More Like This

February 10th, 2009

MORE LIKE THIS

Fine

February 7th, 2009

“Well, in principle, I have to say that I do not like art.” What? All art? “No. For example, I don’t have any painting or poster of photos on my wall.” So, is he talking about visual art? “I don’t like the whole concept of art.” Are his films not art? “No, certainly not. They’re just films.” And the Sistine Chapel? “It is a very fine decoration.”

Werner Herzog

Love?

February 1st, 2009

What would we do if our aim was a world based on love?

A Good Childhood report

Missing Beats Upset

January 28th, 2009
Newborns who were played drum beats from rock songs noticed when a beat was intentionally missed out, suggesting they can understand musical timing. Electrical activity recorded from the babies’ brains showed the missing beats upset their expectations.

Ian Sample

A Picture’s Worth

January 26th, 2009

Help

Home Truths

January 19th, 2009

Planes on fire love you and the kids.

Nick Gamache

Esempi

January 11th, 2009

Modello IV. Società orizzontale-individualista, postrivoluzionaria (attualmente non esistono esempi). L’ accento sarà posto sull’ uguaglianza e su quanto differenzia gli uni dagli altri; si tenderà all’ autorealizzazione, ma non a spese della autorealizzazione altrui; dovrà cioè trattarsi di un’ autorealizzazione che nello stesso tempo concorra alla realizzazione degli altri soggetti.

Magda Talamo

Sociable

January 2nd, 2009

I leave the
house, hoping (and
fearing) something’s changed

Sour Death Balls

December 31st, 2008

The Microsoft Sound

December 31st, 2008

The thing from the agency said, “We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional”, this whole list of adjectives, and then, at the bottom, it said: “and it must be 3¼ seconds long”.

Brian Eno