HONESTY Do you think I didn’t know I’d piss people off by complaining about getting unsolicited MP3s? Do you think I don’t know how to control my inbox to get rid of them? Most people are afraid to hang it out there, worried about the feedback. But worse than those who never play are those […]

What if I came to your door and harangued you for twenty minutes trying to convince you to buy something you don’t want, that you’ve got no interest in, whose purchase will benefit me, not you. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN YOU E-MAIL ME UNSOLICITED MP3s! It’s bad enough when you send me […]

Speaking of magic… This is positively majestic. It’s the way it just doesn’t end, moves into a new groove just when you think it should be over around 4:40 and it’s positively post-coital, it’s like you’ve finally found the hidden door and you pass through and it exceeds your expectations. I heard this yesterday on […]

It’s kind of like stereo. Does a $50,000 stereo sound ten times better than a $5,000 stereo? No, it doesn’t even sound ten times better than the buds on your iPhone. You see the last 10% is elusive. It’s easy to get to 90%. Approach 100%? Almost impossible. In the wake of writing about Shannon […]