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Jersey City Record Riot

Stephen Mejias Jun 03, 2010 First Published: Jun 03, 2010 0 comments

We were bummed out when we heard that Steve Gritzan was closing down his wonderful and dusty record shop, Iris">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/iris_records_closes/">Iris Records, in downtown Jersey City, but heartened in knowing that he’d continue to sell albums at street fairs and at his outstanding Brooklyn Record Riot conventions.

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Strange Thing

Stephen Mejias Jun 03, 2010 First Published: Jun 03, 2010 0 comments

Strange thing about cassettes and vinyl records: Every now and then, while listening to them, I find myself wondering what’ll happen to them when I’m dead and gone. These beautiful things will outlive me and someday someone else will “own” them. What will that person think of me? Will that person think of me? What do my records say about me?

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Lost in the Flood

Stephen Mejias Jun 02, 2010 First Published: Jun 02, 2010 0 comments

Hey kid, you think that’s oil?

Man, that ain’t oil, that’s blood.

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Now On Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.33 No.6

Stephen Mejias May 21, 2010 First Published: May 21, 2010 0 comments

The June 2010 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. It opens with John Atkinson’s “iPad Daze,” an exploration of a print magazine’s inherent value in this digital age, and a piece that JA’s been thinking of writing for at least two years. He figured it’d be controversial, perhaps setting the entire World Wide Web against us, but I don’t think he expected to be criticizedhttp://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=88273&an=0…; for his application of Sturgeon’s Law to today’s popular music:

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Don't Forget, Remember to Pick Up Some Beer

Stephen Mejias May 21, 2010 First Published: May 21, 2010 0 comments

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Bushman’s Revenge: Jitterbug

Stephen Mejias May 20, 2010 First Published: May 20, 2010 0 comments

There’s nothing like being pulverized by a Norwegian power trio in the morning. Thank you, Bushman’s Revenge. Your latest assault, Jitterbug, completely kills.

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Klangwart: Sommer

Stephen Mejias May 20, 2010 First Published: May 20, 2010 0 comments

Sommer from German electronic duo Klangwart (Markus Detmer and Timo Reuber) includes rare compilation tracks, remixes for other artists, and previously unreleased studio recordings.

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Rene Hell: Porcelain Opera

Stephen Mejias May 20, 2010 First Published: May 20, 2010 0 comments

This sexy album cover, making glorious the embrace of sanctity and lust, belongs to Rene Hell’s Porcelain Opera. Rene Hell is the latest guise of noise artist Jeff Witscher, whose overwhelming mass of work, under names including Impregnable, Deep Jew, and Marble Sky, has been documented mostly to cassettehttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/why_cassettes/">cassette;, while utilizing high-quality production. The curious might take a chance on his latest Night">http://www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np/">Night People release.

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Janelle Monae’s “Tightrope”

Stephen Mejias May 20, 2010 First Published: May 20, 2010 0 comments

The word in">http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=88273&an=0… our forum is that 90 percent of today’s popular music is crap. Need a little proof that real talent still exists in the world of pop music? Check out Janelle Monae’s performance on last night’s Letterman show.

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Salon Son et Image Revisited

Stephen Mejias May 19, 2010 First Published: May 19, 2010 0 comments

While John Atkinson, Art Dudley, Bob Deutsch, and I were having a great time roaming the halls of the 2010 Salon Son et Image at the Hilton Bonaventure in beautiful Montreal, Francois Caron of The">http://thecanadianpublic.com/">The Canadian Public was lugging a Canon Vixia HF200 camcorder and Rode Stereo Videomic from exhibitor room to exhibitor room, capturing the action.