Why listening to music is no longer relaxing. How many times do we have to say it? Enough already with 1dB dynamic ranges!

"No treats, no cuteness," said Huckleberry. "We're strictly on a pay-for-play system from now on."

"I'm so bored," said Bagheera. "You know what to do."

Of course, I'm linking to this one. For one thing, it's a list—and it's filled with useful information.

A new feature for the blog: Every Thursday, I'll spotlight a recording of special merit—stuff that grabs me for both its content and its recording quality. Think of it as the return of Quarter Notes, sort of.

You know how all of those articles about Harry Smith's <I>Anthology of American Folk Music</I> identified him as an "experimental filmmaker"? Well, <I>Early Abstractions</I> was one of those experiments.
<P ALIGN=CENTER
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-wYJ51nSXRQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-wYJ51nSXRQ&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

My definition of a brilliant book review is one that interests you in a subject you wouldn't have devoted five seconds to&mdash;interests you enough to spend many hours contemplating it.