I DRANK WHAT?: How do you spell pretentious? I spell it A-P-P-L-E S-T-O-R-E

I DRANK WHAT?: How do you spell pretentious? I spell it A-P-P-L-E S-T-O-R-E - In which occasional Team Pyro contributor Pecadillo describes the nightmare that is dealing with Apple Store customer service methods.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Daniel Radosh - Paper Cuts - Books - New York Times Blog

Living With Music: A Playlist by Daniel Radosh - Paper Cuts - Books - New York Times Blog: "This is a list of 10 great Christian rock songs. Really. I know what you’re thinking. ... It turns out there’s Christian music that never gets played on those radio stations you accidentally stumble across on road trips — and that doesn’t reduce all expressions of faith to crass evangelism, anodyne praise, or crypto-romance."

Kira Cochrane on the apparent backlash against feminism | World news | The Guardian

"Just as the attitudes of business leaders seem to be regressing at speed, the number of women being killed by a current or former partner has remained constant at two a week, and the rape conviction rate has been diminishing to the point of near-invisibility" - Kira Cochrane on the eclipse of feminism (in the sense of "Anything that distinguishes a woman from a doorman").

They went out with a bang | Pop | guardian.co.uk Music

They went out with a bang | Pop | guardian.co.uk Music: "Did someone throw a firework at the Beatles in Memphis - and did it end their touring career? Colin Fleming on the discovery of a remarkable lost tape of a seminal gig"