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.




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.