I love the way the interview begins with a line that echoes the opening line of Burgess' <I>Earthly Powers</I>. The man who gave us <I>The Quiet American</I> also had some prescient things to say about future conflicts America might participate in.
But this one's the Best Summer Music Reads from <I>Pitchfork</I>. And the only one I've already read is <I>King Dork</I>.
But this one's the Best Summer Music Reads from <I>Pitchfork</I>. And the only one I've already read is <I>King Dork</I>.
This segment covers plating and pressing. Audiophiles should note that this example uses the simpler (and less replicable) one-step plating process, which is why there's no mention of an archival "mother," just a stamper.
How records are made: This segment covers making the lacquer and then cutting it.
Well, he couldn't call it that if it wasn't true, could he?
I (well, Jeff Wong) linked to The Sultan's Elephant on Monday. Well, it turns out that it will be enacted in other cities throughout the summer. It will be in Antwerp, Belgium from July 6–9 and in Calais toward the end of September. Le Havre gets it in late October.
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Nancy Friedman at <A HREF="http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/"><I>Away With Words</I></A> guides us to the Coleman Partners website for a well-written essay called "Marketing & the English Language: A Guide to Better Communication," which is worth reading. Ms. Friedman does warn that the site's design is too clever by half, so you'll have to click on the external link, then click "Explain," and the click "Logical" to get to the "off-white papers," of which there are at present, just the one.
Well, only stuff that's a fraction of a millimeter square and only for one ten thousand millionth of a second—but that's a start.
<I>The Canadian Medical Association Journal</I> publishes "Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin goes to the neurologist." Mmm hmmm.