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Personally, I believe any support from government agencies for music and music sites is desirable. Our musical selections are a personal choice. No one of us would make the same selection. The NIH and similar sites must satisfy the general public. Selections from "Blow the Candle Out," or the masses and motets of Thomas Tallis, are outside of their box. Either would kill it with the mainstream.