I found a bag I like for the Dominator MX-10. It fits, just. I was hauling it to the cafe in a padded shipping envelope carried in a con bookbag. So that's taken care of.

Some months ago I complained here that the only good part of Sarah Brightman's last album (Symphony) were the photos of her running around in what looked like the ruins of Osgiliath. Well, I hauled out her old album Classics the other day (actually it was to rip it to the new laptop) and I looked in the liner notes.

I was kind of shocked to find your basic Maxim photoshoot of Sarah inside.

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If I'd ever looked at it before I've forgotten.

But more to the point, this helps you interpret Beethoven with your voice how exactly?

I know I'm being a complete hypocrite because no one's a bigger fan of women flouncing around wearing only a little beach sand and a smile, but I kept imagining some thirteen year old going through grueling voice training thinking "Here I am fighting my way through the Queen of the Night aria and if I ever make it, they're just gonna want a closeup of my snatch."

I'll just hope all this was her idea (my custom naiveté helmet, headphones, and goggles come in a variety of sizes and colors, I can give you a link if you want one). I used to work at a photo studio and lots of women wanted themselves depicted and preserved in this fashion, and more power to 'em. I'm not saying SB isn't a beauty and pulled it off nicely. But if the suckholes in marketing decided she needs to strip to sell music, it's just one more reason to hate producer Frank Peterson. I wish someone would clock him with a cowbell.