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        <itunes:subtitle>The Home of Everyday Ethnomusicology</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Judeanne Armenti</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>The home of everyday ethnomusicology where we discuss music and its role in our lives, societies, and cultures. We make the music and the music makes us.</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:title>Lived Through That: 90s Musicians Today</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We look at the book Lived Through That: 90s Musicians Today by Mike Hipple, being released on Oct 19, 2021</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Children&#39;s books on Musicians Worthy of an Adult Read</itunes:title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 16:38:30 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Ethnography of a Touring Musician: Jeffrey Gaines</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:title>The Difference the Venue Makes</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:title>Two KInds of Musicians</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Discussing Stewart Copeland&#39;s comment about there being two kinds of musicians during an interview on the Drum Channel in April 2021. Also musing about when our current popular music may be considered &#34;classical&#34; music centuries from now. </p><ul><li>Yep, I&#39;m aware I said Star Wars when I meant Stat Trek. My bad. </li></ul>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Origin Stories</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We all have many origin stories. What are the origins of your fandom, your musicality, or your love of live performance?</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Welcome to Performance Observatory</itunes:title>
                <title>Welcome to Performance Observatory</title>

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                <itunes:author>Judeanne Armenti</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Performance Observatory, the home of Everyday Ethnomusicology. Tune in to learn about our first season!</p>]]></description>
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