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Ambient Music Is Not A Background. It Is An Invitation To Stop Time.

Yet the dominant vision of ambient music today is the cartoonish reversal of these aspirations. In a billion-dollar healthcare industry, streaming platforms and meditation apps frame the medium as background music – something for independent listening and consumption. Spa and yoga music or field recordings for uninterrupted, restful sleep. Rather than embracing the potential of …

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A Demonstration of European Identity Unfolds Against the Background of War

When first visitors arrived at Jasmina Cibic’s new exhibition at the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg, Austria, earlier this month, a pile of rubble greeted them. The room was also filled with a scent created from rose varieties, named after the founding fathers of a united Europe, names like Charles de Gaulle, former president of …

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77-year-old Jeanne Robertson, Far From Home Humorist with Performing Background, Dies

Jeanne Robertson, who made her Miss Congeniality title in the 1963 Miss America pageant a career as a speaker and later found success as a squeamish humorist with a huge YouTube following, died at her home in Burlington on August 21. NC was 77 years old. His son, Bailey Bowline, said the cause was unknown. …

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