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Mystery of Napoleon's death laid to rest?
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Moving. Who Doesn't Love It?
Moving. Who Doesn’t Love It?
So <I>Stereophile</I> has once again moved, fortunately only three floors down in the same building this time out.
Best DVD Commentaries
Now that I don't review DVDs professionally, I almost never watch the commentary tracks. Like most folks, I feel I could use that time watching a movie I've never seen before—yet, a few (a very small few) of 'em are interesting or amusing. I think my favorite was Randy Newman's commentary for <I>Pleasantville</I>, which came off as an insider's view of the Hollywood scoring community (his uncles Lionel and Alfred were both film composers).
Where We Stand: Parts 1–3
Greg Sandow has written three long posts about why this might be the end of the classical music era. The link below takes you to the third, but you can scroll down the page and read them in order.
It's Baa-aack!
The Broadcast Flag bill simply won't die. Time to let your representative know how you feel about it.
Corrupted by Casinos
On the 29th floor of the Venetian, I stop for a moment to look through the dirty glass:
Stardust
we watch as the stardust falls<br>
window by window<br>
and the wynn rises again
An Entry Never Posted
Way, way up on the Venetian Tower's 35th floor, I chatted for a bit with Ayre's Brent Hefley about the traffic at this year's show.
A Page of Scribbled Notes
in-wall<br>
custom installation<br>
active speaker systems<br>
multi-channel processors
Rows 15 Through 30
<i>Written on the Sunday morning plane from LaGuardia to Las Vegas.</i>