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Really Bad Lyrics

June 30, 2006 By Graham English

You knew it had to happen sooner or later. For every up, there is a down; for every light, there is a shadow; ying has its yang, Jesus has his Satan, Reagan had his Gorbachev, the Red Sox have their Yankees, Spider-Man has his Dr. Octopus, Bill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: lyric writing, lyrics, writing lyrics

Senator Kerry Blogs On Net Neutrality

June 30, 2006 By Graham English

I voted against this lousy bill for two reasons: because net neutrality and internet build-out are crucial to building a more modern and fair Information Society, and both were pushed aside by the Republicans. Link: Stopping the Big Giveaway … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Information Society, Internet, Net Neutrality, Senate

Which Superhero Are You?

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

I am The Flash Fast, athletic and flirtatious. Interesting outcome. Check the shirt: My results: The Flash: 95% Superman: 75% Green Lantern: 75% Iron Man: 70% Hulk: 65% Supergirl: 62% Wonder Woman: 62% Spider-Man: 60% Catwoman: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: fun

“Neurogenesis Is An Optimistic Idea.”

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

The mind is like a muscle: it swells with exercise. Gould's and Kozorovitskiy's work reminds us not only how easy it is to hurt a brain, but how little it takes for that brain to heal. Give a primate just a few extra playthings, and its neurons are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: brain, mind, neurogenesis, neurons, Science

Dave, Way To Do Your Part

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

Dave Matthews Band "offsetting" its tour pollution: NEW YORK (Reuters) - American rockers the Dave Matthews Band and its fans have been bad for the environment since 1991, and now the group is making amends. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: environment

Net Neutrality Moves To The Senate

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

The amendment failed by a tie vote of 11-11. All ten Democratic committee members voted in favor with Senator Snowe. The eleven remaining Republican members voted against the amendment. More... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Net Neutrality, Senate, vote

Triple Your Ability To Rock

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

Two Canadian mathematicians from the University of Moncton in New Brunswick, have created an entirely new kind of string instrument that exploits a kind of mathematics owing more to Pythagoras's theorem for triangles than to anything he ever thought … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: guitar, math, musical instruments, pythagoras, Science

Musicians Seek Tips On YouTube.com

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

Amateur Musicians, Athletes Seek Tips With Videos On YouTube.com...: When Eric Nguyen, a 20-year-old student in College Station, Texas, needed some help with a Chopin etude he was learning, he didn't turn to his piano teacher. Instead, he went on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: advice, athletes, feedback, tips, videos, YouTube

Naked Pitch

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

This is what happened to me today. I was listening to a piece of music and the first chord was the same as another song I've listened to many times. The voicing, the instrument, everything was the same. I had never made that connection before. To be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, absolute sound, Ear Training, perfect pitch, pitch, pitch memory, pitch triggers, relative pitch

Al Gore Got It Right, AP Reports

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

The AP is reporting that Al Gore got the science of climate change correct in his 'Inconvenient Truth'. Included are quotations from a number of apparently prominent climate change scientists. This is an interesting counter point to the story we saw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Fox News, global warming, money, power

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