A special treat today: the new Rye Coalition album, <i>Curses</i>, to be released by <a href="http://www.gernblandsten.com/">Gern Blandsten</a> on April 18th, arrived in our office. Robert brought it over to me. I've been listening to it all day.

Bagheera looks put out at Huckleberry's 15 minutes of fame.

How collaborative filtering is making jaded listeners engaged listeners again.

Go to the external link and click on "The Big Finale." Stick around for "The End."

When you're listening to music?

It has survived <I>my</I> penmanship, so it's obviously quite robust.

But you want one too, don't you?

For the last couple of days, I've been listening to one special CD from start to finish, and over and over again. I don't want it to ever end. Elizabeth must be sick of it. I'm sorry, Elizabeth. But, no: she's not sick of it because she understands. She knows what this is all about. And when I'm not listening to it, I'm holding onto it tightly, smiling over the lovely cover of sweethearts and peaches, reading the song titles from top to bottom and then from bottom to top. Memorizing the shade of red, imagining her hands putting it all together.