http://www.auraltimes.com We Sing The News So You Don't Have To Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:20:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm making good progress on the redesign of Aural Times -- enough so that it's becoming impractical to continue development in my hacked-together, half-functional test environment. So I'm going to go ahead and make the redesign-in-progress live. Things will continue to be broken for a while (and in fact will ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2007/08/20/redesign-test-elliott-smith-cover/ Hi. It's been—well, it's been a while. And that sucks, but I've been up to other things and as much I'd like to come back and restart Aural Times just like it was, there's about ten straight months or so of evidence to the contrary. But I'm trying to ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2007/08/19/im-going-to-try-something/ Let me tell you, it is a pleasure to be back. The office is dusty and ill-cared for after this month and a half (has it been that long?) away. There are Intern droppings on the floor, and my good scotch seems to be missing from my desk drawer—and I ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/10/19/aural-times-is-back/ Nothing could be finer—Tropical Storm Ernesto laps at North Carolina coast. Ernesto! Ernesto! Ernesto! Ernesto! http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/09/01/ernesto-ernesto-ernesto/ The long, Doritos-caked arm of the law—Liverpudlian burglars foiled by American watching store's internet camera feed. They would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that damned TCP/IP. Another grateful nod to Paul Hunt (who is Dutch, not Danish, which fact would certainly never be misrepresented and then ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/30/liverpool-burglars-caught-by-american-watching-webcam/ What you can't see...scientists find observational evidence for "dark matter" in the gravitational signature of visible matter. Cosmologists the world over are drinking irresponsibly and telling nebula jokes. In the office, we've been trying out Interns again, but there's been nothing but disappointment this week—these kids don't understand The Aural Times. ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/25/scientists-find-compelling-evidence-for-dark-matter/ Big Tobacco vs. Big Animation—Turner to edit Tom&Jerry archives to remove smoking. After that, they'll no doubt proceed to deal with all the gratuitous violence. Today's contribution is the second we've run from a fine Dutch correspondent, Paul Hunt—who stages his mad schemes over at Wolkenvelden. You may remember his previous ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/23/turner-broadcasting-edits-smoking-out-of-tom-and-jerry-cartoons/ Attentive long-time listeners will recognize today's song—more recent and less attentive listeners will hopefully be pleased by this new-to-you recording.  We're having an unofficial holiday today, at the office, and so I felt it would be prudent to dust off an oldie rather than leave you wanting for content. And so, a look ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/21/bush-leaves-for-india-pakistan-tour-2/ Death's rich pageant—John Mark Karr confesses to killing JonBenet Ramsey, ten years after the case first became a tabloid staple. Of course, not everybody is buying the mea culpa. But at least The Enquirer has its cover for the week. In office news, I interviewed another potential Intern yesterday. ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/18/former-school-teacher-karr-confesses-to-ramsey-killing/ It's a hard-knock marine life—Florida woman punches otter to protect her pet dogs. This scoop, and indeed today's song, comes from our latest field correspondent, a talented remote agent who operates under the enigmatic cover of The Great Big Mulp. Where this "Mulp" can be found is a bit of ... http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/16/florida-woman-punches-otter-to-protect-pet-dogs/