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Features the band The Fiery Furnaces of the United States. Release of the band's first album, "Gallowsbird's Bark"; Career history; Members of the band.

The article presents information related to the musical business entrepreneurship of the students of various colleges and universities of the U.S.

This article discusses the creation of student-run record labels as coursework for several colleges' music industry programs. Berklee College has a year-long practicum for senior music industry students that involves producing and marketing a CD, as well as organizing a concert. Professors are using these record labels as a way to give students real-life experience. Musicians such as John McLaughlin signed to major labels after getting their starts on student-run labels.

The article reports that the 2016 World Chess Championship will be held in New York in November 2016, citing that the Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen will defend his championship title according to the event's organizer Agon.

The article offers information on some of the musicians who died in 2013 and their most popular songs including "Wild Thing," by Reg Presley, "Rum and Coca-Cola," by Patty Andrews, and "Perfect Day," by Lou Reed.

If you want a symbol for the current American housing market, look into the backyard of a tidy little four-bedroom on Burke Avenue North in the Seattle neighborhood of Wallingford. There, where homeowners of the past might have installed a rose trellis, a hot tub or some other monument to leisure, you will find something a little more modest. You will find a shed. But this is no garden-variety shed. The Burke Avenue shed is a sophisticated little home office with a Modernist air -- a 120-square-foot site for thinking, not for hiding the lawn mower. Designed by Ryan Smith, a Seattle architect, the shed was a solution to a distinctly contemporary problem: a sales rep who worked from home was having a second child and losing his office. He contracted Smith to dig out his basement; Smith proposed a less expensive option, the shed (the basement conversion would have cost around $150,000, compared with $15,000 for the shed). It inspired Smith to start Modern-Shed, a company dedicated to constructing just these sorts of prefab outbuildings. And Smith was not the only one with this idea. There are dozens of companies (like MetroShed, Modern Cabana and Shelter-Kit) that offer a prefabricated home office (or playroom, guest room or workshop) starting at around $10,000. (Electricity and plumbing are what you might call necessary extras.) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the business strategy of performer Radiohead by making its studio album "In Rainbows," available for online download. It states that 1.2 million copies of the album were downloaded in the first two days. It mentions the recording industry's fear regarding the effects of online downloading of music albums on their business. Tyler Cowen, an economist suspects that the strategy of the Radiohead might not succeed with every artist.

The article presents information on tilt-shift photography. This photography's digital technique is stated to make shots of big places like cityscapes, train stations, and docks appear to be photos of detailed scale models. The tilt-shift lenses are stated to permit an unusual degree of control over a picture's depth of field. It allows more variation in what is in focus and, what is not in focus. Tilt-shift pictures, which are digital photographs, require expensive photo equipment.

The article examines an unusual social controversy in Malibu, the beach resort suburb of Los Angeles, California. The community of 13,000 now has 26 licensed drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers catering to the affluent. Traffic problems have led some residents to call for a ban on issuing further licenses. The incredible price of real estate in Malibu is expected to stall further rehab center expansion.

The article presents information on the increasing number of rehabilitation centers (rehabs) in Malibu, California. It states that the local community of Malibu is not happy with increasing rehabs in the city. It mentions that Malibu has 26 licensed rehabs, including Passages Malibu and Promises Treatment Center. The U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the California law, states that rehabs with six-beds or less must be treated as single-family homes.

The article reports on the popularity of poker on college campuses and how two entrepreneurial graduates are taking advantage of it. Jason Beck and Craig Rabin founded the Collegiate Poker Tournament, in which students play Texas Hold 'Em for a chance to win scholarships worth up to $45,000. The tournaments are run through the colleges' intramural departments.

The article reports that Alfred University in New York has installed a demonstration kitchen in a dining hall and began giving free classes on cooking.

The article presents information on the educational program Walk in Europe in which about 40 undergraduates at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire, participated.

The article reports on podcasts, which can be used as an educational tool.

The article reports on the Walk in Europe, which was created in 1969 by Franklin Pierce College Professor Taylor Morris. The undergraduate participants get credit for the 1500 mile walk. The requirements and rewards are explained.

The article mentions Alfred University in New York, which has taken steps to prevent fires by offering free classes in basic cooking to its students. Miscellaneous facts presented in the article are the frequency of radio waves in microwave cooking and the number of cooking-related fire alarms set off last academic year.

The article reports on American colleges that use iPods or podcasts as education tools. Last year, Duke University gave its freshman class free iPods. Purdue offers podcasting for 60 of the university's courses. Every course at Drexel University's School of Education incorporates the iPod and maintains "plogs" or podcast blogs.