What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles
Recently in life and online I've had some curious observations about human behavior I thought I'd share. To begin with, I have recently discovered that a surprising number of My Fellow Americans do not like meatloaf. As a meatloaf maker and meatloaf cognoscenti I was absolutely astonished at this. Some people who otherwise like burgers and the like hate meatloaf.
If you make meatloaf and love it your immediate reaction to this is "but you haven't tried _my_ meatloaf." That's our natural knee jerk reaction because we just can't imagine. Related to this I have a bartender. We'll call him Calhoun because his name is Calhoun. An otherwise respectable fellow who knows beer and tequila better than most. I would go in to see what the latest rotation of Indian Pale Ales were. About once a month they'd get some new "dessert beer." That is a brew made to taste like a sweet food substance. The least offensive of which were peanut butter and the worst strawberry shortcake beer. Calhoun would proceed to push me to sample these unholy abominations every time he could.
Of course I'd tell him "I don't like flavored beers." Which was partially a lie as a coffee or espresso flavored beer would probably be divine.. but we digress.
Sometimes he was so adamant that the latest beer flavor was the one that would change my mind I'd go ahead and try them. Of course, they were invariably disgusting.
My point to all this is that being on both sides of this argument. It's really hard to accept that our fellow audiophiles don't like something we feel is sublime and we will push our fancies onto them in the hopes of enriching their lives for the better. It's hard for us to respect that someone else can love music and the stereos that play it and yet not have found their happy place the same way we have.
By the way, I use the Betty Crocker meatloaf recipe and add a tablespoon of chipotle powder. Amazing.
I like to cook and I think the above is an excellent analogy. It’s got me scratching my head, wondering what the sonic equivalent of "croutons" might be. Actually, I often think in terms of sonics when adjusting seasonings. Does the dish need more bass? More mids? More highs?
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Big fan of meatloaf (the food) and a little spice in the sauce makes most things taste better (btw - great pic @nonoise) Big fan of IPAs (singles, doubles, even some triples and quads). They have to be interesting and not bland. (btw - never had an "Indian" pale ale - made from maize?) Generally, do not like flavored beers (although a place over here makes a great tasting berry sour and another one called Fluffsicle that tastes just like a creamsicle) Big fan of listening to my stereo and I hope everyone else is happy listening to whatever system they happen to have.
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