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This one packs a lot of info into a too-short seeming essay. It champions good books, too.

If, like me, you only know Wray from his Ren & Stimpy comics-style stuff, you owe it to yourself to check out his fine art paintings as well.

How an F-117A really turns on the cloaking mechanism.

This is powerful stuff.

Now we can see that massive black hole so much better!

With handles!

Did the Big Four collude in setting 99&#162:/song download pricing?

Not a Beavis and Butthead joke.

Of course there were some great reissues this past year, but what <I>new</I> release would you say was the most significant in 2005? What is your choice for best new recording of 2005?

Don't bother to tell <A HREF="http://www.musicloversaudio.com">Music Lovers Audio</A> that audio sales have slowed. At a time when many dealers have abandoned two-channel audio altogether or chosen between de-emphasizing music and calling it quits, this Bay Area audio retailer has opened a second store a mere 30 miles from the original North Berkeley location, across the Bay in San Francisco.