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Ham Session

From notes taken by Belgian researchers studying how different kinds of music affect pigs in captivity. reggae: Tail-wagging new beat: Pigs are looking around for danger rock: Stressful country: Pigs…

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Ow That’s What I Call Music

From songs selected by US interrogators to be played repeatedly at maximum volume for inmates at detention centers around the world, including at Guantánamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, and Mosul.…

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Letting Go of the Beatles
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A fan’s notes

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