Don't get the impression that I have vast amounts of (or, quite frankly, any) spare time, but a person's got to read... Here are some titles that are worth checking out.

• Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
• Isaac's Storm (Erik Larson)
• On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
• Faithful (Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King)
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)
• Over the Edge of the World (Laurence Bergreen)
• Project Orion (George Dyson)

• Broken Boy Soldiers (Modest Mouse)
• Stop Pretending (The Pandoras)
• Room on Fire (The Strokes)
• Tyrannosaurus Hives (The Hives)
• Get Away from Me (Nellie McKay)
• Set Up (Boss Martians)

MIT has an incredible radio station, WMBR, 88.1 FM.
Check out the playlist from my radio show last fall on Eric Chemi's Dinnertime Sampler, and an article written about the show.

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