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Unreleased Fillmore East, Fillmore West, and Winterland performances available as 128kbps streams. I haven't been able to get it working completely glitch free, but some of these performances are pretty amazing and I'd buy 'em if they were available in a non-compromised format. Wolfgang, BTW, was Bill Graham's birth name.
Nice animated short that's one part Green Lantern, one part The Monkey's Paw, and one part Brazil—that is, if you also watch the director's cut ending.
Via Grow-a-Brain.
Andrzej Szczeklik muses on how deeply rhythm is rooted in the body. I think I have to add Catharsis to my must-read list.
The City was yesterday touched by twenty-seven inches of snow. In the Lower East Side, red, black, and green fire escapes were given pure, white highlights. On Orchard Street, a single figure could possibly be seen trudging through the heavy downfall, an umbrella in one hand, a burning cigarette in the other.
Inside old row houses and above new boutiques, couples are making love, keeping warm, and paying no attention to the time. What else is there to do? This is the Blizzard of 2006.
Today is February 13 — one day before Cupid strikes. I don't know what to do about it. I'…
Australian ER residents share their lessons. Sad, funny, and profane, but they ring very true to this former ER orderly. Biggest lesson: If you're minding your own business and see "some guy" or "some dude" headed your way, get gone. Those guys are trouble.
Prions (proteinaceous infectious particles) challenge the central paradigm of contemporary molecular biology. Hint: Think non-Mendelian transfer of hereditary information.
Are there really non-writers anymore? These are good guidelines, though—although I'd quibble about the semicolon advice.
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a tabletop particle accelerator that confirms and improves upon an earlier experiment conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) that produced nuclear fusion at room temperature.
The device uses two opposing crystals to generate a powerful electric field and the technology could lead to a portable, battery-operated neutron generator. This appears to be the real thing, people.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain responses to the Superbowl commercials. Your amygdala was not as amused by that FedEx ad as you were.