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Deceptive Cadence
1:49 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Around The Classical Internet: July 20, 2012

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"Sonochromatic cyborg" and artist Neil Harbisson — with the implanted device that converts color to sound — at his TED talk in Edinburgh last month.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 4:58 pm

  • Remember the interview with "sonochromatic artist cyborg" Neil Harbisson? He was born without the ability to see any colors at all, but his prosthetic eyepiece translates color into sound — and he has started reinterpreting music visually through his new perceptions of color, as in his painting based on Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria.
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The Picture Show
1:38 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Fighting For Photos Of The Tour De France

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This photo from the opening week of the 2010 Tour de France is one in a special collection of James Startt's photography in Bicycling magazine.
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Jan Ullrich, 1996
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"I was out on the course and there was nothing. Then all of a sudden the road came up on a factory, and there was a sea of workers in blue uniforms. It was perfect — the pattern of the blue bibs," says Startt about this photo from the 1997 Tour.
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Didi Senft, the Devil
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Col d'Izoard, 2003
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Marco Pantani, 1998
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Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, 1994
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Jean-Francois Bernard, 1992
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Jens Voight, 2006
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Lance Armstrong, 2005. Following that race, in which he won his seventh consecutive Tour, Armstrong announced his retirement.
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Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 3:55 pm

One of the first times photographer James Startt recalls seeing Lance Armstrong was during the 1992 Olympic trials as the two rounded a corner together. Startt, an avid cyclist, says he only came close to Armstrong once during the tryouts.

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Monkey See
1:11 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Breaking Bad' And A Little Sad

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Producer Jess Gitner, one of our other favorite NPR types, snapped this photo of Mike as he spoke for Friday's show about his old job and his new one.
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Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 2:30 pm

  • Listen To Pop Culture Happy Hour

We've been doing PCHH for two years now, and we've never really talked in detail about Breaking Bad. That's kind of weird, but it's partly an artifact of the fact that it took us a while to develop an adequate background, since the only one of us who was a regular watcher from the beginning was Mike Katzif, our producer.

But this week, with me and Glen fully up to speed (along with Mike) and with Stephen and Trey recent experimenters who watched a few early episodes and then jumped ahead to Sunday's season premiere — heresy, I know, but they did it anyway — we dive in.

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The Two-Way
12:10 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Romney: Now Is The Time 'To Remember How Much We Love One Another'

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Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 2:23 pm

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney who was in Bow, New Hampshire for a campaign event addressed the mass shooting in Colorado, during a speech this afternoon.

Romney said he was addressing the nation, not as "political candidate," but as "a father, a grandfather, a husband, an American." Now, he said, "is the time to look into our hearts and remember how much we love one another and how much we love and how much we care for our great country."

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The Salt
12:03 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Soul Food Fans Say Goodbye To 'Queen' Sylvia

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Sylvia Woods moves to the music outside her restaurant in Harlem neighborhood of New York, during the restaurant's 40th anniversary celebration in 2002.
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Originally published on Sat July 21, 2012 10:11 am

Sylvia Woods, known as the Queen of Soul Food, died yesterday at age 86. She opened the legendary Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem 50 years ago, around the corner from the Apollo Theater, and it soon became a gathering place for prominent African Americans, politicians, and foodies of all ages and races.

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