I haven’t listened to Monster’s Beats, the large and flashy headphones branded by hip hop producer Dr. Dre, but I have noticed more and more people wearing them on the streets and in the subways, so I was definitely intrigued by Matt Calderone’s e-mail. The PR rep for New York City’s Dobbin/Bolgla Associates wrote:
Lady Gaga wanted to create a headphone that would combine Dr. Dre's sense of sound with her own sense of style. The result is Heartbeats, which have a look inspired by the studded jackets Lady Gaga and her friends once wore.
<i>Lady Gaga surrounded, appropriately, by paparazzi. Ha, paparazzi! Get it?</i>
<i>Stereophile</i>'s founder, <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/historical/66/index.html">J. Gordon Holt</a>, who passed away in July, was also a recording engineer. Here we see one of his projects, a rare 1958 LP of British-born American folk singer, Richard Dyer-Bennet, the "twentieth-century minstrel."
Let's just say I had a little bit too much fun at last night's CD release party. Let's just say beer, tequila, and rum. Let's just say hot girls in summer dresses making out on the cushioned booth. Yeah, let's just say that. At one point, I turned away from the stage to see that the front room had been transformed into <a href=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQJexFOxolI">The Tequila Scene</a> from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. It was like a dream, I tell you, and it may have been the most wonderful thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
Looking for <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/news/attention_screen_cd_release_party/">a good time tonight</a>? Meet us after work at <a href="http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/">Otto's Shrunken Head</a> to celebrate the release of <a href="http://stereophile.com/musicrecordings/ilive_at_ottosi_a_new_stereophil… Screen's new CD</a>.
<i>The Zeppelin Mini: It looks great anywhere—even in the kitchen—but you'll want to avoid potential early-morning accidents or you might end up buttering your iPhone.</i>
<i>Me, in the middle of another intense stare-down with my computer screen. (The screen always wins.)</i>
This is weird: French hip-hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saout (aka Wax Tailor), is releasing "Say Yes," the lead single off his third album, <i>In The Mood For Life</i>, as a dual-layer compact disc/miniature-vinyl.
The October 2009 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. I hope you will enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. It was a lot of work, but it was also incredibly satisfying. The front cover is, in my opinion, our best and boldest of the year, which is appropriate because this issue not only includes our popular "Recommended Components" list but also pays tribute to <i>Stereophile</i>'s founder, J. Gordon Holt, who passed away <a href="http://stereophile.com/news/j_gordon_holt/">in July</a>. It is indeed a special issue.