Cover: Songs From a Room with a Laptop
Santa Cruz has become a nerve center for experimental electronic music as technology pushes creativity to a whole new level.

Where to Hear Looping: We can only drone on about the music for so long. Being music, it really ought to be heard. Here's when and where.

Nüz: Photographer Takashi Morizumi's new book shows the Gulf War's radioactive effects on Iraqi children.

Bruce Bratton: KUSP-FM changes its schedule; the "Dream House."

Gong Smoke: 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind' riffs on game-show producer Chuck Barris' weird memoir.

Wait and Sing: Cassandra Wilson doesn't go looking for good songs, she lets them find her.

The Rock Show: The Zelda's/MARS Studios Songwriting Showcase; women who rock.

Not Far From Heaven: In fact, it may be a place near Scotts Valley, where huge breakfasts and burgers have developed a devoted clientele.

See Dick Play: It's been a long, flaccid road to success for the limber warriors of wang behind 'Puppetry of the Penis.'