LATEST ADDITIONS

Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound "atrocious . . . There

Yes, we've reported on this before, but it bears repeating—especially if you didn't hear us because you were playing your iPod too loud: Prolonged exposure to loud music can damage your hearing.

On Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, over 50 exhibitors and 200 brands will be on display at the Brussels Sheraton Hotel (Rogier Place, 3&mdash;1210 Brussels) between 10am and 7pm. <A HREF="http://www.brussels-hifi-show.be/">Register in advance</A> and have your pre-printed badge waiting for you&mdash;plus, you'll be eligible for door prizes.

I'll say one thing right off about the Infinity RS-1B: It sure <I>looks</I> as if you're getting your money's worth.

On August 29, Nonesuch Records gave its first donation of $1 million to Habitat for Humanity International. The funds, raised in only eight months through sales of 150,000 copies of Nonesuch's superb benefit album <I>Our New Orleans 2005</I>, will be used to build homes for displaced musicians and others in the New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village, whose centerpiece will be the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.

Bagheera, gazing down on Huckleberry, can't believe he's too lazy to wake up for breakfast (and she's the svelte one).

Says Huckleberry: "I don't care what the ASPCA says, I am <I>not</I> diurnal&mdash;and even if I were, I definitely wouldn't be a morning kitty!"