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Really like the old post about dictionaries. I have mine in a cubby hole in my desk. God knows how old it is. I feel strangely attached to it.

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Your "Why art requires a sacrifice and a risk" post felt like a blip of encouragement that I needed today. Thanks for that.

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Are you able to get to the Lancaster PA Convention Center on Saturday, 10/29 @ 4 - 5 pm? If so, you can attend Austin's keynote speech at the PAEA conference.

https://sites.google.com/paea.org/paeaconferenceprogram/program/saturday

Public tickets to his talk are only $10 each. Afterwards you can purchase his books and have him sign them. To purchase tickets: https://sites.google.com/paea.org/paeaconferenceprogram/registration/public-tickets

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OOOoooooooh, that studio's looking swank!

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Aug 19, 2022·edited Aug 19, 2022Liked by Austin Kleon

Oh man, wrestling is absolutely one of Trump's (and other politicians') source codes for how they behave - and there's a fan base that eats it all up. I would 100% listen to Dan's podcast.

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I’m not sure I’d get much work done in that studio knowing the pool and potential cocktails were in such proximity.

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Austin, your comment about how Motown songs were engineered to sound amazing on dinky transistor radios reminds me of a Les Paul anecdote: supposedly, he would always listen to a final mix of a song in his car on the car radio to make sure it sounded right. The power of constraints.

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Thanks for the tip about Grand Designs. It is such a fantastic show!!!

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Loved your erasure poem this week.

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re: Motown - I've always thought What Becomes of the Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffin is spectacular and contains one of the best bridges in soul music.

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