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Bach Cello Suites (Pablo Casals recording)
Johann Sebastian Bach / Pablo Casals (performer)
“You're as rich as you need to be”
“go to Spotify... and put in Pablo Casals' version of the Bach Cello Suites. You're as rich as you need to be.”— Eric Weinstein
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Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan (inferred)
“go watch the movie Oppenheimer”
“So, go watch the movie Oppenheimer, if you will. But, this is why physics physicists are the only occupation”— Eric Weinstein
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The Resurrection of the Bayou Maharaja
James Booker
“I think Professor Longhair's Big Chief is one of the most brilliant pieces of piano music... and if you really like that”
“James Carroll Booker the Third has an album called The Resurrection of the Bayou Maharaja.”— Eric Weinstein
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Big Chief
Professor Longhair
“one of the most brilliant pieces of piano music. It's absolutely inspiring”
“I think Professor Longhair's Big Chief is one of the most brilliant pieces of piano music. It's absolutely inspiring”— Eric Weinstein
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Live from Blues Alley (Yma Sumac, incl. "Stormy Monday")
Yma Sumac
“take a serious listen to Yma Sumac”
“take a serious listen to Yma Sumac singing Stormy Monday in an album called Live from Blues Alley to see if you really know how to feel things”— Eric Weinstein
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Miss You (Chris Buck cover of The Rolling Stones)
Chris Buck
“Chris Buck is really amazing... An incredible groove”
“I think that Chris Buck is really amazing and... have a listen to his version of Miss You by The Rolling Stones. An incredible groove”— Eric Weinstein
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Mass in B Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach (inferred)
“Consider Box B Minor Mass”
“Consider Box B Minor Mass and the cello suites particularly by Pablo Casals”— Eric Weinstein
ProductRecommended
Spark amplifier
Positive Grid
“will blow your mind with how much great audio equipment you can make”
“the people making Spark Amps at Positive Grid... will blow your mind with how much great audio equipment you can make”— Eric Weinstein
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Quad Cortex
Neural DSP
“will blow your mind with how much great audio equipment you can make”
“my friends at Neural DSP with the Quad Cortex will blow your mind with how much great audio equipment you can make”— Eric Weinstein
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The Songs of Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
“are pretty terrific”
“The songs of Tom Lehrer are pretty terrific, as are the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.”— Eric Weinstein
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American Beauty
Sam Mendes (inferred)
“Do you remember that movie American Beauty with the the plastic bag that gets in the air funnel going up?”— Steven Bartlett
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The Problem of Thor Bridge
Arthur Conan Doyle (inferred)
“There's an old Sherlock Holmes story called The Problem at Thor Bridge. Ever heard of it?”— Eric Weinstein
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Closing Time
Semisonic (inferred)
“You know this song, Closing Time?... You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. I think it's about birth.”— Eric Weinstein
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