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TikTok Is Filled With Sped-Up Remixes. Two Norwegians Pioneered Them.
Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Soderholm made songs with superfast tempos and high-pitched vocals for a school project. They…
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Did Someone With a Trust Fund Paint This?
An exhibition in Berlin shines a light on class, showing how social and financial inequality affect how art gets made,…
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Review: A Shostakovich Symphony Finally Reaches the Philharmonic
The composer’s 12th, from 1961, is being played by the orchestra for the first time under the conductor Rafael Payare,…
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A Versatile Director Brings Powerful Imagery to Wagner and Film
Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.”
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US
Bostonians’ Take on the Royals’ Whirlwind Visit? Whatevah.
As breathless online commentary tracked the royal couple’s every move during their visit, swaths of their host city remained unimpressed.
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US
Iowa Democrats Ask: Without the First-in-the-Nation Caucuses, Who Are We, Really?
President Biden’s push to start the Democratic presidential nominating process in South Carolina has inspired a rush of wistful memories…
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Business
Stocks Shudder After a Surprisingly Strong Jobs Report
Stock trading was turbulent on Friday after U.S. employment data for November showed more jobs were added than economists expected,…
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Mary Shannon Little, Who Prosecuted Wedtech Scandal, Dies at 65
She “brought moral force to her work” in a 1980s bribery and extortion case that took down two Bronx congressmen…
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World
Canadian Man Charged in the Killing of Indigenous Women
The suspect was accused of killing three Indigenous women and another unidentified woman, all of whom had gone missing in…
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US
Biden Signs Legislation to Avert Nationwide Rail Strike
President Biden had called on Congress to act, saying a rail strike would “devastate our economy.”