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Reads tagged with “music”

3 Iconic Film Directors Interpret Classic Operas
3 Iconic Film Directors Interpret Classic Operas

What arias have to do with Cousin It, cinematic pathos and eccentric Germans.

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7 Essential Books on Music, Emotion, and the Brain
7 Essential Books on Music, Emotion, and the Brain

What Freud has to do with auditory cheesecake, European opera and world peace.

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5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid
5 Quirky Coloring Books for The Eternal Kid

What gangsta rap has to do with children’s healthcare and mid-century illustration.

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TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day One
TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day One

This week, we’re letting our brains explode so you don’t have to.

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Visualizing Loudness: The Dark Side of Music Digitization
Visualizing Loudness: The Dark Side of Music Digitization

From Bieber to boredom, or what 30 years of compression have to do with auditory freedom.

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Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad on Sound, Science, and Mystery
Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad on Sound, Science, and Mystery

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PICKED: Cry Baby, The Pedal That Rocks The World
PICKED: Cry Baby, The Pedal That Rocks The World

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What the Number Pi Sounds Like
What the Number Pi Sounds Like

A musician translates each of pi’s first 31 decimals into a note and performs the piece on various instruments to a tempo of 157 beats per minute.

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Inside the Mind of Kanye West: Typographic Phrenology
Inside the Mind of Kanye West: Typographic Phrenology

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Missing Sarajevo: A Political U2 Rockumentary
Missing Sarajevo: A Political U2 Rockumentary

What beauty pageants have to do with war tragedy and the power of rock.

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