Stephen Mejias

Fans of the Fiery Furnaces will be happy to know that the band is releasing a collection of live material. Charmingly titled Remember, the album brings together songs from the entire Fiery Furnaces catalog, digging way back to 2005 and even including tracks from last year's Widow City. With 51 tracks in all, Remember will be available as a triple-LP gatefold, and will include a coupon for free MP3 download. Pretty artwork, too.

Uncle Isaac is building a new house. When he asked me how he might go about getting music to play throughout several different rooms of his home, the first thing that came to mind was Sonoshttp://www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/1006sonos/index.html">Sonos…;. (Of course, if it was my house, I'd have a">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_rega_p3-24_iin_colouri/">a different-colored turntable in each room: Colonel Mustard in the library, Professor Plum in the study, Mr. Green in the billiards room, Miss Scarlet in the kitchen (wink wink)….)

AlexO's response to Leila's Blood, Looms, and Blooms made me chuckle. AlexO wrote:

Today is/was/forever will be remembered as: Vinyl">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11713/index.html">Vinyl Record Day. August 12th, the day Thomas Edison blessed us with the phonograph.

Tighten the laces on your Vans and jump on your skateboard, strap on your helmet and hop on your scooter, pump some air into the tires of your cruiser, do whatever you have to do, dudes; Dash, sprint, leap, fly like Olympians to your nearest record shop and lay down the $19.99 for the new Leila Arab album.

Remember all">http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/a_good_turntable/">all that talk about me just loving the Rega P3 for its plain-Jane, ashen splendor?

For those of you who can't make it out to the Princeton Record Exchange, the good folks in Princeton have put together an excellent video tour of their wonderful store.