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is now at http://soundcloud.com/acb (4h ago)
saw David O'Doherty tonight; he was brilliant. If you get a chance to see him, do it. (13/10)
The Skeletal Lamping artwork does look a bit Henry Darger (13/10)
just picked up the new Of Montreal CD (and the bonus CD it came with) (13/10)
I wish I could fly to New York now to see this: http://tinyurl.com/4742yj (13/10)
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2007/10/12
The latest buzzword in marketing is coercive atmospherics ; i.e., using subtle scent cues to trigger positive emotional reactions in consumers: THE AIR in Samsung's flagship electronics store on the upper west side of Manhattan smells2006/10/11
A US lawyer has noticed plugging a dangerous hole in the world's intellectual-property regime, a hole which costs chefs and restauranteurs untold godzillions of dollars: the fact that food cannot be copyrighted, and it is perfectly2003/10/12
Evolutionary psychologists look at how music could possibly have come about : Since music draws on so many of the brain's faculties, it vouches for the health of the organ as a whole. And since music