Music
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Concertgoers, Rejoice: Ticketmaster Kills Those Annoying Wiggly Nonsense Words We All Hate to Type
Jan 30, 2013 04:44 PM
As someone who buys upwards of 100 tickets a year on Ticketmaster.com, the bane of my existence are CAPTCHAs. This slick-sounding acronym stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Um…
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Why Wait? The Beatles’ 50th Anniversary Party Starts Now!
Jan 30, 2013 01:26 PM
A year from now, we'll all be caught up in the hype and craziness surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in the U.S. in February 1964, highlighted by their legendary appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. But why wait?…
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Happy Birthday to the Invention That Changed Music Forever
Jan 28, 2013 04:16 PM
How do musical instruments talk to one another in an electronic age? They use MIDI—the Musical Instrument Digital Interface—a communication standard that was established back in 1983 but maintains relevance to this day. This…
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The Great Collaboration: Beck’s ‘Song Reader’
Jan 14, 2013 06:15 AM
Beck's latest album, "Song Reader" is collection of 20 new songs unlike anything you've ever heard before. That's not an excited fan's hyperbole: The project was released only in sheet music, leaving it up to other musicians and fans…
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Must-See: The Tale of the Abandoned Piano
Dec 14, 2012 12:45 PM
Art is where you find it, they say. Filmmaker Anthony Sherin found it right outside his window on a winter morning in New York City. It was an old piano, abandoned on the sidewalk. No one who walked by, it seemed, could resist the…
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