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To paraphrase Nicolas Cage in Matchstick Men, for most people, jazz is like a foreign film…
All God’s Children: John Cage’s Apartment House 1776
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Soundtracking #26: MAGNOLIA (1999)
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Dissolve On (6/18/2017-6/24/2017)
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Elliott Carter: the Last Modernist
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Film on the Disc: DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART 2: THE METAL YEARS
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