Interjection, Your Honor
Ben Yagoda on <I>meh</I>, <I>awwa</I>, <I>feh</I>, <I>heh</I>, and all those other interjections. How could he leave out <I>d'oh!</I>?
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Honest Recordings
Conductor Kenneth Woods has some thoughts about "honest" recordings. Follow the link to the University of Houston's listserv for a surprising revelation about another widespread classical hoax.
Tapeworms Are About As Strange As Animals Can Get
Carl Zimmer gives us the straight, er, poop on tapeworms.
This is Your Brain on Music
While we listen to music, the areas of your brain that enable our bodies to move are active, even if we're not. The brain, it seems, likes rhythm.
Breed
Today Kurt Cobain would have been 40. Seems like yesterday when we were seeing that searing image of his suicide: the photo taken in the room where he died, of his Converse All Stars, still on his feet, sticking out from behind a piece of furniture.
Which One's Pink?
For Nick Mason, it's driving; for Roger Waters, it's being driven.
Tool Envy
Pay attention, class. This little rope-climbing device looks pretty slick. As the article says, the real trick isn't ascending the rope, but ascending the rope without damaging it. The rule of thumb we used when I did technical caving was to retire any rope we had "shocked" with an impact or weight-bearing kink.
Behind the Hatto Headlines
Even if you read my <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/021907hatto/">news article</A>, about Joyce Hatto's recordings, David Hurwitz' <I>Classics Today</I> editorial will supply new information.
Text to Speech
Kind of cool—and very well done, although the first thing I loaded in was "argh," which Kate could not pronounce.
Ellington's Sound of Love
I can't believe I missed Clive James' wonderful paean to the Duke in <I>Slate</I> earlier this month. Better linked to late than never, I suppose.