Slangin'
Allen's English Phrases sounds like a fun read.
Wes Phillips
Meat and Essence
Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran ponders self-awareness.
Interval Library
Here's something you probably never even knew existed: music librarian humor.
Rick Rubin
John Atkinson sent me a link to Time's Rick Rubin interview. I can see why JA liked it—Rubin's production philosophy reminds me a lot of the way JA edits and records.
Let's Put On a Show!
That's pretty much what David Hewlett said. As a result, he made A Dog's Breakfast for less than a million—it's a long tail thang.
No Answers, Only Questions
Rilke, Durer, and the rise of science.
Vandals Attack Dragon
Distressing news: Vandal punks have defaced the Gaudi-designed dragon at Barcelona's Parque Güell.
Bliss
Huckleberry gets comfy on the NAS drive.
Bagheera Baby!
Doesn't this phiz look like it should be on a car hood?
Hmmmmm
As Dave Barry is wont to say, The Singing Neanderthals would be a good name for a rock band, but it's a book by cognitive archeologist Steven Mithen, arging that language and music evolved from a common ancestor. He calls that ur-communication "Hmmmmm" (holistic, manipulative, multi-modal, musical, and memetic).