Laura LoVecchio as SM
Ad Manager, Laura LoVecchio, is obviously having a great time at CES.
Stephen Mejias
Jonathan Scull as SM
As Stereophile's senior editor, Jonathan Scull wrote a popular column called "Fine">http://www.stereophile.com/finetunes/">Fine Tunes." He now handles marketing">http://www.scullcommunications.com/">marketing and press relations for Bel Canto, Furutech, Loiminchay, and Ultralink/XLO. And does a pretty decent impersonation of me.
Tris McCall's 2008 Pop Music Abstract
I think you'll enjoy Tris">http://www.trismccall.net/pop_music_abstract_2008sv.htm">Tris McCall's 2008 Pop Music Abstract.
Party Intellectuals
Ceramic Dog's Party Intellectuals wins the award for Best Album of 2008 That I Never Wrote Anything About.
The Pleasant Excitement Train Sounds Can Give
These days, weekends seem to last entire lifetimes. Is it the same for you? So much happens that has almost nothing to do with Monday through Friday.
Love Lockdown
Click the external link to hear (and see) JA's current fave demo track.
Beer of the Year
I've got to agree with my main man, Michael Lavorgna: Dale's Pale Ale from the Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, Colorado, wins the award for best beer of 2008.
Clouds Taste Metallic
It kind of happens intuitively, like breathing or crying or finding your way back home. Every year around this time, I scan my compact disc racks and watch as my hand reaches for The Flaming Lips' 1995 album, Clouds Taste Metallic. I put the disc in the player. I sit back. And I listen, and I remember.
Too Hot, Sugar
This weather is pointless. Pointless! What's the use of all this snow and ice? Don't tell me it looks pretty. I'm just not fit for this sort of cold. It's days like today after windy winter nights like last, when the temperatures plunge into the single digits and my apartment's old pipes freeze, that I wish I had an entire fleet of fiery amps to keep me warm.