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The Future of Musical Instruments

Stephen Mejias May 18, 2010 First Published: May 18, 2010 0 comments

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WFMU Loves Vinyl

Stephen Mejias May 18, 2010 First Published: May 18, 2010 0 comments

Take a look into the heart and soul of my favorite radio station, Jersey City’s own WFMUhttp://www.wfmu.org/">WFMU;, 91.1FM.

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Wine and Music at Stereo Exchange

Stephen Mejias May 17, 2010 First Published: May 17, 2010 0 comments

Thursday, May 20, 6 to 9pm: Meridian">http://www.meridian-audio.com/">Meridian Audio and Stereo">http://stereoexchange.com/">Stereo Exchange will host an evening celebration to introduce the new Meridian Sooloos 2.1 music server system and Meridian 808.3 Signature Reference CD player. Wine and music will be served.

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Thinking About Quality

Stephen Mejias May 14, 2010 First Published: May 14, 2010 0 comments

I’ve been reading Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, which argues that an intimacy with manual trades may revitalize a connection to the material world lost to those who spend their lives in offices or cubicles, staring at computer screens for eight to twelve hours a day, unable to quantify exactly what it is that they do. I’m digging it. It aligns, in many ways, with a philosophy John Atkinson has shared with me: Do doingfully.

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Dammit!

Stephen Mejias May 14, 2010 First Published: May 14, 2010 0 comments

The Super Deluxe Mega Awesome Edition of the Rolling Stones’ classic Exile On Main Street, considered by some to be the greatest rock and roll album of all time&#151complete with two CDs, including ten previously unreleased tracks, two LPs, a DVD, and a 50-page book&#151is now available. Damn.

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Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett

Stephen Mejias May 13, 2010 First Published: May 13, 2010 0 comments

I’ve been infatuated with Damien Jurado’s new album, Saint Bartlett, due to be released on May 25th from Secretly">http://www.secretlycanadian.com/onesheet.php?cat=SC192">Secretly Canadian. Its twelve songs take us on an emotionally powerful trip, from the drunken sway of “Arkansas” to the jaunty swagger of “Wallingford” to the heavyhearted confessions of “Kansas City.” Altogether, Saint Bartlett is deep and beautiful and addictive.

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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today

Stephen Mejias May 13, 2010 First Published: May 13, 2010 0 comments

Oh, crap. This is good. Recently signed to 4ADhttp://www.4ad.com/ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti/">4AD;, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti are poised to release Before Today, their first full-length album for the acclaimed indie label, on June 8th. Whee!

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Nelson Pass at Resolution Audio Video

Stephen Mejias May 11, 2010 First Published: May 11, 2010 0 comments

On Thursday, May 20th, Seattle’s Resolution">http://www.resolutionaudiovideoseattle.com/">Resolution Audio Video (5459 Leary Avenue NW) will host an evening with renowned amplifier">http://www.passlabs.com/index.htm">amplifier designer and DIY">http://www.passdiy.com/index.htm">DIY advocate, the long-haired and white-bearded Nelson Pass. This event should be really cool and interesting; Nelson Pass doesn’t make many big public appearances.

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Effi Briest: Rhizomes

Stephen Mejias May 11, 2010 First Published: May 11, 2010 0 comments

It was late last year, when the leaves and the temperatures started to fall, that I first became interested in Effi Briest, the hypnotic and alluring all-female band performing out of Brooklyn, NY. Their video for “Mirror Eye” was a">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/effi_briests_mirror_rim/">a dizzying, hallucinogenic trip that matched their sound and their sense of style.

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I'm A Vagabond, Too

Stephen Mejias May 07, 2010 First Published: May 07, 2010 0 comments

I…uh, I…I just don’t know what to say, but I’m definitely making this my new theme song.