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Reads tagged with “music”

Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Night of the Soul

Cultural treasure-hunting, or what priceless music has to do with expensive photography.

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Music Philosophy: Famous Lyrics as Typographic Art
Music Philosophy: Famous Lyrics as Typographic Art

Love is all you need, worry vs. laughter, and why Plato’s got nothing on Jay Z.

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Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music
Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music

Deconstructing Bach, or what Noam Chomsky has to do with the history of jazz.

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Sparrow Songs: Twelve Films in Twelve Months
Sparrow Songs: Twelve Films in Twelve Months

Darkroom epiphanies, the creative merit of empathy, and why cell phones are the future of cinema.

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The Johnny Cash Project: Global Collaborative Storytelling
The Johnny Cash Project: Global Collaborative Storytelling

Frames, doodles, and how to weave a digital quilt out of legendary music and cultural history.

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Strange Sounds: 7 Experimental Projects Making Music from Natural Elements
Strange Sounds: 7 Experimental Projects Making Music from Natural Elements

Solar-powered guitars, salty vocals, and what bonsai has to do with liquid music for the deaf.

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Remix Culture Spotlight: Walking on Eggshells
Remix Culture Spotlight: Walking on Eggshells

What legal anachronism has to do with Bob Dylan, Picasso and Family Guy.

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Ben Simon’s Gaga Guitars
Ben Simon’s Gaga Guitars

Kinky keys, or what Bob Dylan has to do with model railroaders and Van Gogh.

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Leave Your Sleep: Natalie Merchant Sets Victorian Children’s Poetry to Song
Leave Your Sleep: Natalie Merchant Sets Victorian Children’s Poetry to Song

Musty libraries, otherworldly storytelling, and how dead poets wrote the year’s most moving album.

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Infoviz Education: Animated Visualizations for Kids
Infoviz Education: Animated Visualizations for Kids

Helium, carbon, and what Little Red Riding Hood has to do with malnutrition in Africa.

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