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I’ve had this headache for two years now.

<a href=http://www.benkrieger.com/>Ben Krieger</a> keeps an appropriately weird and mysterious blog called <a href=http://haikutenanny.blogspot.com/>Haikutennany</a>: Personal Music Reflections in 17-syllable Bursts.

<i>It seems that the only ordinary thing in life is that we overlook the little wonders around us.</i><br>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.marcelwanders.com/">Marcel Wanders</a>

Here's one you don't see every day: competing press releases over a store dropping a product line&mdash;or vice versa.

Remember that whole "broadcast flag" kerfluffle? Well, it ain't over yet&mdash;not if the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) and the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) have anything to say about it. If you <I>don't</I> remember the broadcast flag imbroglio, or if you thought it had been vanquished by the DC Circuit Court in May 2005, here's an update.

While we should always try to look on the brighter side of life, there are bound to be aspects of high-end audio that bug you no end. What are they?

In a press conference held September 28 at Sony Music Studios on West 54th Street, MusicGiants &mdash;see <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/051605musicgiants">Wes Phillips' earlier story</A> on this company&mdash;announced the launch of a new music download service that offers CD-resolution digital recordings from the major artists on the major music labels, EMI, Sony/BMG, Universal, and Warner.