The definition of "fetish" <I>is</I> "object or part of the body that arouses libidinal impulses&mdash;often to the exclusion of genital impulses." Fetishizing that annoying Microsoft Word paperclip, however, goes beyond extreme kink into deeply creepy territory.
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Over at Doug Ramsey's always worth checking-out <I>Rifftides</I>, Randy Sandke offers a personal remembrance of Michael Brecker. Not your usual hagiography.

Marc Fisher wonders if sharing the hit record experience is possible in the age of iPod.

Stephen Strauss argues that we can only really know our nearest relatives by creating cloned reincarnations.

Mystery of Napoleon's death laid to rest?

Moving. Who Doesn’t Love It?

So <I>Stereophile</I> has once again moved, fortunately only three floors down in the same building this time out.

Now that I don't review DVDs professionally, I almost never watch the commentary tracks. Like most folks, I feel I could use that time watching a movie I've never seen before&mdash;yet, a few (a very small few) of 'em are interesting or amusing. I think my favorite was Randy Newman's commentary for <I>Pleasantville</I>, which came off as an insider's view of the Hollywood scoring community (his uncles Lionel and Alfred were both film composers).

Greg Sandow has written three long posts about why this might be the end of the classical music era. The link below takes you to the third, but you can scroll down the page and read them in order.