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Here's a weird one. I was recently going through CDs that sit on my shelves, in my collection so to speak, and for kicks I decided to check how much a random handful were worth on Amazon. Perhaps it's my naivet, but to my very great surprise, many were out of print. So let me get this straight, a business that needs catalog pieces right now as much as ever is allowing a significant portion of their holdings go out of print? Wow! I was at a party recently where I overheard this: "So do the big labels want to go out of business or is there another plan?"

24 craft beers you should be drinking. Hey, it's a list and it's beer. Double the pleasure.

Ian Pindar reviews William Rosen's <I>Justianian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe</I>, in which a "flea looms as large as an emperor." Sound like an unlikely read? Apparently not.

With just one day to go until HE2007, we present our last hi-fi tease: The story of the Edison Tone Tests.

<a href="http://www.gspr.com/index.html">Gordon Sell PR</a> has added a new client to its already impressive roster. Proclaim Audio of Durham, CT, is absolutely new to me, but I will take the opportunity to get to know the company during the Home Entertainment Show.

<I>On An Overgrown Path</I> posts a fine (and balanced) appreciation of Reginald Goodall.

That's the life for me!

<i>I'll break something, I swear to God! Maybe one of Newton's laws. You've got all the distance of uncertainty simmering in your drawers.</i><br>
&#151Jim Teacher in "Mad Flo"

Thomas E. Witte tells the story of an amazing photograph&mdash;and an even more amazing athlete.

"Every time [the robot] found a mine, blew it up and lost a limb, it picked itself up and readjusted to move forward on its remaining legs, continuing to clear a path through the minefield.