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One fan figured it should have taken two minutes, tops.
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And his mom, of course&mdash;and the upcoming movie. <I>The Virginia Quarterly</I>, which is rapidly becoming my favorite periodical, published Ellroy's afterword to the new edition of <I>The Black Dahlia</I>.

Damn straight! <I>Hic!</I>

<I>Yes, we speak of things that matter,<BR>
With words that must be said,<BR>
"Can analysis be worthwhile?"<BR>
"Is the theater really dead?"</I>

This is a really sweet video from Fast Focus' <I>Lennon Legend</I>. I've always loved Lennon's soulful version of this classic&mdash;what a great slow dance.

Some manufacturers just sell you a product through their retailers and are done with it. Others reach out and make you feel part of an extended family. Is there an audio company that offers exceptional customer support? Who are they and what do they do?

Still burning in my bank of childhood memories are misty images of the glowing green lettering on the McIntosh tube preamps and tuners that populated the windows of the audio stores that once lined lower Manhattan's Cortlandt Street. Leonard's and most of those other retailers are long gone&mdash;as are most of the audio brands that shared their windows with McIntosh, and that once symbolized the might of American innovation and manufacturing. Even the World Trade Center, the controversial complex that replaced Cortlandt Street's "Radio Row," where the hi-fi industry was born, is tragically gone.