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Wes Phillips
Rumpletummy
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Bed head? Huckleberry has bed everything.
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Kitty Up!
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Bagheera has decided that the roasting pan makes a dandy command bridge for managing kitchen operations.
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Stephen Mejias
Commitment to Style and Technology
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  0 comments
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Shocker
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  0 comments
The trouble with Tasers, CrunchGear explains, is "there appears to be an aggressive effort by [Taser International] to silence critics and to control data and, on occasion, manipulate statistics with the intent of preserving an illusion of safety surrounding its products."
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The 70 Greatest Esquire Sentences
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  0 comments
I know it's Eskie's 70th anniversary, but the list would have been a far stronger top 50.
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Stephen Mejias
A Simple, But Attractive, Plant Stand
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  7 comments
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Bartók
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  0 comments
I spent an afternoon interviewing the Emerson Quartet when they released their epic Shostakovich cycle.They were delightful. They're dedicated musicians, of course, but also witty and welcoming—just good company.
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Graphic Display of Information
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 08, 2007  |  0 comments
The Daily Mail maps the world with cartograms: resizing the countries according to different measures. For example, did you know that Ugandans drink the most alcohol per adult?
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Stephen Mejias
Lost in the Glistening Ocean of Victory Metal
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 07, 2007  |  8 comments
Not too many people know this about him — not even his closest friends, not even his mother, not even his wife — but John Atkinson, editor of Stereophile, is a huge fan of The Fucking Champs. In fact, JA sent me this clip1.
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The Birth of the Album Cover
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 07, 2007  |  0 comments
In the dawn of the record era, album covers were based on the covers of photographic albums. Then Alex Steinweiss proposed to Columbia that it "embellish the 78 RPM record albums (covers) with original artwork (drawings and paintings)." An art form—and an industry—was born.
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