Have You Ever Heard Robert Johnson?
Possibly not, according to John Gibbens. He says the records we all know (and many of us worship) have always been played at the wrong speed.
Wes Phillips
Punctuation That Will Not Be Used Here
Kee-rist—an irony mark? BMAFG!
Professor Heebie J. McJeebie Gives Good Rant
Good music vs evil music.
Cathedral
What the heck is it? "Cathedral is an on-going interactive work of music and art designed specifically for the Web. Media artist Nora Farrell and composer William Duckworth created it."
Doonebury's War
I think Gene Weingarten may be the best long-form newspaper writer in the country and this profile of Doonesbury artist-writer Garry Trudeau is Exhibit A.
Animated Knots
It's knots! With animation!
You Big Baby!
Michael Bywater thinks he knows what your problem is.
Best and Worst Lines in Film
Much too short a list, but it's a start.
Björk 'er, Danno
My gosh, Björk's new video is just lovely. How many levels of recursion can you spot?
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Semper Dowland; Semper Sting
Sting's recording of Dowland lute songs has certainly generated a lot of hooey—ranging from accusations of Sting making commercial move (yeah, recording a disc of lute songs is sooo calculated to run up the charts) to complaints about Sting's "inauthentic" performance.