Free beer! Free live records! Not-so-free records! For most of today’s music listeners, attaining music is a non-issue. Online stores such as iTunes, online libraries like Grooveshark or Pandora, and various other less legal means have made music all too available over the Internet.

McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, publisher of over 100 scientific papers, friend of Bill Nye, member of almost every mission that has involved both NASA and Mars, my four-year advisor: this […]