The very talented author of these articles (full disclosure, a friend) is also on this Web-stored NPR show, hinting at his future pieces concerning electronic life and the development of the prefrontal cortex.
But there is one deadline that cannot be put off: unless they are fixed in the meantime, millions of computers and other pieces of electronic equipment will go haywire at midnight on the last day of 1999.
At the core of the new album are pieces conceived as live solos, free of electronic boosts and tweaks but selectively enhanced by a lush string section and percussion.
With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth already standard equipment in smartphones and quickly growing in televisions and other home electronics, the pieces are in place for easy sharing and streaming among electronic products and throughout the home.