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Satellites, it turns out, are <A HREF="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/12313846.html">more diverse (<I>read:</I> weirder)</A> than the planets they orbit.

<I>Last October, in Vol.11 No.10, </I>Stereophile<I>'s Founder and Chief Tester <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/66">J. Gordon Holt</A> stated, in his acerbic editorial "<A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/111">The Acoustical Standard</A>," that, in his opinion, only recordings for which there is an original acoustic reference&mdash;</I>ie<I>, typically those of classical music&mdash;should be used to evaluate hi-fi components. And that in the absence of a consensus over such a policy, high-end component manufacturers were losing their way over what does and does not represent good sound quality.</I>

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That, unfortunately, is the <I>good</I> news at <A HREF="http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html">Discworld News</A>. Pratchett announces that he has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.

"Jack" Cappon has died. If you're a writer, you'll probably know him as the author of one of the best books ever written on how to write good: <I>The Word: An Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing</I>.

The Beeb spells out precisely why DRM is <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136527.stm">anticonsumer</A&gt;.

The <A HREF="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771113…; for Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man" died in November.

When I realized that I knew most of <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16741721">WGUC's Top Classical CDs of 2007</a>, I had to stop and wonder: "What the heck is going on with me?"

"Cavalcade of merciless repetition," is how Jimmy Page described touring in the <I>Sunday Times</I> last week. I still say they're gonna tour but give them credit: they're being coy about being dragged into accepting all that cash.

In the middle of my salsa and <i>son</i> craze, Iron & Wine's <i>The Shepherd's Dog</i> has come as a surprise. It got me wondering what other albums I might've missed along the way. Lots, I'm sure. If I end up with some spare cash after the holidays, I think I'll take some time to revisit my indie-pop/folk fascination, starting with the following: