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Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock is the most frequently climbed mountain in the world. That distinction previously belonged to mount Fuji in Japan, but since Mt. Fuji built an auto road it’s no longer able to claim most frequently climbed.

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Looking Back and Forth: Sound and Colors: The Science and The Ritual

It seems that there is some legitimacy to a serious exploration into the transformational properties of sound and other vibrational energies. Thus, artists and producers within multimedia production may be able to tap into these resources and the potentially harmonious energies they may elicit. What may have been once considered New Age sophistry can be more legitimately explored and utilized artistically for experientially based immersion into the ocean of vibrational energy.

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Improvising Electronically: The Tools of the Trade

Our resident audiophile explains that all you need are a midi controller, a computer, two programs, and stereo mixing capabilities to create spontaneous improvised music. You might want to read this one with your head lamp on.

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Midriffs vs. Melodies

The emphasis on perfect bodies, glistening hair and snow white teeth has continued to rise, but will talent ultimately prevail?

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The Musician: A Darkman Original

Reginald Stark leaned back in his padded leather armchair with a contented sigh. These were his favorite moments. He had just finished writing his latest column, and he knew it would be another great success. Reginald was a very respected music critic, with a circulation he no longer bothered to calculate. All he knew was that millions of people were affected by his brutally incisive reviews of up and coming musicians, and he recognized himself as the gateway to the elite. Many careers were stopped short and dismantled by no more than one page of Reginald’s type; very few made the cut. The audience could not see the delicate intricacies that define true musical worth, so Reginald decided to show them.

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Little Haystack Mountain

I usually hike Little Haystack once a year in early January with a buddy of mine. This year it took us 5 hours up and two down. It was a little harder than last year, and that much more exhilarating. It was snowing most of the hike, and conditions got a little crazy on the summit. Snowshoe tracks were relatively well defined.

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