Oh Boy, Another List
But this one's the Best Summer Music Reads from <I>Pitchfork</I>. And the only one I've already read is <I>King Dork</I>.
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How Records Are Made, Part 2
This segment covers plating and pressing. Audiophiles should note that this example uses the simpler (and less replicable) one-step plating process, which is why there's no mention of an archival "mother," just a stamper.
Making Vinyl Records, Part 1
How records are made: This segment covers making the lacquer and then cutting it.
All in Bands
Sometimes, I feel as though I use a lot of words to say nothing at all.
Tris McCall
<i><b>I'm Assuming You're All In Bands: Tris McCall in Brooklyn</i></b><br>
Jersey Beat Music
The Best Puffery Article Ever
Well, he couldn't call it that if it wasn't true, could he?
The Sultan's Elephant on the Road
I (well, Jeff Wong) linked to The Sultan's Elephant on Monday. Well, it turns out that it will be enacted in other cities throughout the summer. It will be in Antwerp, Belgium from July 6–9 and in Calais toward the end of September. Le Havre gets it in late October.
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Words, Words, Words
Nancy Friedman at <A HREF="http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/"><I>Away With Words</I></A> guides us to the Coleman Partners website for a well-written essay called "Marketing & the English Language: A Guide to Better Communication," which is worth reading. Ms. Friedman does warn that the site's design is too clever by half, so you'll have to click on the external link, then click "Explain," and the click "Logical" to get to the "off-white papers," of which there are at present, just the one.
Making Stuff Invisible
Well, only stuff that's a fraction of a millimeter square and only for one ten thousand millionth of a second—but that's a start.
Science Marches On
<I>The Canadian Medical Association Journal</I> publishes "Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin goes to the neurologist." Mmm hmmm.