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Greta Pane is a post-doctoral fellow in English literature at Boston University.

Arts

Meeting After A Moment Of Musical Connection, 17 Years Later

6:30pm January 07, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Greta Pane had a musical "missed connection" in a practice room years ago. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with her and with the mystery pianist, Noah Farber, who was on the other side of the wall.

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David Cassidy walks down a street in London in April 1974.

Music & Culture

David Cassidy, Singer And 1970s TV Heartthrob, Dies At 67

9:42pm November 21, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Cassidy's role as an adolescent aspiring musician on the TV show The Partridge Family turned him into a real-life, teen-dream pop idol.

In 1999, NPR made a satirical musical about the Internet called Web Site Story.

Music & Culture

Listen: 'Web Site Story,' NPR's Musical About The Internet — From 1999

5:21pm August 29, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Found in our archives: an Internet-themed remake of West Side Story from the dot-com bubble era. It begins with Bill Gates and features the sound of a modem but isn't as obsolete as you might expect.

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