top of the heap of overachievers

http://nymag.com/news/features/jack-david-cahn-stuyvesant-high-school/

musical news

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/leonardo-da-vincis-wacky-piano-is-heard-for-the-first-time-after-500-years-20131118-2xpqs.html

Fwd: Stuy High and Eric Holder mentioned

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/nyregion/young-commuters-offer-little-sympathy-for-de-blasios-son.html

Eric's commute was more likely an hour, not the hour and a half mentioned in the article.

Fwd: lou reed

This was new to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ2z1jK-pDQ#t=216

sad story

http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/6498/the-tragic-tale-of-a-legendary-concert-taper/#