Meeting and Forgetting
From left to right: Selfdividerhttp://www.selfdivider.com/base/index.php">Selfdivider;, AlexO, Jules">http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/jules/jules.html">Jules Coleman, JackCrank, and Jeff">http://www.jeffwong.com/">Jeff Wong. Friday, February 29, 2008, at In Living Stereo.
Meeting Jimi Hendrix
A group of people sit along an old, grimy bar, doing things. Watching, waiting, aspiring. Every single one of them, in one way or another. Watches, waits, aspires. One of them—the strangest looking one of all—is a black dude with hair like the wind through a California Cypress. Eyes like two half moons. With more care and concern than any of the others, he watches. He watches the man on stage, a fellow named Henry Vestine. Henry is playing guitar, bass, and drums all at once, all by himself.
Melissa's Comment
As I was leaving Maxwell's last night, I ran into Melissahttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/092805withloss/">Melissa;.
Mi Bomba
It's a good thing I did my listening before the Mets' tragic loss because, afterwards, everything sounded horrible. I started with the brilliant Arsenio Rodriguez composition, "A Bailar Mi Bomba," off of Roberto Roena's outstanding Lucky 7. When I listen to this song, my head bobs about like mad and my shoulders shake like maracas, I come up with desperate ideas about trading in my guitar amplifier for a conga set and a cowbell, I consider saying goodbye to everything and moving away to Puerto Rico. It's that kind of song.
Mi Gente
I was in an elevator with several others, coming down from the penthouse floor of an ordinary building on 32nd Street. My companions for the ride spoke in Spanish, lovely currents of flowing sound like:
Michael Fremer at 45RPM
Click here to see a picture of Michael Fremer at Austin's SXSW conference, standing in front of a bright orange Chevy, while tossing an LP—attempting to catch an LP?—and spinning in circles.
What the?
I feel sick.
Michael Fremer Boings Back
Michael Fremer, Stereophile's senior contributing editor, has been everywhere lately. First he was Gizmodoedhttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/gizmodo_hearts_audiophiles/">…;, then he got Boing-Boingedhttp://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/gizmodo-audiophile.html">Boing…;, and now he's">http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/06/on-being-gizmodoed-b.html">he's boinging back.
Michael Fremer on MSNBC
Hey ma.
Remember last week at dinner when you guys asked me, "What's new?," and I stuttered, hesitated, and tried telling you about the Home Entertainment Show?
Remember last week at dinner when you guys asked me, "What's new?," and I stuttered, hesitated, and tried telling you about the Home Entertainment Show?
Mikey Fremers
Mikey fremers with some connections while the imposing Wilson MAXX 3 loudspeaker looks on, darth-vaderishly. Better not screw up, Mikey.
Mikey In the Press Room at RTI
Here's a sneak-peek at Mikey Fremer's upcoming DVD, "It's a Vinyl World, After All," scheduled to be released later this year. I swear: Mikey doesn't always talk like this. It's just that it's loud at the RTIhttp://www.recordtech.com">RTI; pressing plant, and Mikey's a little excitable.