The trouble with Tasers, <I>CrunchGear</I> explains, is "there appears to be an aggressive effort by [Taser International] to silence critics and to control data and, on occasion, manipulate statistics with the intent of preserving an illusion of safety surrounding its products."

I know it's <I>Eskie</I>'s 70<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary, but the list would have been a far stronger top 50.

I spent an afternoon <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/musicrecordings/671/">interviewing</A&gt; the Emerson Quartet when they released their epic Shostakovich cycle.They were delightful. They're dedicated musicians, of course, but also witty and welcoming&mdash;just good company.

<I>The Daily Mail</I> maps the world with cartograms: resizing the countries according to different measures. For example, did you know that Ugandans drink the most alcohol per adult?

Not too many people know this about him &#151; not even his closest friends, not even his mother, not even his wife &#151; but John Atkinson, editor of <i>Stereophile</i>, is a huge fan of The Fucking Champs. In fact, JA sent me this clip<SUP>1</SUP>.