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music Happy 30th Anniversary to They Might Be Giants' iconic "Flood" album Thom Dunn

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music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

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music Amputee drummer with bionic playing arm launches Kickstarter David Pescovitz

Kids Watch massive machines lift and dump contents of an entire train car Andrea James

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