Marc Weidenbaum (born 1966) publishes a

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, ''Disquiet'', about

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and has contributed to the scientific journal ''

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'' upon this subject. He was also a

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of magazines and an

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for two of

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's magazines.

Career

Prior to his current position, he was a

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room attendant at summer camp; an office manager at a graphic design company; a senior editor at

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' '' Pulse!'' (and ''Classical Pulse!'') magazine from 1989-1996, and as contributing editor to ''Pulse!'' from 1997-2002; and the editorial director for

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at citysearch.com. At

he was the managing editor of '' Shonen Jump''. and was then promoted to editorial director after helping launch the ''

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Collector'' magazine. Later he became vice president and editor-in-chief of both ''Shonen Jump'' and the sister magazine ''

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''. He left the company in February 2009.

Writing and editing

In 1991, he wrote for Pulse! upon the popularity of

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s with college dope-smokers. Pulse! magazine published a monthly cartoon and his editorial policy was to ask artists to submit three strip cartoons to choose from. He now writes for the journals ''Nature'' and his web magazine ''Disquiet'' on the subject of ambient sound and experimental music. In 2014 Bloomsbury published his book on the album ''Selected Ambient Works Volume II'' by Aphex Twin as part of its 33 1/3 series.

References

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