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…is our “Learning at Lunch” series.  Today I attended a live piano recital featuring works by Chopin, Copland, Bach, and Rachmaninov.  Free.  In one of our upstairs event rooms.  Man, was it good.

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Wow. I lucked out last night and caught Prince’s first performance on SNL. That guy is amazing. I didn’t recognize the song, so I assume it’s off the upcoming 3121. I don’t remember ever seeing a live performance like that on SNL. For anyone who doubts the guy’s musicianship (and I don’t think there are […]

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My friend Betsy and I sometimes trade music recommendations, as we have a mutual appreciation of Jazz (she can actually perform it, while I can only sit back and listen). The latest album she’s brought to my attention is the soundtrack for Good Night, and Good Luck, which features the silky vocal stylings of Dianne […]

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when it hits, you feel no pain. I was waiting for Leah this morning while she fetched her morning joe from her favorite coffee shop.  I had the iPod plugged in and was flipping through my shuffle of 1,937 songs. It’s an amazing thing, music, the way it infuses meaning into whatever’s going on outside […]

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I haven’t heard back from Dan about whether he ever took the plunge on a new stereo system, but I hope he got some use out of the information I passed along. Now A.J. is looking for an HT setup to go with his huge Sony TV. He started out with a Bose system but […]

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My friend Dan approached me today with a challenge: Find a good stereo setup, comprising a receiver and speakers, for around $1K. I haven’t shopped for honest-to-goodness stereo equipment for quite a while, so I’m looking forward to digging around to see what I can find. My first thought on speakers was to go with […]

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If you’re like me, you’re usually scouting around for interesting music. Whether new or old, major or indy, there’s more good listening floating around out there than any one person can get a grip on in a lifetime. My SLiMP3 library is sitting near a measly 6,000 songs, and there are genres I haven’t even […]

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