For all you Helmet fans out there, there’s apparently still hope that Page Hamilton will eventually release something in the not too distant future. I found this article about Charlie Clouser (Nine Inch Nails) from April. He’s not only been working with Page, but he’s also involved in the much rumored Tapeworm project that includes Maynard from Tool among others. No idea when that’s ever going to see the light of day. The beginning of the article is here.
Today, I offer up two articles out of New York.
The first is a truly engrossing account from the NY Times (free registration required) of what went on in the World Trade Center before and during the plane crashes on 09.11. It’s emotionally difficult to read at times, but it really gives a more human face to the events that are slowly fading from all our minds. It definitely made it much more real for me.
The second is a more light-hearted story from the Village Voice. It highlights some of the more ridiculous laws in Texas. I’m waiting for a more rebellious Austinite to re-fit one of the ubiquitous pickup shotgun racks to hold the apparently much more illicit (at least according to Texas state law) devices mentioned in the article. Now that would be amusing…
Here’s a pretty interesting article on why we like the books that we do. The article seems to lose focus part of the way through, but he does bring up some interesting points. I can’t get through “The Sound and the Fury” and I found “Turn of the Screw” excruciating, although I did actually finish it.