Does Music Create Deeper Sleep?
Based on the chap with the season tickets next to my concert seats, I'd say so! Hermione Eyre weighs in.
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Modern Art
Bagheera displays a languor not unlike that of a Modigliani nude.
Too Darn Hot
Huckleberry says it's too hot to be cute or amusing this week. Some other time, maybe.
The 1% Rule
At last, a theory that explains that I probably do have more readers than Stephen Mejias, John Atkinson, Buddha, Adam Sohmer, Alan in Victoria, Jeff Wong, Al Marcy, my wife, and Monty. According to the 1% rule, I actually have almost one hundred readers!
Justin Davidson on What's Ailing Orchestras
Why the man's a radical preservationist! But I agree with him more than not.
Jonathan Ames Defends The Dain Curse
Part of NPR's You Must Read This series, which mostly seems like a better idea than it is. Anyway, this one intrigued me because The Dain Curse always struck me as nigh unto incoherent—perhaps it's time for a reconsideration.
15 Book-to-Film Adaptations That Live Up to the Source Material
What, no Angels and Insects? No Blade Runner? No Giant? Okay, I'm wrong about Giant—I've always over-rated it because it was almost exclusively made up of boring parts, so I got to make out with my girlfriend in the movie theater for nearly three hours. Now that was a visceral cinematic experience.
Why Do People Become English Majors?
Money quote: "Not one student said, I am studying English "because I want to make a lot of money" or 'because my parents made me.'"
YouTube and the Law
Site hero Fred von Lohmann weighs in. Read it all for the long of it; the short of it: "YouTube's 10-minute clip limit and tiny video window cater to clip culture, not pirates."
The High Cost of Free Parking
Guess there's free and then there's free.