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"Police said the busted driver first shoplifted pepperoni and string cheese from the store after he couldn't find Hot Pockets for his pregnant girlfriend, who was waiting in the GMC. Then he stole the stereo and brought it back because 'it was not of high quality.'"
Although I'm normally dealing with stuff that turns electricity into sound, I am fascinated that Zhong Lin Wang seems to have invented a nanotech power source.
Devising tests that distinguish whether ravens solve problems through logic or instinct ain't easy.
I would like to be at home right now, sitting on the orange couch, listening to the hi-fi. Because Bill Callahan has been on my mind, I think I would choose to listen to Smog's A River Ain't Too Much To Love, an album that soothes me, that makes me feel good.
And Bill Callahan has been on my mind because he's got this new album coming out. It's called Woke On A Whaleheart, and isn't that an exciting name? What does it mean to wake on a whaleheart? I wonder. It feels like something special, something magical, something important. I see deep red and brilliant blue, and I…
Back in March, I posted a link to a Physics Web article on iconic equations, which quoted Gauss' assertion that if Euler's formula wasn't immediately obvious, the reader probably has no chance at being a first-class mathematician.
Kind of makes you curious about "the Mozart of mathematics," don't it?
Anybody who has been around NYC for the last 20 years or so will attest to the fact that it has gotten a lot easier to get great burritos. Ever wonder why? Idle Words fills us in on the secret.
Word Spy is "devoted to sleuthing out new words and phrases. These aren't 'stunt words' or 'sniglets,' but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."
I found it when I googled "liar loan" when reading James Surowiecki's New Yorker article about sub-prime mortgages. Here's the funny thing: the first usage citation was from Surowiecki's article, although there are many other examples given.
I'm looking forward to the new Bill Callahan album, Woke On A Whaleheart, not only because I have this aching feeling that it's going to be a beautiful piece of work, one that I can relate to and fall in love with, but also because I think it's going to offer excellent sound quality, and I just can't wait to hear it on the hi-fi. This is interesting to me because I never looked forward to an album for its sound quality before. Even when reading our own Stereophile record reviews, I've paid little attention to the number of stars placed besides the "Sonics" heading, except to make…
"I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it."
A wonderful modern-day tall tale.