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Kal Rubinson passes this link along. I don't hold out much hope, but it couldn't hurt to remind folks that some of us buy these things.

<i>In offices on opposite coasts, we listened to Neil Young's powerful message, <i>Living With War</i>. While Jon Iverson composed <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/musicroom/facethemusic/042906young/">his review</a>, I came up with this</i>.

Not that I indulge, but I find this article in <I>The Economist</I> on cannabis fascinating&mdash;and depressing. Despite our FDA's recent findings that cannabis has no medical value when smoked (a charge motivated more by our "War on Some Drugs" than the facts, it seems), researchers are increasingly finding more ways in which it may be beneficial.

The NHS Tayside feels you probably need potty training.

Here, in this entry, I'm looking for a way to casually and intelligently &#151; and perhaps even humorously &#151; mention <a href="http://vpo3.virtualpressoffice.com/document.jsp?id=1146143593137">sake&… wood cone speakers</a>. Because sake&#150soaked wood cone speakers are weird. And interesting. And funny. And that kind of weird, interesting, funny stuff needs to be pointed at and teased, wondered upon and caressed. But I will fail at being clever about it, I will throw subtlety out the window, and I will just blurt it out at the start.

Today's installment: Which wine pairs best with pretzels and popcorn?

<I>The <A HREF="http://www.he2006.com">Home Entertainment Show 2006</A> is only weeks away, running June 1&ndash;4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to audiophiles.</I>