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January 31, 2011

Bookmarks for 2011-01-31

Music and spirituality may be legacies of motherese: expert
"Professor Parncutt said one of the most compelling arguments is that music is based on 'motherese', a universal form of sonic and gestural communication between mothers and infants, which probably emerged between one and two million years ago as brain size increased and the gestation period of humans shortened. As infants became increasingly fragile, mother-infant communication became increasingly important for survival…"
(tags:history language music )
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Published on January 31, 2011 08:00

Scale


Scale from Brad Goodspeed on Vimeo.


From bradblogspeed.com Check out this specific post at post.ly/?1XOrk.

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Published on January 31, 2011 07:38

Some tattoos from my two-volume book GLOBAL FREQUENCY:

K...

Some tattoos from my two-volume book GLOBAL FREQUENCY:



Kevin Lovelace (who adapted his to include the X tattoo I gave Nate Grey in Marvel's X-MAN comics), James Bowden, Greg Hyatt

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Published on January 31, 2011 06:34

January 30, 2011

8tracks: Sleepguns

Topscrape of today's listening (drums and then drones, mostly):


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Published on January 30, 2011 16:27

Some Snowtown tags, from me & Templesmith's book FELL.

P...

Some Snowtown tags, from me & Templesmith's book FELL.



Pete, Sam Ruffner, Andre Myette.

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Published on January 30, 2011 08:13

January 29, 2011

8tracks: Chant And Strike

I really should be uploading mixes off my listening every week.  Tempted to try Mixcloud for it.  But for now here's another 8tracks mixthing. A sort of scraping off the top of what's been playing on my desktop over the last couple of days.


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Published on January 29, 2011 17:13

People with tattoos from my returning-in-late-2011 series...

People with tattoos from my returning-in-late-2011 series DOKTOR SLEEPLESS:



JC Sackett, Rodney Montgomery, Hex111.

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Published on January 29, 2011 11:48

Have you got a tattoo based on one of my books? Send me a...

Have you got a tattoo based on one of my books? Send me a photo at warrenellis@gmail com, I'll run as many as possible on my site.

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Published on January 29, 2011 10:11

Bookmarks for 2011-01-28

Myousic: an HTML5-powered jukebox in your browser
"Built to take advantage of HTML5′s tag and local storage capabilities, Myousic.me allows you to search for streamable music from across the web and save tracks that you like to a playlist that's saved for future use whenever you come back to the app."
(tags:web audio )
Magazine of the week: Afro « magCulture.com/blog
"Exciting news of a third issue of South Africa's Afro magazine, the magazine in a small box that folds out to become…" What a great idea. A magazine that arrives in a box, no idea what you're going to get…
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Published on January 29, 2011 10:00

January 28, 2011

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