and a crisp breeze, I was still feeling rather worn out from shipping our December issue. Instead of finding a place to watch the Giants demolish the Raiders, I decided to stay inside and listen to records. I considered taking notes to accompany each album, but doing so would have felt too much like more work, so I opted to simply listen and deal with the subsequent guilt.
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Sharon Van Etten at the Bowery Ballroom
Stephen Mejias  |  Feb 27, 2012  |  1 comments
Sharon Van Etten and balloon sculpture at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 2/25/12. Photo: Michael Lavorgna.

To be moved by Sharon Van Etten’s warm, sensuous voice, the remarkable power and soul in her phrasing and delivery, the heaviness of her sad words, you need only listen to her latest album, Tramp (see my review in the March issue, on sale now). Its effects are immediate. To be absolutely captivated, charmed, dazzled by her presence and promise, to want to get to know her better, it helps to see Van Etten perform live.

On Saturday, February 25th, Sharon Van Etten walked out onto the stage before a packed house at Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom. She wears a red dress, black heels, a guitar, and an honest smile.

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She & Him: Volume Two
Stephen Mejias  |  Feb 01, 2010  |  1 comments
Might as well add this one to the list.
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She Wants Something Better
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 19, 2010  |  18 comments
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Shintaro Sakamoto: How to Live With a Phantom
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 30, 2012  |  3 comments
I knew nothing about Shintaro Sakamoto, but there was just no way I could have resisted such provocative album art or a title like How to Live With a Phantom.
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Shipping August
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 04, 2010  |  14 comments
We’ve been shipping the August issue to pre-press. There, you can see it on my desk. It involves a lot of paper, coffee, oatmeal, procrastination, juggling, John Prine, Pontiak, Bushman’s Revenge, and ass-kicking. A whole lot of ass-kicking.
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Shoes Optional
Stephen Mejias  |  Feb 01, 2006  |  5 comments
Mark Levinson has thick, black eyebrows and big, beautiful hands which flutter with energy and something more.
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Shouting Porn and Crying Trash
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 26, 2008  |  26 comments
Have you guys seen those Vincent Audio ads? (See page 128 of the April issue, or page 130 of the March issue or, even better, page 183 of the January issue.) I love them all.
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Sick
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 22, 2006  |  5 comments
I'm sick. About as sick as I've ever been. Come to think of it, I haven't really been well since I came down with the flu at CES. I've been fighting something ever since. And today, it knocked me out. Fever, chills, pain all throughout my body, an excruciating headache.
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Sidi Touré: Koïma
Stephen Mejias  |  May 10, 2012  |  0 comments
While 2011’s Sahel Folk was a quiet, intimate collection of duets—Touré and a friend meeting over a cup of tea—Koïma, Sidi Touré’s second full-length album for Thrill Jockey, is a much more jubilant affair.
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Siempre Sere Guajiro
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 06, 2008  |  1 comments
Awarded Best Cover Art by Latin New York in 1976.
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Silly Parts Talking Emo
Stephen Mejias  |  Nov 28, 2005  |  4 comments
Briana (11), my youngest sister, has a Myspace page whose icon announces: "I Love Emo."
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