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Occasional Magazine

The Occasional Magazine Volume 6 | Now Available!

March 15, 2020 Editorial Staff 1

They say that the magpie is the cleverest of all birds. They say it also has quite an eye for bright and shiny toys. This time through, our magpie has found all manner of shiny […]

Florida 2020

Acora Acoustics and the Art of Making People Cry at Audio Shows | FLAX 2020

February 14, 2020 Marc Phillips Comments Off on Acora Acoustics and the Art of Making People Cry at Audio Shows | FLAX 2020

Acora Acoustics, maker of fantastic granite speakers from Canada, is certainly a rising star in the world of high-end audio. I’ve visited their room at three different shows, and each time I’m more impressed. At […]

Occasional Magazine

Summer 2019 Now Available | The Occasional Magazine

August 17, 2019 Marc Phillips 2

The 2019 Summer Issue of The Occasional Magazine from Part-Time Audiophile is now available! The Occasional Magazine is about more than just audio reviews and music—just like it says on the cover, “not another audiophile magazine, but a […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The Ballad of El Gordo

February 22, 2017 Marc Phillips Comments Off on The Smoking Jacket: The Ballad of El Gordo

By Marc Phillips “It looks like you’re smoking a big sausage!” For years I’ve been fond of the 6 x 60 cigar size, long before the nickname gordo became the acknowledged nomenclature. There’s something about […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The Flavored Smoker

December 14, 2016 Marc Phillips 1

By Marc Phillips “Why, them cigars are fer Girl Scouts and Methodists!” In the world of serious cigar smokers, flavored and infused cigars don’t get a lot of respect. Go onto an online cigar forum […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The New York Smoker

September 13, 2016 Marc Phillips 2

  By Marc Phillips Since I started smoking premium cigars back in 1998, I’ve lived in several states: California, Washington, Texas, Colorado and now New York. That’s right, we just packed up and moved a […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: Skinny and Loving It

February 10, 2016 Marc Phillips Comments Off on The Smoking Jacket: Skinny and Loving It

By Marc Phillips I’ve been reading a few articles on the cigar websites about lanceros, panatelas and other “skinny” cigars, and how they’re suddenly becoming more and more popular over the last couple of years. […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The Down Under Smoker

December 16, 2015 Marc Phillips 4

by Marc Phillips Have I told you about my trip to Australia this summer? That’s kind of an in-joke around here, since I can’t seem to shut up about it and I’m really starting to […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: Born to be Mild

November 5, 2015 Marc Phillips 5

By Marc Phillips When I opened a cigar lounge in Kyle, Texas back in 2011, I took a rather didactic approach to my marketing efforts. At the outset of this venture, one of my cigar […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: Tiny and Bold

August 12, 2015 Marc Phillips 3

By Marc Phillips “Way out west, a story is told About a bunch of cowboys, tiny and bold Riding tall, tall in the saddle Herding cows the size of schnauzers but they’re cattle…” Ah, mini […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The Online Smoker

July 8, 2015 Marc Phillips 4

By Marc Phillips Have I told you about my constant struggles with smoking premium cigars in my isolated town on Colorado’s Western Slope? I’m sure that I have. In fact, I know that I have. […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: Go Figurado!

May 27, 2015 Marc Phillips 10

By Marc Phillips A few years ago, but more recently than I’m willing to admit, I visited my favorite cigar store in Austin and stocked up on a few Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classics in […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: The Courteous Cigar Smoker

April 22, 2015 Marc Phillips 9

By Marc Phillips “How much longer are you going to be smoking that cigar?” I’ve been smoking high-quality premium cigars for about 17 years now, and not once has anyone approached me in public to […]

Lifestyle

The Smoking Jacket: Do You Really Need Cuban Cigars?

March 11, 2015 Marc Phillips 6

By Marc Phillips Colleen and I just returned from a dealer event in Phoenix a few days ago where we introduced our new Axis VoiceBox S monitors to the Arizona Audio Video Club, our second […]

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