Wes Phillips

Vinyl Recorder has an interesting graphic on how groove modulation works. Check out the home page, too—VR sells DIY cutters!

Consumerist posts a nice rant from a music buyer who went over to the dark side because his legally purchased music was crippled by DRM so that he couldn't listen to it on his iPod.

"The Chinese Exclusion Act and its subsequent extensions altered the legal definition of American citizenship far more than its original drafters could have foreseen."

I link to this review of David Crystal's How Language Works not so much because it is deeply informative—I'm pretty sure I want to read it, but the review doesn't make that compelling a case—but rather because of my admiration at the way John Humphrys manages to work one of my favorite grammar jokes into the review.

I guess that depends on the era.

This is definitely an example of what Alan in Victoria dubs "hard-hitting fluff." Fun though.

This segment covers plating and pressing. Audiophiles should note that this example uses the simpler (and less replicable) one-step plating process, which is why there's no mention of an archival "mother," just a stamper.