Christmas music and your brain.
The holiday spirit (or something) descended on The Washington Post, who have shared (non-paywalled, apparently) a statistical and neurological look at why Christmas music – […]
Music
SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark
SONG: “I Spent a Week in the Dark” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain […]
SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget
SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,” […]
Thanksgiving Theremin: “Remembrance” by Carolina Eyck, from Elegies for Theremin and Voice
Remembrance · Carolina Eyck She also does a mean Kate Bush cover….
Thanksgiving Theremin: “Beowulf (excerpt) on Hurdy-Gurdy and Theremin” by Peter Pringle
The very old Anglo-Saxon poetry, the pretty darn old hurdy-gurdy, and the pretty new theremin. Goes together oddly well, unearthly aesthetic to unearthly aesthetic. From […]
SONG: Multicellular
SONG: “Multicellular” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science News, 17 October 2019, “Acrobatic choanoflagellates could help explain how multicellularity evolved,” as used in the post […]
SONG: Adria
SONG: “Adria” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science, 6 September 2019, “Geologists uncover history of lost continent buried beneath Europe,” as used in the post […]
SONG: Built On Sand
SONG: “Built on Sand” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Nature, 2 July 2019, “Time is running out for sand,” as used in the post “We’re […]
SONG: Bodiless
SONG: “Bodiless” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Vox, 17 April 2019, “Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: ‘Holy shit.’,” as […]
SONG: Facing North
SONG: “Facing North” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science News, 18 Mar 2019, “People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest,” as used in […]
SONG: “Math” (a penitential cover)
SONG: “Math” [Download] (a penitential cover) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for March’s song (which […]
SONG: My Batteries
SONG: “My Batteries” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Jacob Margolis’ Twitter feed, 13 Feb 2019, 3:30 AM “The last message they received…,” as used in […]
SONG: “2014 MU69 (Approach Me)”
SONG: “2014 MU₆₉ (Approach Me)” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science News, 30 Dec 2018-1 Jan 2019, “Live updates: New Horizons’ flyby of a distant […]
SONG: Forgotten
SONG: “Forgotten” [Download] . ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Nature, 13 Dec. 2018, “‘Transmissible’ Alzheimer’s theory gains traction “, as used in the post “Alzheimer’s can be […]
SONG: Black Star (a penitential cover)
SONG: “Black Star” [Download] (penitential cover) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for a song a […]