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Sean Burke Artist
Gears

"I've got to play better and contribute more”. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
Gears

"The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear."

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Rob Brown Author
Gears

"When you're in the studio, you've got a narrative for what goes on, you might switch on a bit of gear and it might not work as you intended or come out a bit wrong, and you try and exploit it."

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Karen O Musician
Gears

"My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear."

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Keith Fullerton Whitman Musician, Producer
Gears

"I've got a bunch of circuit-bent boxes and things that are controlled by my Mac through a big breakout box. I want to create this total environment where I can bring all this gear to the show but maybe just use one or two elements, if that's what's called for."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Gears

"Every time a candidate came up from the base, that is with popular support, the Republican establishment went into high gear to destroy them with massive propaganda attack ads and so on. It was one after another, each one crazier than the last."

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Martin Gore Musician
Gears

"I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day."

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