Alex Ross supplements his piece on Björk with an annotated discography.

There is a juicy online archive of material from The New Yorker that I'd overlooked; this is stuff that doesn't expire when the next issue hits the newsstands. There is an interview with Adam Green, who profiled Christian comedian Brad Stine; a follow-up to James Surowiecki's story on payola, which compares the pop music and publishing businesses; a chat with Ben McGrath about his knuckleball story; and a selected filmography of Judi Dench.

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The South Lakes High School marching band has been out practicing after dinner this week. Can football season be far behind? It sounds like they're working on the mambo from West Side Story.

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