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The &#x28;not-quite-historically-accurate&#x29; film Bohemian Rhapsody introduced the band to an entirely new generation of music-lovers last year, and guita]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17&#x3a;50&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;29241&#x2f;Queen-s-Home-Engineered-Instruments]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronic Sleep Apnea&#x3f; Asthma&#x3f; Try Didgeridoo Therapy]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;29085&#x2f;Chronic-Sleep-Apnea-Asthma-Try-Didgeridoo-Therapy&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[During my time in music school I quickly learned to pick out music therapy majors&#x3a; long, frizzy, unwashed hair and guitar cases slung over an individual&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;s back were usually dead giveaways. 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As it turns out, he was correct&#x3a; in 2003 Cambridge researcher Andy Fabian discovered that the satellite-borne Chan]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28474&#x2f;Black-Hole-Music-and-Really-Low-Notes]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Did The Past Sound Like&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28408&#x2f;What-Did-The-Past-Sound-Like&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up in the early &#x26;lsquo&#x3b;90s, my family still had a big cream-colored rotary phone stuck to our kitchen wall. At the time I didn&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;t realize that these phones were pretty outdated and that most other homes already had pushbutton phones. 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His father wa]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13&#x3a;20&#x3a;08 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28399&#x2f;The-Interesting-Career-and-Optical-Illusions-of-Adelbert-Ames-Jr]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troxler&#x27;s Fading&#x3a; An Early Optical Illusion]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28341&#x2f;Troxler-s-Fading-An-Early-Optical-Illusion&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[This blog has occasionally focused on optical illusions and impossible constructs&#x26;mdash&#x3b;here&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;s Part 1 and Part 2 of the impossible object series. This post will take a look at one of the earliest documented cognitive optical illusions, Troxler&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;s fading.&#xa;&#xa;Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler &#x28;1780-18]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28341&#x2f;Troxler-s-Fading-An-Early-Optical-Illusion]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Music Pioneer and Roland Founder Ikutaro Kakehashi Dies]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28212&#x2f;Digital-Music-Pioneer-and-Roland-Founder-Ikutaro-Kakehashi-Dies&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ikutaro Kakehashi, an electronic music legend who founded the Roland Corporation in the early 1970s and pioneered digital music standards in the &#x26;lsquo&#x3b;80s, died last week at the age of 87.&#xa;&#xa;Kakehashi started his musical career in Japan repairing electronic organs while running his own electrical ap]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28212&#x2f;Digital-Music-Pioneer-and-Roland-Founder-Ikutaro-Kakehashi-Dies]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineers Are Building DIY Pipe Organs, And They&#x27;re Fabulous]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28030&#x2f;Engineers-Are-Building-DIY-Pipe-Organs-And-They-re-Fabulous&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[About a year and a half ago I started working as a professional organist on the weekends. 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I&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;ve found that a di]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28030&#x2f;Engineers-Are-Building-DIY-Pipe-Organs-And-They-re-Fabulous]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Digital Music Making You Sad&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27869&#x2f;Is-Digital-Music-Making-You-Sad&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Philip Sousa&#x26;mdash&#x3b;composer of the well-known &#x26;ldquo&#x3b;Stars and Stripes Forever&#x26;rdquo&#x3b; march and namesake of the sousaphone&#x26;mdash&#x3b;famously hated recorded sound. He almost always refused to conduct his band when recording equipment was present, and in 1906 he said this during a congressional hear]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27869&#x2f;Is-Digital-Music-Making-You-Sad]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notes &#x26; Lines</dc:subject></item></channel></rss>