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music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn

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hip hop Bay Area hip-hop archive opens in Oakland library Rusty Blazenhoff

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animation Cliff Benfield's clever, silly cartoons Elías Villoro

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art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

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