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n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare science-fiction
fandom , oriental food ; see also filk ). Hackish folklore has long claimed
that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has
been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this. Hackers,
as a rule, like music and often develop musical appreciation in unusual and
interesting directions. Folk music is very big in hacker circles; so is
electronic music, and the sort of elaborate instrumental jazz/rock that used
to be called progressive and isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's
musical range tends to be wide; many can listen with equal appreciation to
(say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine
Dream, Dream Theater, King Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or
the Brandenburg Concerti. It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes
a much higher concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would
expect from a similar-sized control group of mundane types.