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Glenn Gould, Petula Clark, The Beatles and 'the noise you make while breaking rules'

Dana Sachs | Posted 03.06.2013 | Books
Read More: Petula Clark, Mussorgsky, Classical Music, The Beatles, Aaron Copland, Glenn Gould, Leo Janacek, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Jonathan Cott, Books News
Dana Sachs

Which music do you consider superior? The Beatles or Petula Clark? And, along these same lines, do you have an opinion on the "polarity," as Gould would have it, between Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky?

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Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Journalist Talks Paranormal, Builds Fort, Connects With Turkeys (VIDEO)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 11.18.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Michael Jordan, Paranormal, Weird News, Michael Clarkson, Tiger Woods, J. D. Salinger, Ghosts, Glenn Gould, Poltergeist, Video, Weird News News
Alexandra Holzer

The Poltergeist Phenomenon is the first and only non-fiction book by Michael Clarkson. He says, "I would stress that I don't believe there's solid proof for them, but I would not say I don't believe in them."

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I Challenge Verizon to a Public Debate: Piano Optional

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 07.31.2012 | Technology
Read More: Phone Bill, Public Policy, Broadband, Telephone Companies, Verizon, Deregulation, Glenn Gould, Johann Sebastian Bach, Technology News
Bruce Kushnick

While the executive director for corporate communications at Verizon claims that I've been doing variations on a theme, it would seem that I've been creating whole symphonies of new findings.

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Thank You for the Music

Katharine Quarmby | Posted 04.16.2012 | Arts
Read More: Glenn Gould, Mbira, Scapegoating, World Music, Music, Country Music, Hugh Masekela, Arts News
Katharine Quarmby

I was sent two rather lovely, seasonal gifts of music this week -- one by Pete Lawrence, the British ambient music promoter and producer (among other ...

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Lindi Ortega Video Exclusive, Plus Chatting With Yo-Yo Ma and Mason Jennings

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.05.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Cole Porter, The Colbert Report, Prince, Coconut Records, Stuart Duncan, Jeremy Messersmith, The Pines, Star Trek, Chad VanGaalen, Fleet Foxes, Haley Bonar, Christian Bale, Glenn Gould, The Bad Plus, Chris Osgood, I'm Not There, Aoife O'Donovan, Jason Schwartzman, Arthur, Yo-Yo Ma, Suicide Commandos, Chris Thile, Modest Mouse, Bon Iver, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Alexi Murdoch, Arif Mardin, The Simpsons, Andy Pratt, Atmosphere, Edgar Meyer, Katy Perry, Todd Haynes, Regina Spektor, Joanna Newsom, John Lennon, Crooked Still, Randy Newman, Master and Commander, Lady GaGa, James Taylor, Video, Boneclouds, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: mp3s, Phil Ramone, Glenn Gould, Black Before Red, Danielle Evin, Juano Lippi, Music, Amadou & Mariam, Son Lux, Etta Jones, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

Jazz singer Etta Jones, born in 1928 in Aiken, South Carolina, and raised in Harlem from the age of 3, was blessed with a voice that carried a crystalline undercurrent.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in September Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: John Cage, Sonny Rollins, BB King, Arnold Schoenberg, Danielle Evin, Music, Joan Jett (& the Blackhearts), Joey Heatherton, Cass Elliot (the Mamas & the Papas), Billy Preston, Memphis Slim, Otis Redding, Patsy Cline, mp3s, Gene Autry, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), Phil Ramone, Arvo Pärt, Glenn Gould, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Dog Ears, George Gershwin, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we feature music from Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Memphis Slim, Patsy Cline, John Cage, and more.

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WATCH: DATE NIGHT: Five Art Films You Shouldn't Miss

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Jack Cardiff, Mao's Last Dancer, Arthouse-Cinemas, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Slidepollajax, Glenn Gould, Artists, Black Swan, Film, Art-Films, Arts News

2010 has seen a number of beautiful art films released to, as usual, a paltry box office showing. One has to believe that sometimes the lack of stron...

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Gould and Alone on Valentine's Day

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Glenn Gould, Kim Morgan, Valentines, Valentines Day, Valentines Day Movie, Entertainment News
Kim Morgan

Glenn Gould was one of the the world's most famous pianists, and an iconic loner. Gould's mysteries and yes, romance, are beautifully rendered in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.

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Brian Dillon's Informative The Hypochondriacs: Read It and Become Symptomatic

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Andy Warhol, Marcel Proust, Florence Nightingale, James Boswell, "The Hypochondriacs, Hypochondria, Physician Robert Whytt, Imaginary Symptoms, Charles Darwin, Alice James, Glenn Gould, " Brian Dillon, Charlotte Bronte, Daniel Pal Schreber, Books News
David Finkle

In The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives, Brian Dillon goes into gory detail in describing the afflictions -- or presumed afflictions -- gripping the nonet.

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Sheepish In Carlyfornia

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Hewlitt Packard, Barbara Boxer, John McCain, Einstein, Socrates, Carly Fiorina, Buddha, Sarah Palin, H.L. Mencken, Glenn Gould, Bach, Bill Zimmerman, William James, Augustine, Politics News
Michael Sigman

You may think that Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep" ad will hurt Fiorina's chances, but the video has given the senatorial candidate free publicity.

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A Magical Night of Music and Another Triumph for Toronto: The Grand Opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Anton Kuerti, Classical Music Reviews, Toronto Mendelsson Choir, Beethoven?S Fifth, Music Education, Peter Simon, Acoustics, Michael Koerner, Music, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Culture, R. Murray Schafer, Classical Music, Beethoven, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Young-Classical-Musicians, Radio, Globe and Mail, Artists of the Royal Conservatory, Glenn Gould, Koerner Hall, Emerging-Classical-Musicians, Arts Education, Grammy-Nominees, Telus, Entertainment News
Marissa Bronfman

Friday night's grand opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall proved that Toronto has truly become one of the world's top cities for the performing arts.

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Linda Ronstadt On The Promise of Music

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Education, The Promise of Music, Linda Ronstadt, Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, Julia Moulden, El Sistema, Ted, Glenn Gould, Daniel J Levitin, New Radicals, Earth Overshoot Day, Music, Murray McLauchlan, Simon Bolivar Orchestra, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

If you were interviewing Linda Ronstadt, would you be tempted to ask her to sing a few lines from your favourite song? Oh, I don't know, maybe "Silver...

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