Things Fall Apart, It's Scientific.

Well, Marx Is Having A Comeback. I Hear Him Mentioned A Lot In Terms Of The Global Financial Situation And The General Sense Of Injustice Out There. A Lot Of Economic Experts In America Refer To Him Without Actually Using The M Word, But He's Around.

For Years We Have Been Taught Not To Like Things. Finally Somebody Said It Was Ok To Like Things. This Was A Great Relief. It Was Getting Hard To Go Around Not Liking Everything.

I Wanted To Be A Secret Agent And An Astronaut, Preferably At The Same Time.

The Imminent Demise Of The Large Record Companies As Gatekeepers Of The World's Popular Music Is A Good Thing, For The Most Part.

A Dissection Of Music Perception And Creation That Starts Slowly And Inexorably Builds To A Grand Finish. I Loved Reading That Listening To Music Coordinates More Disparate Parts Of The Brain Than Almost Anything Else--and Playing Music Uses Even More! Despite Illuminating A Lot Of What Goes On This Book Doesn't "spoil" Enjoyment- It Only Deepens The Beautiful Mystery That Is Music.