More than 20 of My Favorite Links Right Now

Here's my latest assortment of articles, images, videos, and idle amusements.

Below you can find my latest broker’s assortment of links. Some are educational. Some are fun. Some are just outright bizarre.

By the way, I want to thank all who contributed to our first Open Mic here. We will definitely do this again. Your recommendations of new music, books, movies, etc. exceeded my already high expectations. At least two albums on my best of year list (coming soon) will be the result of your comments.

And now, on to the links. . .

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Researchers have found a way to release deadly pathogens via an Adele song.

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Some orchestras now have more administrators than musicians.

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What happens to a musician accused of doing a deal with the devil? Consider the case of Niccolò Paganini, whose body was buried and re-buried no less than nine times. Everybody from the Pope to Mussolini got involved.

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Here’s a fascinating account of Paul McCartney’s “freakish memory.”