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Pump Up The Volume: A History of House Music
Pump Up The Volume: A History of House Music

From John Travolta to Eurotrash, or what Chicago’s basements have to do with Moscow’s nightlife.

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Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Notation Based on Tennis: A Tribute to George Gershwin
Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Notation Based on Tennis: A Tribute to George Gershwin

What the U.S. Open has to do with atonality and one of the great losses of twentieth-century music.

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11 Piano Lessons in 9 Minutes from Iconic Jazz Pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines
11 Piano Lessons in 9 Minutes from Iconic Jazz Pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines

A brief history of jazz piano techniques.

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Mod Odyssey: How The Beatles Revolutionized Animation in 1968
Mod Odyssey: How The Beatles Revolutionized Animation in 1968

From Homer to John Lennon, or what the “psychedelic 60s” can teach us about creativity in animation.

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Happy Birthday, Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World
Happy Birthday, Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World

Celebrating a timeless voice with a timely message.

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Sentics: Emotional Healing Through Music and Touch
Sentics: Emotional Healing Through Music and Touch

A sensory antidote to addiction and depression, or what artificial intelligence has to do with poetry.

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Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch
Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch

From the cochlea to Coachella, or what mathematical ratios have to do with the enjoyability of melodies.

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The Myth of Popular Culture: Why ‘Highbrow’ & ‘Lowbrow’ Don’t Work
The Myth of Popular Culture: Why ‘Highbrow’ & ‘Lowbrow’ Don’t Work

From Dante to Dylan, or what nineteenth-century phrenology has to do with the codification of bigotry.

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Mashup Masterpiece: Cookie Monster Sings Tom Waits
Mashup Masterpiece: Cookie Monster Sings Tom Waits

A lip-synced case for the art of remix, or what Sesame Street has to do with the need to evolve copyright law.

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How Music and Language Mimicked Nature to Evolve Us
How Music and Language Mimicked Nature to Evolve Us

How auditory cheesecake was made with mother nature’s milk, or why our brains were not designed for reading.

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