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Hi-Fi Infidelity: "Me and Mrs. Jones"

Hi-Fi Infidelity: "Me and Mrs. Jones"

The door swings open as we pass the café. The A/C is turned up all the way, and we are embraced by a coolly seductive rush of air. We catch an irresistible cosmopolitan groove from the jukebox and can no longer stand out in the heat. We duck in,
kevinarcher 23 Aug 2016
Hi-Fi Infidelity: "In Some Room Above the Street"

Hi-Fi Infidelity: "In Some Room Above the Street"

Two electric guitars recite a harmoniously staggered theme, shadowing a couple up a flight of stairs. They pause on every third step, perhaps restating their consent or to check if anyone is watching. At the 4-second mark, a phased rhythm guitar enters the scene, providing a shifting background at the
kevinarcher 07 Aug 2016
Hi-Fi Infidelity: “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

Hi-Fi Infidelity: “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

My brother and I sat on the front stoop, with impressively out-of-tune plastic guitars in our hands. With sibling harmony decades removed from the Louvins, we proudly proclaimed, in front of god and everybody, things we couldn’t possibly have understood. I was six, he was nine. The song we
kevinarcher 26 Jul 2016

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