Monthly Archives: April 2014

And only another unknown horseman; there are some things I just will not eat

Posting Thursday evening: Saturday evening we are going to a performance by the LA Philharmonic of Philip Glass’ 1984 music for ‘the CIVIL warS’. It’s one of my favorite Glass pieces — along with Symphony #5, the early operas Satyagraha … Continue reading

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Interesting Links This Weekend

There’s *another* great science show running [in addition to “Cosmos”], “Your Inner Fish”, based on the book by Neil Shubin, which explores the physiological resemblances among animals, from fishies to humans, that are of course one of the many lines … Continue reading

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Mind/Brain and Mathematical Intelligence

Several interesting links today to articles I’ve not yet had a chance to read, but I’ll defer those to note this review in Entertainment Weekly of a book called Struck by Genius by Jason Padgett (and Maureen Seaberg… probably the … Continue reading

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Today’s Favorite Song: Mr. Little Jeans, Good Mistake

Have now heard it often enough on KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Eclectic program that it’s embedded itself in my mind.

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Diversity in Science Fiction, Two Examples

I’ve noted here and on Facebook that science fiction generally aligns with progressive values; science fiction is typically about speculating how things might be different, celebrating discoveries of what is new and celebrating conceptual breakthroughs of understanding, rather than reflexively … Continue reading

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A belated favorite song – DJ Koze, Homesick

Heard this a lot late last year, on KCRW, and thought about it as the “hee hee” song, for the background accents.

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The Need to Feel Special

The scientific kerfuffle of the past couple days has been about a documentary supporting geocentrism (as if the creationists are not crazy enough), the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe, immovable, and that the sun and … Continue reading

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Bring Her Back to Me

I thought I had posted about this song before, perhaps on Facebook, but cannot find the link. So let me add it here with a ‘music’ tag for future reference. Which is to say, my past year’s favorite song: Frank … Continue reading

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The Water’s Clear and Innocent

Today’s favorite song: Codex, by Radiohead, from their 2011 album The King of Limbs. It’s a beautiful, desolate song, possibly about the temptation of suicide, probably about something more subtle. Ever since I first heard it, I think of Convict … Continue reading

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This Week’s Favorite New Song – Lykke Li

(Aside from all the tracks on the new Beck album)

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