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Over the years, the recording industry has managed to create Christmas music for every mood. Thousands of sad piano takes on ...

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It was December 25, 2013, and everyone in the gay steakhouse was getting amiably drunk. It was one of those Portland winters ...

In the bike-friendly cities of Northern Europe, a phrase is sometimes used to lightly chastise those who are intimidated to ...

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Back in the olden times, I used to host a public radio show that recorded in front of a live audience. In December of 2011, ...

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