Can't Get Much Higher

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Stop Watching Videos without Headphones
I'm begging you
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Chris Dalla Riva
5
I'm All Lost in the Supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
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Chris Dalla Riva
18
What's the Point of a Concert?
Why the worst concert I've ever seen might be the best
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Chris Dalla Riva
7
My Book is Getting Published
Let me tell you why it took 7 years to make it happen
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Chris Dalla Riva
24
A Music Lover's Gift Guide
Everyone needs a good book under the Christmas tree
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Chris Dalla Riva
You Should Leave Your Home
Sometimes you gotta go out into the cruel, cruel world
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Chris Dalla Riva
7
The Best Music Books of the 21st Century
We asked. You answered.
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Chris Dalla Riva
6
The Ever-Changing Unchangingness of Live Music
We head back to 1916 to understand how concerts have evolved in the last century
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Chris Dalla Riva
1
Needles in Haystacks: The Lostwave Story
In one internet subculture, people desperately try to find the origins of songs without attribution. Sometimes they strike gold. Sometimes they get lost…
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Chris Dalla Riva
13
The Great Generational Snob Shift
The omnivores have won for now
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Chris Dalla Riva
3
Did Frank Sinatra Really Perform at My Grandma's High School?
Because sometimes you have to fact-check your grandmother
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Chris Dalla Riva
67
We Are Never Getting Back Together
Unless one of us is going broke and you'll pay us a ton of money
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Chris Dalla Riva
16
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