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Sounds of summer
July 5, 2005
Posted by Hunter Walk, Product Manager
Googlers like music. We play in bands. We've got live music at our lunch BBQs. We've even been known to break into song at company meetings. But our secret sauce is the
proximity
of Google's Mountain View office to Shoreline Amphitheatre, a popular outdoor concert venue. They've got a
full slate
of shows each summer and sometimes I'll just hang out at the outer extremes of our campus, letting the tunes drift over the hills to my ears.
But while barely audible summer hits are nice, the fringe benefits of having rock stars so close to the office can sometimes pay off in more surprising ways. When Coldplay performed at Shoreline a couple of years back, it was an excellent excuse for some of the band - together with lead singer Chris Martin's
inamorata
, Gwyneth Paltrow - to come by and
visit Google
.
And with
Coldplay
returning to Shoreline this summer might we expect another visit from Gwyneth and her husband? Maybe. But I'm secretly hoping we get a different musical luminary walking the halls at Google this summer because, well,
Ozzfest
does come to Shoreline in August.
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