¶ Matins: Now this is more like it: the Coffee Party. Kate Zernike’s account is almost too good to be true. (NYT)

¶ Lauds: Steve Smith writes, lucidly as always, about the Kronos Quartet. (We believe that everyone ought to have at least one album.) (NYT)

¶ Prime: At New York, Justin Davidson reports on proposals to make New York safe from rising sea levels precisely by opening up to them.

¶ Tierce: Melissa Healy confirms our suspicions: merely listening to music doesn’t build better brains. (LA Times; via Arts Journal)

¶ Sext: Dave Bry may be getting to the bottom of his barrel of sins, and, frankly, he doesn’t sound altogether penitential, but we found, after we read the story, that “No, you shut up” is a truly refreshing remark. (The Awl)

¶ Nones: We never did understand how “North Atlantic” comprised the Black Sea: at Real Clear World, Daniel McGroarty reports on Russia’s determination to restore its hegemony on the inland sea despite neighboring NATO alliances. (via The Morning News)

¶ Vespers: At The Rumpus, a long and occasionally bizarre interview with an interestingly strange lady, Paula Fox.

¶ Compline: “Weaponizing Mozart“: Haven’t the Brits read A Clockwork Orange? (reason.com; via MetaFilter)

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