covers Listen to this stunning electric guitar cover of the theme song from TWIN PEAKS Thom Dunn

music Listen to this reverb, as a vocalist sings 'Rejoice' Xeni Jardin

books Strange Attractor: The Definitive Biography of Terence McKenna Ferdinando Buscema

Animevox: retro Anime sound effect generator Rob Beschizza

law Judge rules Mike Lindell defamed election tech company Rob Beschizza

classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey

Legendary producer reveals untold Beastie Boys collaboration stories Lee Keeler

Science Your brain isn't broken: That murderous rage over chewing sounds has a name Ellsworth Toohey

politics How Serbian activists used humor to topple a dictator Ellsworth Toohey

Japan A fascinating look at the Nambu-tekki cast iron process Thom Dunn

Entertainment Famous movie prop "accident": 1870s Martin Guitar destroyed during filming of "The Hateful Eight" Mark Frauenfelder

Musical instruments The original Beatles recording console is on sale for $3 million Thom Dunn

tabletop games Do you like party games and music history? Try HITSTER Thom Dunn

music Wonderful cover of New Order's "Blue Monday" played on vintage Casio instruments (video) Allan Rose Hill

1950s "Sex and the College Girl" is a fascinating read 65 years later Yoy Luadha

Reviews Test your mic with the Mic Test website Rob Beschizza

music Fender's new Tom Delonge Strat is out of this world, in more ways than one Thom Dunn

music What happens when you use music reviews as prompts for AI generated music? Thom Dunn

music Matthew Sweet's album "Girlfriend" celebrates 32 years of "fuzzy power pop perfection" Jennifer Sandlin

music Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz David Pescovitz