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Miles Davis probably never played Nintendo. It's technically possible; the genre-bending, stereotype-defying jazz legend lived until 1991, six years after the first Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America. Who knows how the trumpet player spent his free time? He may have seen a video game, or even picked up a controller. But it's a pretty safe bet that he never stormed Bowser's castle or paused to appreciate the "piku-piku-piku" sound that played when Mario went down a tunnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis as Video-Game Music | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...musicians had three months to finish the songs. Baio gave them full artistic license; they could experiment or stay as true to the original song as they wanted. His only request was that the finished products retain some of Davis' original feeling and intensity. "Other than that, they were free to do whatever they felt," says Baio. "That's what jazz is about, right?" He named his experiment Kind of Bloop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis as Video-Game Music | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...find it tough to go to bed before 3 a.m., and even harder to wake up before noon. You’ll spend hours sprawled on the couch making up for the time you didn’t get to spend watching television in your cable-free Harvard dorm. And, deep down inside, you’ll miss being at Harvard. Tear...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Calendar of Your Year Ahead | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...avoiding such mishaps? Trayless dining: With a plate in one hand and a drink in the other, you’re free to maneuver between clumsy tray-holders with ease. And once you’ve loaded up on food, try doing a tap dance in the servery to test your balancing skills...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Around Annenberg | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

Which do you like better, plane food or cafeteria food? I vote cafeteria. Airplanes only serve peanuts, crackers and a drink for free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Child Journalist Damon Weaver | 8/19/2009 | See Source »

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