I'm a lefty. Like JUSTIN BIEBER. Like COURTNEY BARNETT. Like ELIZABETH COTTEN. Like EYADOU AG LECHE of TINARIWEN. Like JIMI HENDRIX, whom I loathe a little bit because he played right-handed instruments instead of demanding that FENDER make some left-handed ones to his specifications. You betrayed us, Jimi. You had influence and you didn't use it. And now when I walk into a guitar store, chances are pretty good there'll be more electric sitars on the wall than there will be lefty guitars. Even though I am 12 percent of the population. Even though I am three of the five most recent presidents of the United States. Even though I am two of the four BEATLES. Do I have any readers who work for guitar manufacturers or in guitar retail? Can you please do something about this? Give your boss a little nudge with your left shoulder. Or a tap with a left-handed hockey stick. Do something sinister if you have to. But please, do something... Lefty pedals would be cool, too. With the input jacks on the left side. But one step at a time... The world's best guitar store... The MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT, which would establish a new agency to track mechanical royalties and create a right to digital royalties for producers and engineers, but which does nothing about the lefty guitar situation, passed the US House of Representatives unanimously Wednesday and now heads to the Senate, where similiarly easy passage is expected... Synthesizers, like other instruments with keyboard interfaces, lean neither lefty nor righty and therefore are among the best of all instruments. There may be other reasons, too. This fantastic BBC FOUR documentary, originally broadcast in 2009, charts the rise of synth pop in 1970s and '80s England. Hard to believe this was 30-plus years ago. A lot of it still sounds au courant... SONOS has confidentially filed papers for its IPO and could go public as early as June, according to the WALL STREET JOURNAL (paywall)... The best use of KANYE's TWITTER feed, by far... What $1 million will buy you at a music festival these days... "Some couples get divorced after 40 years," says STEVIE NICKS, telling you everything you need to know about the current state of FLEETWOOD MAC, if not more... RIP GRACIELA AGUDELO and KENNETH REYNOLDS.