Month: December 2011

Bloodthirsty! What attracts mosquitoes?

Ever noticed how some people get chewed to shreds by mosquitoes, whilst others aren't even touched by the blood-sucking pests? New research looks like it might have a reason for that....

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Idiot Wind: The Eternal Politics of the 1970s

Unpopular wars drag on, gas prices erratically rise and inexplicably fall, as clouds of cynicism, dark as Richard Nixon’s perpetual five o’clock shadow, brood over the length of the U.S....

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Simian Ghost Release ‘Wolf Girl’ EP

Choose your own level of excitement to react to Simian Ghost's upcoming EP Wolfgirl. Out on January 16th on Heist or Hit Records the Stockholm art-pop act combine sharp beats with icy top-end...

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Trailer Trash Tracys: Ester

Painful though it may be to recall, it was summer once. Cool drinks were sipped at pavement cafes, flesh was bared and balding scalps reddened and peeled in the light of the now-forgotten sun....

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The 27 Club. Does it exist?

Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? The list of well known musicians who have died at age 27 may look like more than a coincidence – Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix,...

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Epilepsy and Violent Crime are Not linked

Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime Despite public opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of...

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The Tyranny of Novelty

We hear it over and over again (even though it is not yet precisely true): people don’t want to pay for recorded music. And what is recorded music? Music that has been thoughtfully written and...

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Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh – If You Can Find It

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh. Trees that produce frankincense – used in incense and perfumes across the world and a key part of the Christmas story – are declining so dramatically that...

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Trace Elements: Workaholic

During a party thrown to celebrate my 2nd birthday, apparently, my Grandma asked me the big question “Where’s Daddy?” I’m told my response was to point over to a framed photo...

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Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue...

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Happy Christmas from the Stars

No, it's not a bunch of z-list celebs wishing you seasons greetings in aid of their favourite charidee. It's an actual angel in the stars. What better news item for all at Trebuchet Magazine...

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Loitered Lens: Inmoria [Pics]

Inmoria bring a new level of power and confidence to power metal.  It's all in the wrist and the jaw. There is a metal tendon that joins both appendages (and in true metal the jaw is not...

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Do you hear what I hear? Noise exposure surrounds us

Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that...

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“By Imbeciles Who Really Mean It”: Lost Verities and Dirty Hippies

Regardless of the dissembling of corporate state propagandists, free market capitalism has always been a government subsidized, bubble-inflating, swindlers’ game, in which, psychopathic...

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What’s Your Poison?: Which Kills You Quicker – Wine or Beer?

Title of the press release: 'Are there differences in mortality among wine consumers and other alcoholic beverages?' Um, doubt it. Not unless Chateau Lafitte has spme hitherto undiscovered...

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Candytree: The Cathode Rain

Candytree have consistently released album for what seems like decades. They exist as something emblematic of persistence. The Cathode Rain is startling is so far as they sound completely rejuvenated...

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Yeah Boyeeeee! Language Learning through hip-hop

Well, there is a certain logic to this. Flava Flav's perennial cry of 'What time is it?' could be useful. Language learning through hip-hop music Listeners can learn new vocabulary...

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Astral Projection and Ableton: Mono/Poly Interview

Paramatma is about the supersoul.., I got it from a Vedic scripture and it talks (about) having the omnipresent god-spirit inside of you, that it’s (Paramatma) the observer and you’re the doer. -...

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First Earth-Sized Planets Found

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a Sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star...

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Fight! An Academic in Africa

I did not really understand about how he owed N20,000 to some sort of workers’ co-op on campus. ...

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Summer Camp Stream Their Christmas Single

Vrey quickly then, before it's all over your radio and driving you mentile…. Summer Camp (they of Welcome To Condale on Moshi Moshi) have just sent us this stream of their (well,...

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Trace Elements: Taboo

So it’s Tuesday morning and I’m writing copy from home for a tobacco firm. What makes it worse ethically and karmically is they’re global. Plus I’ve just noticed the words...

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Red Fang: Tour Dates

RED FANG announces European tour with Mastodon Having just wrapped up their highly successful North American run with Mastodon, RED FANG has confirmed that they will be heading to Europe this Winter...

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DJ Food: The Search Engine

This is the land, where nothing changes, the land of red buses & blue blooded babies, This is the place, where pensioners are raped, And the hearts are being cut, from the welfare state, Let the...

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If Only it Were So Simple: An Algorithm to Predict Hit Songs

Can science predict a hit song? Most people remember listening to the official UK top 40 singles chart and watching the countdown on Top of the Pops, but can science work out which songs are more...

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Loitered Lens: If [Pics]

Who are these men? Where do they come from? How do they keep going? Shut up and pass the gasoline.  A band comes together for so many reasons and after a while the purpose becomes unimportant....

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Physics meet Music, Music meet Physics

An internationally renowned composer and an award-winning violinist, are bringing particle physics to life through a series of classical compositions. The composer Edward Cowie is teaming up with...

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Dying Empire Bebop

Outside my apartment window, across a wind-blown courtyard, the crimson leaves of a white oak are falling into a swirling breeze, revealing the gnarled limbs and stark branches of the time-battered...

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Christopher Hitchens: RIP

Far from being the most popular of journalists within his lifetime (he supported the Iraq wars, intelligently and with erudition, but such taboo thoughts are not popular with the emotional masses),...

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Peter Wyeth: Humming New Time

Found sounds, field recordings, loops. Grabbing them, bringing them together and making music is only one part of the process. Creating a compelling musical narrative from the components is the...

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