We bid him peace. Jeff Smith, better know as The Frugal Gourmet, died Friday at age 65. "He always worked under the premise that you could take the fanciest cuisine and if you dug hard enough you could reduce it to its peasant form .. When it was all said and done, the peasant form was the foundation of all cooking for him." His was my first favorite cooking show.

Flossing Haiku! Brought to you by the National Flossing Council. Yes, you too can Help Spread Peace of Mouth with Smiley the NFC spokesperson!

The Future Has Returned! This morning, shortly after 10am EST 97x, consistently cited as one of the best independent radio stations in America, restarted thier webcast after going silent two months ago when they sold their terrestrial signal. more inside

Postpone the election? The Bush administration is reported to be investigating the possibility of postponing the presidential election in the event of a terror attack. more inside

The Forbidden Library.

The illustrated story of copyright This is an online version of the out-of-print book of the same name, on the author's homepage (all rights reserved). The perspective is American, of course, but it still makes interesting reading for the rest of us.

Fuck the Vote! (NSFW)
I, the undersigned, pledge my vote for anyone but George W. Bush on November 2, 2004 in return for getting laid or at least getting some play.

REVOLUTIONARY GEORGE
So from multiple previous posts and from about town, most of you are probably aware that I am an musicblogger (AKA mp3 blogger AKA audioblogger). A musicblogger is a person who offers interesting, out of print, rare or otherwise engaging music to people at no charge, simply out of love for the sound and to promote artists that they would like to see get more popular. (LINKS OUT THE WAZOO INSIDE...) more inside

Lobsters After copulation, the female huddled in a corner of the shelter while her new shell hardened. In exchange, she left her old shell as a postcoital snack for the male. He began nibbling a few minutes after dismounting

Responsible Shopper. An excellent site for people who prefer to consume with a conscience. View detailed reports on hundreds of companies, with info relating to labor, environmental, human rights, and safety practices. Find out why some of us won't give our cash to Nike, Shell, or Taco Bell. more inside

U.S. Mulling How to Delay Nov Vote in Case of Attack These guys will truly do anything to stay in power. Sickening. via Jonathon (in my comments section).

Pennsylvania Man Claims Dubya Flipped Him Off During a Rally in PA [via Kottke]

Dizzy retrospective I wanted to start this with Dizzy's profile, but Google cache caught up with his deleting his account. Anway, here's his first post. As time went on, I (maybe an all-inclusive we) was so impressed with his exceptional ability to improvise and with his wonderful humor, thoughtfulness and wit, that I thought it only meet to remind us of some of his best stuff. more inside

The Chapman Stick The chapman stick is a unique electronic string instrument that has been around for quite a while. In recent years however it's been gaining in popularity and showing up in bands such as king crimson, peter gabriel, the blue man group, John Paul Jones, amongst others. more inside

US sport is socialist, European is capitalist Interesting article on Slate arguing that US sport organisation is fundamentally socialist, while Europe's sport is capitalist in nature ... (which makes Leeds United the Enron of football!)

@lyon is rather nice - stuff from Lyons. On-line gallery of local artists (left panel gives list by artist, middle by theme, right panel artist's details); food (recipes, on-line gastro-forum, etc); and, um, the traditional on-line games of Lyon. And much besides - repays a browse.

Curious George: E-mail bouncing service? I recently had to close an E-mail box on my hosted server since it was getting 300 spams per day. This address was important though, and I'd like to bounce messages with an unharvestable graphics image of my new E-mail address for the benefit of the few legit people who try writing me. Unfortunately.... more inside

Cluster Bombs. What are they? Where are they? How do they affect kids in war zones? What would they say if they could talk? And why are so many organizations calling for a ban on them? more inside

docutizing? advermentary? raises all sorts of questions about filmic truth... more inside

No monkey should be without his or her bananaguard.