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NPR: Music

Recently, NPR has attracted more and more of my time because they really do a great job of digging into modern culture. This project, All Songs Considered, is a good example of this. It is remarkable because it forces you to look at things you like with empathetic eyes and try to imagine if other people would really like them too. I've always enjoyed such thought experiments. I definitely agree with Pink Floyd, Bob Marley and The Beatles being on the list. I'm a big fan of De La Soul and Paul Simon, but not sure they if they were quite as transcendent.

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