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Don't recognize the name? He's the guy who brought you Two Buck Chuck's. He 's a bit of a bully and he's crude—and, as Joel Stein notes, that's when someone with a notebook is following him around.
Apes and wolves do not. Not news to any dog owner, although I cannot speak for ape or wolf owners.
Growing up in the shadow of Monticello, I was raised on tales of Jefferson's taste for wine—after all, the estate had its own vineyards, distillery, and acres of crocuses for saffron. What had us all buzzing were the acres of hemp—local heads maintained that TJ never missed a hemp harvest. Right.
Patrick Radden Keefe ponders the question of whether all the "ThJ" wines that have appeared on the market really belonged to Jefferson. As a lifelong Jefferson observer, I'd say not. How come? They aren't empty. That man had appetites.
We're shipping our November issue today. Shipping gets me all excited and nervous. I don't sit, I shake. I don't walk, I dance. I don't talk, I sing. Like Willie Colon: Cua cua ra, cua cua!
We're shipping our November issue today. Wait until you see it. It's gorgeous and bold, and filled with great, cool things — stories of ass-kissing and revenge, laughter, music, and the strength of 45 years of excellence. You can build an entire system around our November issue.
Lucky for you, you have the October issue to keep you busy until then. Cua cua ra, cua cua.
Euan Ferguson took the Tube last week. "Only three stops on the Piccadilly line between Knightsbridge and the centre of town, and I would have got there more quickly, pleasantly, and safely by crawling backwards through the linking sewers with a twitching rat in my mouth and open bleeding weals on my bare backside."
Moises Kaufman has written 33 Variations, a play that explores Beethoven's obsession with Diabelli's inane little waltz. Sounds worth seeing—or you could buy this.
This Wall Street Journal article asks: "Are MP3s and the iPod ruining pop music?"
Included are comments from recording engineers such as New Jersey's own Alan Douches, who has worked with Fleetwood Mac and the Multi-Purpose Solution, and hi-fi scribes such as Stereophile's own Michael Fremer.
Also included is a little listening test that you can try at home.
Friends:
The difference in sound quality between MP3s and full-resolution audio files is painfully obvious. Really.
All
you have
to do
is
listen.
But, be careful. If you've…
I think this is a not so subtle ruse to get guys to iron. If so, good job.
Hat tip to Nancy Friedman.
Stevie Nicks would like her forties back. "'It was eight completely wasted years of my life.' Here's the irony, she says: the 'powers that be' had sent her to the psychiatrist in order to keep her working, but the 'treatment' he gave her made work almost impossible. 'It's very Shakespearean. It's very much a tragedy.'"