If my woes about my mostly dead car stereo, I have also come to find that I am missing my copy of the John Williams/Stomu Yamash'ta score for Robert Altman's Images. I can't imagine where it might have gone, as I have not needed to take it off the shelf for quite some time (it certainly hasn't figured into any recent projects). There is a space in the shelf where it belongs, but I can't imagine any of my guests being too interested in Williams doing avant garde. This is disturbing to me because it is my most rare scores, one that I had to search far and wide to find.

Replacing the stereo is going to be a nightmare as the holidays are right around the corner. Once again, I'll have to do it myself, and prospect I do not relish (the dashboard of a Saturn is all one piece, making it difficult to maneuver once you've gotten it open just enough to get in there) but if I get another Sony, I should be able to use the same harness (I hope). While I can, for the moment, just use the iPod for music, it isn't as convenient, and often takes up too much attention to control.