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Chris Ahearn

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Best Album to Study To

Erik Satie, an early 20th century avant-garde composer, basically invented the study album when he created the world's first "furniture music" - organized sounds that, much like a nice ottoman or rocking chair, can fill a room without becoming its focal point.

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The Defibrillator

Marvin Gaye Trouble Man 1972 There was a time - before the days of Zach Braff and his sleepy iTunes playlists - when movie soundtracks were worth buying.

The Hipster-fication of West Philadelphia

This is the first article in a two-part series in which Street will examine the effects of gentrification on West Philadelphia. erched defiantly on the westernmost frontier of University City, the Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant is situated far beyond what many Penn students consider to be the no man's land of West Philadelphia.
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