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What's Mu?

Wow, what are those?

"That's our µ3i phono section," said Zou.

Only, it wasn't. I walked around to the back and discovered it was the outboard DC power supply for the µ3i.

Mu Too

This is the µ3i with its top off. MC, MM, and lots of flexibility.

"How much does it cost in the US?"

"Oh, we don't sell it in the US. There's no market for analog there."

TrumpBloopers is a compendium of trumpet disasters. The threat of moments like this is what made my friend Larry's performance togs such a sweat stained mess that his wife wouldn't even touch them to throw them out.

Via The Rest Is Noise.

Savage, Yes—But Don't You Wish You'd Written It?

Funniest book report ever?

Via Blog of a Bookslut.

It Would Be Cruel of Me to Say I Know a Lot of People Who Do This

But true.

God's Inbox

Looks about right.

Packed My Bags

That concludes the audio portion of my tour. I'm packed, and after toodling around Shanghai a little, I peddle off to Beijing for some culture, and then home.

Thanks for joining me on the tour—it has been nice writing home to all of you in the audiosphere.

Great Philosophers

Socrates, Aristophanes, Chaucer, Rabelais, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Voltaire, Jonathan Swift . . . and Trey Parker and Matt Stone?

Well, one Libertarian sees it that way.

I seem to recall someone saying that the acid test of political humor is not whether it makes you laugh at the other point of view, but rather whether it can make you laugh at your POV. South Park does that to me with regularity.

Let's Do A Fly-By

Of Saturn!

Thanks, David.

Here's the Scheme

"You trip him and I'll steal his wallet and we can trot on down to Petland for kibble."