Wes Phillips

TrumpBloopers is a compendium of trumpet disasters. The threat of moments like this is what made my friend Larry's performance togs such a sweat stained mess that his wife wouldn't even touch them to throw them out.

The Axion has been found. Maybe it's just me, but when I clicked on the URL and saw Piyare Jain with his hands about a foot apart, "I thought, "That's not so small."

Now forget all the bad press, lackluster reviews, and general public indifference. Doesn't this make you want to buy a Zune?

Slate interviews The Wire's David Simon.

Not pendulums, but predatory populations. Food (ahem) for thought.

Play like a rock god!

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Some questionable calls here. "Daydream Believer?" Did Boyce and Hart ever write a wussy song? Also some good advice: "Waltz time is a direct, foolproof route to wussiness."