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Setting Times stories to music: From Radiohead to Jim Croce
My desk at The Times faces out onto Spring Street and LAPD headquarters. Normally it’s a pretty dull view, a lot of gray concrete and slim ribbons of glass. But around 4:30 each afternoon, something quite wonderful happens: The shadow of what must be the flag on top of The Times building appears on the side of the HQ just in my line of vision. And if there’s a breeze, the shadow dances. But what really amazes me is that it dances to the beat of whatever song I happen to be listening to. Slow, fast, changes in tempo – the flag stays with the song. I’m both delighted and a bit unnerved by it. The shadow only lasts a few minutes -- yes, about the length of a song...
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Setting Times stories to music: From Radiohead to Jim Croce
My desk at The Times faces out onto Spring Street and LAPD headquarters. Normally it’s a pretty dull view, a lot of gray concrete and slim ribbons of glass. But around 4:30 each afternoon, something quite wonderful happens: The shadow...
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'So You Think You Can Dance' on Fox
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The Scott Aukerman Interrogation Part II: Podcasts and the president
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