The Occasional Magazine Volume 6 | Now Available!
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Summer 2019 Now Available | The Occasional Magazine
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Smoking Jacket: The Flavored Smoker
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. [...]
The Smoking Jacket: The New York Smoker
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. [...]
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 [...]
The Smoking Jacket: The Down Under Smoker
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 [...]
The Smoking Jacket: Born to be Mild
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 [...]
The Smoking Jacket: Tiny and Bold
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 [...]
