Smiling With the Buyer's Guide
Stephen Mejias
Master Marcy
Last night, audiophile Al Marcy — oh, hell-kite! — did an incredible thing. He, with one swift comment, responded to every single blog entry I've ever posted:
A Memory Talking
It's kind of crazy. I go to bed each night with a little bit of worry over the words I've let loose. Nouns and verbs and other linking bits, forming ideas and images meant to be pretty, meant to be funny, meant to be interesting. These words are linked to me, just as my name is linked to <i>Stereophile</i>, and it all comes with
Bad Example
In November's "Aural Robert" (p.154 in the print mag), music editor Robert Baird sees technological advancement as the major cause for the decline of the independent record store. He writes:
How to Make Dandelion Wine
<b>Long Before Deceit and Lust</b>
Window Insulation Kit
Autumn came without calling first. It snuck its way in through the cracks of my old kitchen windows and made itself at home. I've asked it to spend nights on my orange couch, but, while I sleep, it comes into my bed and hogs all the blankets. It's cold in my apartment.
