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Here is What Great Philosophers Thought of Music

While philosophers and scholars of the pre-modern era kept studying music from a harmonic point of view and often delved deeper into the concept “musica ... Read more

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Actor Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest after police shut down crowded event

Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest

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Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats

The truth about Regina Spektor is that quirky isn't the half of it.




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George Frideric Handel - Alceste (soprano: Lucy Crowe; tenor: Benjamin Hulett; bass-baritone: Andrew Foster-Williams; Early Opera Company; conductor: Christian Curnyn)

The incomplete ‘incidental music’ for Alceste, conducted with liveliness and sensitivity.




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Bobby Womack - The Poet

Womack updates his material for the 80s, creating grown-up sensual soul.




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Ladyhawke - Anxiety

Pip Brown’s overdue second LP is as tight and catchy as a baseball mitt.




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Seven Ways to Procrastinate Less and Do More

Stop making excuses, procrastinators. Whether you overestimate your “natural talent”, complaining about “not having enough time” or being “too old to succeed anyway,” there is ... Read more

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“His father keeps a shop”: Behind Edward Elgar’s struggle for respectability

It was a music shop at 10 High Street in Worcester: “Elgar Bros. Pianoforte & Music Warehouse.” It was in this shop that young Edward ... Read more

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Unexpectedly, news outlets wind up having a relatively traditional election night experience

“This looks a lot more like 2016 to me than 2020,” NBC’s Chuck Todd said, a reference to Trump’s victory that year over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year

By the time they return, Needham native Suni Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore will have logged more than eight months in space.

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Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Mass. professors for their discovery of microRNA

“Their groundbreaking discovery revealed a completely new principle of gene regulation that turned out to be essential for multicellular organisms, including humans,” the Nobel Assembly said.

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Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars

In response to growing customer demand, stores of all stripes are bringing out their festive collections weeks before the Nov. 1 start of the holiday shopping season.

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Daylight saving time ends this weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects.

Some health groups have said it’s time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology.

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