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Ted Gioia
@tedgioia
I'm author of 12 books on music & culture. The best place to follow my work is Substack, where I'm the "Honest Broker" (honest-broker.com).
Austin, Texas
Joined August 2009
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    30 months ago, I promised to publish my next book on Substack. I've now fulfilled that promise. I've just published the final chapter of my book, Music to Raise the Dead—I released the entire work in 22 installments. When I made the decision to publish this book on Substack, I
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    A visual demonstration of the power of sound to create order out of chaos.
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    Paula Schmitt
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    The new John Coltrane mural in his hometown Hamlet, NC.
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    I’ve never seen anything like this on film before. Paul really has nothing at the 30 second mark—but 45 seconds later he’s got the makings of a hit single. x.com/DarthYavin/sta…
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    New Mozart dropping soon.
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    They should do a whole album like this.
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    bluesharp
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    And the Oscar for best lip-syncing goes to... x.com/Buitengebieden…
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    “Tell me again, what instrument do you play?”
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    和田永 │ Ei Wada🦀
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    This is a good time to recall that Gabriel García Márquez got rejected by The New Yorker in 1981—and the next year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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    Tomorrow is the anniversary of George Harrison’s death. Paul McCartney shared this memory on Facebook.
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    Before there was rock & roll, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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    Animation of Chet Baker playing “You Go to My Head.”
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    gregorio catarino