This one is from the "kids today" file: Dubstep is "extra-terrestrial communication" NASA scientists reveal
My musical tastes are pretty catholic, but I gotta admit i don't get electronic music.
NASA today revealed that interstellar communications from an alien lifeform have been mistakenly interpreted as music, spawning a new sub-genre known as ‘Dubstep’.
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But popular music experts point out that it’s not the first time something has been wrongly interpreted as music to critical acclaim. A recording of an owl trapped in a wind chime shop recently topped the charts after being mistakenly released as the second album by Florence and The Machine.
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