Our local Luddite authors, however, have a ways to catch up to the reactionary behavior of a Chicago group, Writers Without Phones . They don't give you big cover art or colorful labels. You can't make a scratch mix with them. What's worse is that the record biz is realigning itself to favor the high-priced spread. Those records, like most good non-classical music made since 1950, owe their original existence to the low cost and mass market created by cheap vinyl discs.
CDs suck real big.
Pee-wee's Playhouse , the undisputed Best Show on TV this year, is now on at 9 a.m. Saturdays, despite what the papers say. Don't miss it, or the rest of the day people will scream when you inadvertently say the Secret Word and you won't know why. Maybe I'll see you at the next Ballard Market Singles Night . If not, keep stroking your miniature replicas of Waiting for the Interurban until next month. We're in touch, so you keep in touch.