James Frey's Blog, page 96

Harriet Tubman – Emancipationist Ornithologist

from Audubon Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal on the Underground Railroad  The famed conductor traveled at night, employing deep knowledge of the region’s environment and wildlife to communicate, navigate, and survive. by Allison Keyes Many people are aware of Harriet Tubman’s work on the Underground Railroad and as a scout, spy, guerrilla […]

Be A Lady They Said

Be a Lady They Said from Paul McLean on Vimeo.

Canine Amor

from Phys.org What makes dogs so special? Science says love by Issam Ahmed  The idea that animals can experience love was once anathema to the psychologists who studied them, seen as a case of putting sentimentality before scientific rigor. But a new book argues that, when it comes to dogs, the word is necessary to […]

Adrian Belew

from The Music Aficionado Adrian Belew, part 1: 1976-1980 The man who was stolen from Frank Zappa by David Bowie – I give you Adrian Belew. Stewart Copeland suggested this line in lieu of a resume for the gifted guitar player in a shared interview in 2017. Most musicians would kill to have the two […]

Wicca Rising

from The Atlantic Why Witchcraft Is on the Rise Americans’ interest in spell-casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets. by BIANCA BOSKER Juliet diaz said she was having trouble not listening to my thoughts. “Sorry, I kind of read into your head a little bit,” she told me when, for […]

Bad Dog!

Ryan Newman Crash Yikes!

Kobe Gone. )Only the good die young…(

Ski-Doo!

“The most 80s thing that ever happened…”

from Yahoo! Blinded by science: Remembering the surreal ‘Synthesizer Showdown’ of the 1985 Grammys by Lyndsey Parker Thirty-five years ago, something totally awesome went down at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards that changed television — at least in the science-blinded eyes of members of the original MTV generation. That fateful evening, onstage at Los Angeles’s […]