Music Makes Pain More Bearable
Of course, we've suspected this for years, but when we say it, it's just anecdotal. When the Journal of Advanced Nursing says it, it's research.
Wes Phillips
Stuff I Didn't Know, Chapter Two-Gazillion-and-One
You can buy glass harmonicas?
20 Easy Rules for Writing about Country Music the Way the Pros Do It!
Remind you of anybody? Heck yes, just about everybody!
Mona Lisa Speaks?
Whether or not Matsumi Suzuki has recreated the voice of the woman who sat for the portrait we call the Mona Lisa, he has already been awarded an Ig-Nobel Prize.
iPod Rumors
Apple gets more press for products it hasn't even announced yet than most companies get for products they are actually trying to promote. Here's the scoop (maybe) on the gen 6 iPod.
He Shoots, He Scores!
Huckleberry, locked in mortal combat with his deadly enemy, the piece of string.
Does My Butt Look Big?
Bagheera asks the question men everywhere dread. Of course I assured her she looked muhvelous.
Is It a Conspiracy?
We've known that oil dependence was a bad thing for 50 years, so how come I can't go out and buy an electric car as easily as an 8mpg Hummer?
Dateline: To Catch a Predator: Humbert Humbert
McSweeney's again—and with perfect pitch.
Einstein on the Beach at 25
Wonko the Sane sends along this fascinating link to New Music Box on Philip Glass. Yes, I know the knock-knock joke, but actually experiencing Einstein on the Beach was a life altering experience for this good ol' country boy. As WTS said, it is the soul of minimalism—and EOTB definitely has got soul, if you've got big ears.