All the children are above average.

Chris Thile, who you might know as the upcoming replacement host of Prairie Home Companion, member of the Punch Brothers, member of Nickle Creek, has a 15 minute video performing J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 on his mandolin. If you fast-forward to 11:42, it gets even more amazing. A nice way to start the week:

Via.
Article at the Atlantic about the Prairie Home Companion replacement. (also, thanks Austin).
Chris Thile has great songs, but my favorite ones are his covers of The Strokes’ Heart in a Cage, The Strokes’ Reptilia, and White Stripes’ Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.

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