"Once I saw that a pipe organ was something you could make in a wood shop, I was hooked. . . ."

No, not the disease, the band. Jon Iverson introduced me to them on Friday and I can't stop listening to <I>Escape From Dragon House</I>. What do they sound like? Sort of Asian/African fusion, mixed with a heavy dose of Farfisa irony, and a splash of spaghetti-Western surrealism. In other words, probably the next Quentin Tarantino soundtrack.

Just what we need: braver mice.

The Drumometer finally gives us an instrument capable of measuring the world's fastest drummer. What a relief.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir! Over 250 computer controlled lobsters, bass, trout, catfish, and sharks perform your musical favorites.

Partch was a musical iconoclast who created his own theory of music, a 64-tone scale, and instruments that could play the sounds he imagined. Performances of his music incorporate drama, which is heightened by the beauty of his instruments.

Something was happening. Something I didn't want to tell you about.