Topic: Music
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The Big Fix
When a Music Scene Leads to a Boom
As Denton, Texas's music festival grows in popularity, so does interest in the town itself.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Massachusetts City Plagued by Horrible Saxophonist
Salem has had it up to here with inept jazz musicians. Also outlawed recently: noisy electronica in Santa Cruz, payday lenders in Iowa and the entire vice squad of Salt Lake City.
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Have Guitar, Will Sing Songs About Urban Planning
Melanie Hammet wants to turn obscure zoning ordinances into the universal language of song.
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Which Cities Are the Musical Trend Setters?
A new study ranks Atlanta, not New York or L.A., as the most influential on our musical tastes.
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The War on Bagpipes: Wiping a Single Instrument Off the Urban Map
The bagpipe is possibly the only musical instrument to have been labeled a tool of warfare.
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Photos
The Warehouse That Made It Cool to Be a Warehouse
How an old building's conversion into a nightclub changed Manchester.
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Maps
Where the Heavy Metal Bands Are
Why do most heavy metal bands hail from Scandinavia and Northern Europe?
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This Week in Bans: Miniskirts Outlawed in Indonesian Cities
Also, Hong Kong bans pregnant "birth tourists" from the mainland; New York City's public schools try to avoid using test words like "dinosaur" and "Christmas"; and Britain bans... something.
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2012's Hottest Music Cities, According to SXSW
A statistical look at the leading indie rock scenes represented at this year's festival in Austin.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Philly Outlaws Feeding the Homeless Outside
Plus, Los Tigres del Norte Rancho are banned in Mexico for singing about drugs; it's forbidden to sleep in your car in Santa Margarita; get those cars off of your front yards, Muskegon!
