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Music
If We Can’t Laugh at Jazz Satire, Jazz is More Fragile Than We Thought
Update: I appeared on WNYC’s Soundcheck to debate this topic with 30-year jazz critic Howard Mandel. It’s on the August…
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Lab Tracks
Lab Track: Foil
Now that all the Weird Al hysteria has died down (on the internet, but not in my heart), I wanted…
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Lab Track: What Does the Spleen Do?
What does the spleen do? I don’t know either. I once knew a girl who had hers out, and as…
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Watch Isaac Newton in a Rap Battle with Bill Nye
We’ve featured Epic Rap Battles of History here at the Lab before — the YouTube series dresses two rappers up…
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Lab Track: These Aren’t the Droids
If you’re anything like me, you may want to clear an area in whatever room you’re in to allow for…
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Lab Track: Lateralus
Today’s lab track is math rock! I was hipped to this track over the weekend, which is kind of shameful,…
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Lab Track: Cell Song
Today’s lab track contains a special bonus: in addition to being a song about science, the music video is made…
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Lab Track: The Return
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love nerdy hip hop. Deltron 3030 is a hip hop…
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