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I'm still surprised whenever approached by some faithless audiophile — hair thinning, ears sagging, belly bulging — and asked (seriously): "Do you think there's any hope for our industry?"

I'm on deadline, so of course all I can think about is dinner. Think I'll go upstairs and start some <A HREF="http://www.accesscom.com/~jfinger/recipes/chhole-sour-checkpeas.html">c…; cooking, steam up a bunch of brown basmati rice, and mix up a <A HREF="http://www.mediterrasian.com/delicious_recipes_raita.htm">raita</A>&mda… I'll add some fresh mint, cilantro, and a chopped, drained tomato to that last 'un.

So does Wes' head.

According to Ephraim Lytle, far too much. I haven't seen the movie, but I have to admit I'm disturbed at the shoddy treatment of Demophilus' 700 Thespians, who heroically refused to withdraw with the rest of the Greek forces, and died with the Spartans.

<I>The Chronicle of Higher Education</I> makes the case that <I>Idol</I>'s popularity reflects "a hunger for realistic evaluation."

Timothy Mangan has a nice interview with Murray Perahia in the <I>OCRegister</I>. It's good to have him back performing.

A few days ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that our totally radical magazine is also available <a href="http://www.zinio.com/offer?issn=0585-2544&of=ZH01&ns=zno">in digital attire</a>. It was on my mind because Dave Jenne, one of the production dudes at Zinio (our digital publishing partner), had sent me the link to our April issue. Dave sends me an e-mail each month. And it goes a little something like this:

Ben Stein is not your typical free-trade apologist.

Are scientists getting close to telepathy?

I was reading Alex Ross's spot-on <A HREF="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2007/03/burying_the_led.html">"Burying the Lede"</A> this morning, when I followed a link to an essay he'd published in <I>The New Yorker</I> back in February that you simply <I>must</I> read.