Books

Reading this almost made me swear to never again write anything about music beyond "it's got a good beat that I can dance to." Almost.

Few things are more interesting than when folklore and history dovetail.

A look at music from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience that never forgets music is a personal and often emotional experience.

Bond does philosophy. The authors don't necessarily do Bond, but he does philosophy...

Notions on how we photograph and process photographs may need to be thrown out to create a workflow that is not a helter-skelter mess.

Unlike most people I know in the music industry, Passman doesn't think it's broken.

The shadings of grey between the black and white of a conviction or arrest makes up the world Detective Inspector John Rebus calls home.

A highly readable account of the death of the reporter behind the newspaper series claimed to have blamed the CIA for the crack cocaine epidemic.

This should be required reading for anyone seeking opportunities in todays corporate jungle. Just remember, you are the product.

Bill Sherman free-associates on the manga revolution...