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Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited": Mike Bloomfield vs. Johnny Winter

“Lord, that 61 Highway, it’s the longest road I know,” sang bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell. http://jasobrecht.com/dylans-highway-61-revisited-mike-bloomfield-v-johnny-winter/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/im-proud-of-all-my-songs-even-the-ones-i-stole-fro,29078/ For more than 50 years now, I've been a professional songwriter.

I'm Proud Of All My Songs, Even The Ones I Stole From People I Heard At Open-Mic Nights

Evolution of music by public choice

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/30/12081 Author Affiliations Edited * by Richard E. Lenski, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, and approved May 10, 2012 (received for review February 27, 2012)
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/11/the_ten_bands_i_will_be_forced_to_listen_to_in_hell_salpart/

The Weeklings

I’M GOING TO HELL. You know it and I know it. But I’m fairly sure it’s not going to be of the William Blake-etching variety.
The Major Scale, The Standard Chord Dictionary, and The Difference of Feeling Between The Major and Minor Triads Explained from the First Principles of Physics and Computation; The Theory of Helmholtz Shown To Be Incomplete and The Theory of Terhardt and Some Others Considered Daniel Shawcross Wilkerson Begun 23 September 2006; this version 19 February 2012.

Harmony Explained: Progress Towards A Scientific Theory of Music

http://arxiv.org/html/1202.4212v1
http://www.psmag.com/culture/pop-music-getting-sadder-and-sadder-42382/ In the mood for a brisk, happy, up-tempo tune?

Pop Music Getting Sadder and Sadder -

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/341560/description/The_descent_of_music With natural selection, grating noise becomes soothing sound By Rachel Ehrenberg Web edition: June 18, 2012 Print edition: July 28, 2012; Vol.182 #2 (p. 12)

The Descent Of Music

http://www.oscarvandillen.com/Outline_of_basic_music_theory

Outline of basic music theory - www.oscarvandillen.com

Introduction to music theory: an outline of basic music theory . Preface and Chapter 1 of the Outline of basic music theory – by Oscar van Dillen ©2011/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/arts/music/don-giovanni-los-angeles-philharmonic-and-gustavo-dudamel.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120528 There is evidence for this both big and small, statistical and anecdotal.

‘Don Giovanni,’ Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel

Hitler’s Very Own Hot Jazz Band | Past Imperfect

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/05/hitler-very-own-hot-jazz-band/ Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels makes a point.