Today is Dmitri Shostakovich's birthday. If you love this man as much as I (or even 2% as much as I do) for his patriotism, Stalin-mocking ways, or just for the self-indulged, sarcastic, articulately controlled excessiveness that is his music, then show your respects (i.e. take a listen to a symphony, wear a pair of Harry Potter glasses, wear a
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