]]>Howlin’ Wolf is a great way to start any Friday.
My favorite version of this song is off Wolf’s 1962 album “Moanin’ in the Moonlight”:
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Shinin’, just like gold
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh…
Whoo…Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What’s the, matter with you?
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
I think the title says it all.
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Last week, the “Pi of the Sky” (righteous name) telescope in Poland spotted and recorded the very first images of a black hole forming.
From their site:
]]>2008.03.19 “Pi of the Sky” telescope detected the brightest ever optical outburst from a distant universe. The explosion happened 7.5 billion light years from the Earth, halfway across the visible Universe. The telescope is only 71 mm in diameter.
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The outburst was also detected in gamma rays by “Swift” satellite proving that it was so called Gamma Ray Burst denoted as GRB 080319B (2nd one on 2008.03.19). Probably, it was the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole. Optical observations during the first minute of the burst are crucial to understand the fenomenon(sic). The “Pi of the Sky” observation combined with the Swift gamma-ray data for the first time confirmed with 10s precision that optical and gamma-ray emission start simultaneously. realtime gaming software continue to provide its client with qualitative products.
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From the article:
The devices, which exploit the fact that a person’s ability to hear high frequencies generally declines once they reach their 20s, have proved popular with councils and police who aim to tackle anti-social behaviour by using them to disperse groups of youths.
But a new campaign called “Buzz off”, led by the children’s commissioner for England and backed by groups including civil liberties group Liberty, is calling for them to be scrapped.
As with a few of the organizations outlined in the article, I believe that using these kinds of devices in public or private settings is patently wrong. It appears that our perspective on dealing with modern youth can be rather easily summed up as one of complete disinterest until the personal discomfort of the “mature” leads to annoyance. The fact that many of these devices are being used in commercial centers in the UK is laughable. Indeed, it is becoming more and more evident that our own “need” to consume in the peaceful confines of shopping malls, replete with painstakingly designed and tested advertisements saddled with complimentary muzak to create feelings of indifference towards our spending, has replaced our understanding of one of our foundational rights; that of our own cognitive liberty. payday loans online
It strikes me that the concept of cognitive liberty, which I believe is the paramount philosophical creation of the human mind, is the liberty in which all other liberties swim with impunity. Without it as a foundation and breeding ground for thought, other liberties, such as free speech and the freedom of religion, become nothing more than good intentions bolstered by empty rhetoric. To subject another human without permission or warning to a sound with the intent of actively disrupting their thought process and, in some cases, causing them some deal of physical discomfort seems to be another sign of a potentially scary future. This seems especially true when the individuals utilizing these dispersion techniques are doing so out of concern for the material goods they’re peddling. The scary future exemplified by not only intentions of these kinds of devices, but by the lack of foresight of the men and women who bring them to the table as good solutions is something to take into great consideration as we continue to turn our understanding of the human body and technology against the people who will one day be asked to better it. here
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]]>The past 15 years have seen a quiet resurgence of psychedelic drug research as scientists have come to recognize the long-underappreciated potential of these drugs. In the past few years, a growing number of studies using human volunteers have begun to explore the possible therapeutic benefits of drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, ibogaine and ketamine.
Much remains unclear about the precise neural mechanisms governing how these drugs produce their mind-bending results, but they often produce somewhat similar psychoactive effects that make them potential therapeutic tools. Though still in their preliminary stages, studies in humans suggest that the day when people can schedule a psychedelic session with their therapist to overcome a serious psychiatric problem may not be that far off.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Holidays and work have been really kicking my ass as of late. C’est la vie. On a brighter note, 10ZenMonkeys has thrown up a piece written by the late, great Robert Anton Wilson entitled, “Santa’s Crimes Against Humanity.”
An excerpt:
It wasn’t the first time Mr. Claus got the boot from a Christian congregation. Pope John XXIII threw the suspiciously merry old clown out of the Roman Catholic church back in the late 1960s. The Jehovah’s Witnesses have always denounced Santa for his unsavory pagan past. (They also recognized Christmas trees as phallic symbols long before Freud.) Many fundamentalists believe that all pagan gods are basically one false god — the same demon in different disguises — and they think the disguise is thin in the case of this particular elf. It only takes a minor letter switch, they point out, to reveal Santa Claus as SATAN Claus.
I sort of think the fundies have it right for once. Santa not only has an unsavory pagan ancestry but a rather criminal family history all around. Let me Illuminize you…
I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season.
]]>Let’s see how humemes readers do. Here are the MP3’s he used in a different order:
Copland 1:
Copland 2:
Copland 3:
Santana 1:
Santana 2:
Santana 3:
After you’ve listened, post your guesses in the comments.
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