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• 136 Close To The Peak: The Who At The Isle Of Wight

  A new DVD documents the "Tommy"-era Who onstage, just as the group's career as a fiery live act was peaking.

  in Video — by Ed Driscoll — on Nov 20, 2004

• 135 All Media, All Malleable

  Lucas and Spielberg reedit their films if there's money to be made. But increasingly, it's the audience doing the reengineering.

  in Culture — by Ed Driscoll — on Nov 18, 2004

• 134 The Home Recording Handbook Lives Up To Its Name

  A new book from "Billboard" and England's "Computer Music" magazine provides a step-by-step, illustrated guide to help anyone get started making music on a personal computer.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Nov 14, 2004

• 133 Glory Days: NFL Great Roger Craig Reminisces About The 49ers

  Roger Craig, the San Francisco 49ers' star running back of the 1980s has written an enjoyable new book about the team's glory days, and the players who made it possible.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Nov 08, 2004

• 132 First Look: Cakewalk's Sonar 4

  Shipping this month is Sonar 4, Cakewalk's latest version of its flagship PC-based recording program. We'll take a look at some of its new features and provide an audio clip of Ed putting Sonar through its paces.

  in Sci/Tech — by Ed Driscoll — on Oct 14, 2004

• 131 I'm in the Mood for a Melody

  "Melody: How To Write Great Tunes" by British musician-historian-journalist Rikky Rooksby explains why melody has become a dying art in popular music--and how songwriters can fix that.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Oct 04, 2004

• 130 Kevin Shirley: Mining For Unledded Gold

  Coming in late October is the long-awaited DVD release of "No Quarter: Unledded", the 1994 MTV special that reunited Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. Engineer Kevin Shirley explains the difficulties of remixing the project for 5.1 surround sound, and his efforts in helping to create last year's best selling Led Zeppelin DVD.

  in Video — by Ed Driscoll — on Oct 01, 2004

• 129 Live Aid Coming To DVD For Christmas

  Well--more or less. (Hint: Don't expect to see Led Zeppelin.)

  in Video — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 05, 2004

• 128 Broadway Boogie Woogie: Ayn Rand and Aesthetics

  Ayn Rand and her Objectivist movment had little truck with conservatives, but the two shared a love of classical form in the arts. A book co-written by two art critics takes a favorable but critical look at her opinions on art.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Jul 28, 2004

• 127 Recording a Real Life Spinal Tap

  Back in the early days of "Blogcritics", we linked to Weblog-like electronic diary of an album being recorded. The author of that diary, a veteran recording engineer, has since transformed his off-the-cuff online notes into a new hard cover book.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Jul 24, 2004