LATEST ADDITIONS

Billy Preston, the keyboard player, singer, and songwriter frequently credited as "the fifth Beatle," died June 6 in Scottsdale, AZ from respiratory complications from improperly treated pericarditas he experienced in an LA hospital visit on November 21, 2005.

On June 6, as we traveled back from <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/he2006/">HE 2006</A>, we received near simultaneous press releases from Genesis Advanced Technologies and Arnie Nudell describing the same event.

Love,<br>
Remember when we first met &#151; standing at the bar, admiring <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/121905thejukebox/">the jukebox's warm glow</a>? How I somehow got around to telling you about that <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/106con/index.html">$90,000 turntable</a>? It almost seems silly now. The small talk of first meetings often does, I suppose, seem silly. But not ours. Nothing "silly" about it. And nothing small. I don't know what made me think I should mention it &#151; this silly turntable &#151; but, a day later, you'd call and leave a message saying you'd like to hear more. "Fascinating," was the word you used.

This article from <I>Technology Review</I> discusses a device marketed by Northstar Neuroscience that uses electric stimulation of the cerebral cortex to "enhance the brain's natural neuroplasty"&mdash;the ability of the brain to "reorganize" itself to effect repairs.

Or maybe it's birds. But don't Mistress Bagheera put the purr into <I>purrty</I>?

According to <I>The Independent</I>, at any rate. Myself, I'm not so sure I need to know how to buy a diamond, but 19 out of 20 ain't bad.

New York restaurants organized by subway stop. I've been waiting for this since I moved here. Now, if it only included customer ratings . . . .