In a week in which Radiohead released non-DRM digital files of its new recording, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/100807radiohead/"><I>In Rainbows</I></A>, for whatever price consumers felt obliged to pay, and Madonna and Nine Inch Nails both announced they were going to release their own music without help from record labels, two of the big four labels had drastically different reactions to the new realities of music distribution.
Huckleberry is a meticulous groomer—as long as he doesn't have to strain himself reaching any of his nether bits.
Bagheera practices her <I>Cat Fu</I> out in the open. "It's black, <I>I'm</I> black—you can't see me! <I>Bwahh, hah, hah, haaah!</I>
Have we missed a dimension of time?
Luke Burbank attempted to interview Sigur Ros on NPR. Watch the video to realize how difficult it is to conduct an interview when the interviewee isn't a self-winding talking points machine.
<I>New Scientist</I> explains what it will feel like—from drowning to decapitation.
In my opinion, Charles Rosen's <I>The Classical Style</I> contained some of the most cogent thinking on Mozart ever written, so when he calls Hermann Abert's <I>W. A. Mozart</I> "the best book on Mozart ever written," I listen.
Murphy is the Dean of the Chess University of Dupont Circle.
Steven Pinker on swearing.
Tales of the X-15.