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Natalie Portman tuned me on to The Shins and their song “New Slang” in Zach Braff’s 2004 film Garden State. “Phantom Limb” is probably my favorite song by the band–even though James Mercer says that it is about a lesbian couple dealing with high school life, it holds a lot of relevance and energy for …
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Last night, I caught the ending of Oliver Sacks’ Musical Minds on NOVA. According to the website here, it originally aired in 2009. Luckily, you and I can watch the complete episode online and we can learn how the brain processes music and how important music is to the human brain. There are also special …
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Yesterday, BoingBoing began hosting a sweet dance mix of science fiction that you can dance to by Claire L. Evans and her band YACHT (Many thanks!). Besides the freely downloadable mix that she posted on BB, she also writes a lot about science fiction and science on not one, but two blogs: Universe on ScienceBlogs.com …
My colleagues Professor Babacar M’Baye and fellow PhD student Alex Hall have sent out the following cfp for a collection of essays on American popular music. If you study the cultural significance of American music, you should consider contributing. Read on for the full cfp: CFP: Critical and Transnational Approaches to American Popular Music Babacar …
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