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Culture	The Beguiling, Bizarre World of Midcentury Self-Help Records Instructional records promoted the transformation of the body and, perhaps more importantly, the mind. Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder \| Oct 23
Culture	Tainted Love: On Nina Simone’s ‘Baltimore’ “Baltimore” is a love song to a city, tainted by both Simone’s personal experience there and its social and economic struggles. Alex Coles \| Feb 2
Science & Tech	It Turns Out We Were Born to Groove The evolution of beat perception likely unfolded gradually among primates, reaching its pinnacle in humans. Henkjan Honing \| Dec 14, 2023
Science & Tech	Of Sound Minds and Tuning Forks: Neuroscience’s Vibratory Histories Carmel Raz explores how historical links between nerves and vibration have shaped modern neural sciences. Carmel Raz \| Jun 2, 2023
Culture	Scratch Cyborgs: The Hip-Hop DJ as Technology Hip-hop DJ culture provides a rich site for exploring how culture and industry can converge and collaborate, as well as how they need each other to move forward. André Sirois \| Sep 22, 2022
Culture	Expecting the Unexpected: Wagner and the Language of Longing Not content with writing the music of his time, Richard Wagner proposed that his job as a composer was to write the music of the future. David Huron \| Aug 12, 2022
Culture	Calypso Confusion Harry Belafonte’s best-selling album “Calypso!” propelled the genre into mainstream American consciousness, but its celebration of Jamaica launched a fundamental misunderstanding that obscured calypso’s origins and colonialist history. Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder \| Mar 11, 2022
Culture	Guitar Talk: In Conversation With Legendary Guitarist Bill Frisell An interview with one of the most creative guitarists of our time, excerpted from Joel Harrison's book 'Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Players.' Joel Harrison \| Aug 24, 2021
Environment	Frogs Want to Be Heard. Yannick Dauby Is Listening. For nearly two decades, French sound artist Yannick Dauby has journeyed all over Taiwan capturing the songs of frogs. Tobias Fischer \| Jul 1, 2021
Culture	How the Copy Machine Gave Rise to New York’s Downtown Arts Scene Xerography was not only central to the production and dissemination of art and community, but changed who could be an active participant in the making of culture. Kate Eichhorn \| Feb 23, 2021