Out and About: A Modern Tower of Babel; Paul Simon and ‘A Pure Moment of Sobbing Joy’
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The Library of Congress [has launched][1] an online “National Jukebox” of some 10,000 historical recordings.
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The New York Times profiles guitarist Gary Lucas on the occasion of his new CD, “The Ordeal of Civility.”
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Argentine artist Marta Minujine has built a 25-meter Tower of Babel out of 30,000 books.
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A student remembers Yeshiva University economics professor Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine.
[1]: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/11/1361858* 57/library-of-congress-launches-national-jukebox
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Two poems in Standpoint Magazine by Margot Lurie.
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Ten micro stories in Guernica magazine by Alex Epstein.
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The Marc Ribot Trio goes to Denver.
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The Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool has discovered Albert Einstein’s immigration card.
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George Burns’s musical director Morty Jacobs has died.
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Paul Simon and “a pure moment of sobbing joy”:
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