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Unsilent Night

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

It’s become a holiday tradition: every year, hundreds of people gather with boomboxes to perform Phil Kline‘s ambient, techno Christmas carol called “Unsilent Night.” Jonathan Mitchell went along for the ride.

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