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Much of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/reference/50">descriptive terminology</A> used in subjective reporting describes things we hear in live music, and expect&mdash;or, rather, hope&mdash;to hear from reproduced music, too. I'm referring to terms like <I>width</I>, <I>depth</I>, <I>perspective</I>, <I>spectral balance</I>, and <I>tonal accuracy</I>. If you read our reports, you know these terms as well as I do, and since they are (for most people) self-explanatory, I will devote no more time to them.

I hate all those automobile reviews that go on and on about a car's design aesthetics. C'mon, I can see what it looks like, even if only in the pictures. Just tell me things I can't appreciate without a run on the Autobahn.

As much as I loved the zen of sourdough maintenance and loved the resulting loaves, I gave up my weekly baking sessions because of the "tyranny of the dough." Honest to God, it was like having another pet&mdash;worse, in some ways. Huck and Bagheera are cute enough that we can get cat-sitters when we travel. Ever tried to get anybody to feed your sourdough starter?

Huckleberry signals for more canned mice.

Daniela Edburg chronicles death by Oreos, M&Ms, and all our little binges.

Fifty things you ought to know by age 50.

Is there a better Bob Wills clip than this? I've never seen it, if so. BTW, these were designed to be rear-projected, so everything is reversed &mdash;that's why Wills, Joe Holley, Bobby Koefer, and Cotton Whittington all seem to be playing leftie.
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