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by Geoff Edgers Mike Esposito still won’t say who gave him the tip about the records. But on July 14, he went public with an explosive claim. In a sometimes halting video posted to the YouTube channel of his Phoenix record shop, the ‘In’ Groove, Esposito said that “pretty reliable sources” told him that MoFi (Mobile Fidelity), the Sebastopol, Calif., company that has prided itself on using original master tapes for its pricey reissues, had actually been using digital files in its production chain. In the world of audiophiles — where provenance is everything and the quest is to get as close to the sound of an album’s original recording as possible — digital is considered almost unholy. And using digital while claiming not to is the gravest sin a manufacturer can commit. There was immediate pushback to Esposito’s video, including from some of the bigger names in the passionate audio community. Shane Buettner, owner of Intervention Records, another company in the reissue business, defend...

Back in 2002 I visited a friend Luis who worked as a tatoo artist on Hollywood Blvd. I snapped some pictures of him at his workstation using a disposable camera, and recently came upon them. It turns out they are great photos! I've also included a picture of his then girlfriend Maritza.