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In the past ten years, pop stardom met reality TV, the mobile phone met the MP3 player, and music stores and record labels met their doom. Some say that as a result, music has never been so democratic and accessible. Others claim it has never sounded worse. We find out ...

The Garden state has been the home of Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Yo La Tengo and Patti Smith. Long Island is the cradle of Public Enemy, The Ramones, Billy Joel and Pat Benatar. Both the Island and the Garden State have beaches, but which place harbors better musicians? We debate ...