The car radio is on and playing triumphal music, because the Allies are getting closer and closer to Berlin.

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In 2001, they wrote the score and lyrics for the musical Closer to Heaven, while last year they provided music for David Almond's play My Dad's a Birdman at London's Young Vic.

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Even though it's still in the early phases of beta-testing, we were able to stop by the Moog Music factory for a closer look and a brief glimpse of the gear in action ahead of its appearance at Moogfest.

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Here's a closer look at the heavyweights hoping to get their share of the increasingly lucrative music market.

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But with its sly humor, iconoclastic wisdom, and mix 'n' match music ethos, the mostly acoustic Natural hews closer to the real spirit of punk than any CD of buzz saw guitars and shouted lyrics.

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