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A New Song

I've been paying more attention to my trembling hands. I wonder if they shake while I'm playing guitar. Does it contribute to my style? Has it determined the way I fret and strum?

"I think I suffer from anxiety," I told my mom.
"We all do," she replied.

I finished a new song, but then what? Stuck, as I was, between wanting to break things and wanting to shut my eyes, I decided instead to just listen to music. I say "just" because I neglected to take notes, failed to make comparisons, decided against experimenting with cables. This was disappointing. People, however,…

Coolest Camouflage Ever

The Glasswing butterfly has transparent wings (mostly). "It is quite common in its zone, but it not easy to find. . ." I bet.

How to Right the Copyright Wrongs

Bill Thompson makes some sense. Why is this so rare, when it comes to this particular subject?

Asthma Breakthrough

Researchers at Harvard Medical School may have cracked the mechanism that causes asthma. Is a cure the next step?

Alex Ross on Bostridge and Britten

Great writing in The New Yorker on a great musician singing some real "adult" music. I offer Britten as the refutation to those who say that there can be no great vocal music in English—I can't think of any of his operas or art songs that aren't immensely musical and moving. And did I mention dramatic?

More Beatles-Spotting

The torture, er, analysis never stops!

Third Annual Nigerian Email Conference

There's still time to register for the Lady Mariam Abacha and Mr. Godwin Oyathelem seminar on "The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."

More Bad Cover Art

A resource we'll never run out of.

Imposter

Today I received an e-mail from one of my favorite hi-fi sales managers. These are the guys who help me collect pricing and dealer data, images to accompany our reviews, and other behind-the-scenes stuff.

This particular e-mail was out of the ordinary. It had nothing to do with any of those things. It went:

I just received an e-mail request for a review sample. Since I am not familiar with this gentleman, and I am not aware of an Australian edition of Stereophile, I thought I would run it by you for authenticity before I responded to him.

So, you see, there's this…

How to Draw Innards

Kevin Hulsey offers a fascinating tutorial on how to do cut-away illustrations. I have so much respect for folks who can clearly conceptualize complex devices, much less portray them for the rest of us.