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1. the graffiti in the first few spaces seem to be the same as well.
2. 😋😚😩❇️
3. whats the piece from motzart at @4:17
4. Knowledge that extends the prospect of seeing.
5. yes
6. Prescient.
7. so he got me looking at the wall of the room I'm sitting in, thinking about the color of paint, can I do something with that color artistically?
8. what was it?
9. Could have gotten more in-depth
10. anyone knows what is the song played at 00:34?
11. Anyone know the name of the composition at 5:17!??
12. No
13. Christopher Small must be read and quoted for this matter
14. Apart from the intelligent content about architecture, the part about U2 stadium rock is just so funny...
    
    "I'm an ordinary guy / Burning down the House"
    As Byrne once wrote about Architecture and Music.
15. I really enjoyed the musical examples that he provides. Does anyone know what the pieces he uses are?
16. 10 grams of crystal meth in that guys head
17. I'm listening to "How Music Works" books on tape 2.0. Terrific reader, sounds much like David, a little less exclamatory maybe, but certainly one of the best readings and thus consistent with best books of the year, along with Mivchael Lewis. It inspired me to plug my old Gibson J160-e into a loop station I purchased many years ago in Oakland next door to a cannabis club. My own ambient music...my own venue. Another True Story. 
18. very intrigued by this lecture
19. This is an incredible lecture. :)
20. good video ..