My friend Jeff gave me a copy of the new CD remaster of this David Byrne/Brian Eno disc—and it's great. Now Byrne and Eno, "in keeping with the original spirit of the album," offer listeners access to the original multitrack recordings and a chance to remix them through a Creative Commons license. They also offer a chance for the remixes to be posted in a daily Top 20, as chosen by the site moderators.

<I>Canadian Driver</I> gets us past the front gates.

<I>Bwah ha ha haaa!</I> The mad professor is still the perennial favorite.

<I>McSweeney</I>'s again&mdash;and all too believable.

Hmmm. Okay, we're not talking real hi-fi here, but a good read nonetheless.

Damn. Today it's 5:45pm and I'm just getting started. At least I'm not alone; Elizabeth is still here, worrying about page numbers and layouts so that JA can worry about other things.

My wife insisted that I post this, "the best exam answer ever." Not that it did the guy any good.

Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet&mdash;and the Kaavya Viswanathan kerfluffle. Or something.