To celebrate his 80<SUP>th</SUP> birthday, EMI is loading all of Mstislav Rostropovich's discography onto iTunes for download. That's 5000 tracks.

If, when listening to the music of John Coltrane, you've been asking yourself <I>what am I missing?</I>, <I>Traneumentary</I> will give you answers. It's a podcast series that interleaves commentary and Coltrane's music with interviews with collaborators like McCoy Tyner and Jimmy Cobb, contemporary musicians like Terence Blanchard and Jason Moran, and legendary producers Michael Cuscuna and Joel Dorn&mdash;not to mention the great man himself.

I told you baaaad things happened when you monkey around with sheep.

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Dear Stephen,

Why theater goers in Epidaurus could hear actors from 60m away.

As a sci-fi fan, I can assure you that this never ends well.