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Wes Phillips
Perahia Returns!
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  0 comments
Timothy Mangan has a nice interview with Murray Perahia in the OCRegister. It's good to have him back performing.
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Stephen Mejias
A Little Bizarre, and Altogether Marvelous
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  2 comments
A few days ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that our totally radical magazine is also available in digital attire. It was on my mind because Dave Jenne, one of the production dudes at Zinio (our digital publishing partner), had sent me the link to our April issue. Dave sends me an e-mail each month. And it goes a little something like this:
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Excitable Ben Stein
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  0 comments
Ben Stein is not your typical free-trade apologist.
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Uh-Oh!
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  0 comments
Are scientists getting close to telepathy?
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Hating "Classical" Music
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 13, 2007  |  0 comments
I was reading Alex Ross's spot-on "Burying the Lede" this morning, when I followed a link to an essay he'd published in The New Yorker back in February that you simply must read.
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Stephen Mejias
Noisy People
Stephen Mejias  |  Mar 12, 2007  |  1 comments
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Rats Are So Meta!
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 12, 2007  |  0 comments
Rats—like people—experience metacognition. To paraphrase Clint Eastwood, a rat's smart enough to know its own limitations.
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Poaching Yucks
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 12, 2007  |  0 comments
Stealing jokes is serious.
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Toxoplasma gondii
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 12, 2007  |  0 comments
Try to wrap your mind around the stats involving Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite makes rats seek cats, but is it also altering the cultures of entire nations? Skewing the sex ratios of affected populations? Doubling the chances of traffic accidents?
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Hail, Hail Patti Smith
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 12, 2007  |  0 comments
Tom Watson picks the greatest cover versions of rock'n'roll and comes up with Patti Smith's "Gloria." Interesting choice. I might have gone with "Respect," myself.
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