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JA often compliments me on how easily words flow from my fingertips to the screen.

<b>Fact:</b> <i>I don't even want to know</i> what bi-wiring is.

<I>Stereophile</I>'s answer to Poppin' Fresh talks with Dr. John backstage at June's HE 2006 show in Los Angeles.

So let get me this straight. Orrin Hatch, Republican senator from Utah, is one of the heavy hitters whose deluge of 11th hour phone calls not only springs music producer Dallas Austin out of a Dubai jail for coke possession, but it also helps to turn a four year jail sentence into a pardon?

You may not care for the music, but sometimes a song's title will catch your fancy. Forget about the tune itself, what is your favorite song title of all time?

In a gesture that mirrors a <A HREF="http://www.eff.org/share/petition/">petition</A&gt; the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is presenting to Congress, Flowerburger Records is circulating a <A HREF="http://www.flowerburger.com/">petition</A&gt; requesting that the British Parliament and the BPI, Britain's recording industry trade group, stop the lawsuits against music fans and develop constructive alternatives aimed at compensating artists.

A highlight of recent Home Entertainment Shows has been the Sunday afternoon "Analog Clinic" presented by <I>Stereophile</I> senior editor Michael Fremer. Michael, who writes about vinyl playback every month in his "Analog Corner" column, spends an hour showing Show attendees how to set up a turntable and how to optimize the tonearm geometry. To judge by the attendance at Home Entertainment 2006, held last month in Los Angeles, this is a popular subject these days.