Month: May 2013

Slip Discs Presents….

Manchester has music too. Slip Discs records present Bass Clef, Michachu and more...

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In Defence of Art

They would then stalk, with a suitably knowing sneer creasing their upper lips, around the space and direct small troops of eager attendants to move paintings a little to the left or a little to the...

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Extreme hearing animal

Researchers discover world's most extreme hearing animal...

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The Animals and Children Took to the Streets [Theatre]

Theatre that raises its game, incorporating elements of film and doing so without sacrificing plot, characterisation, and - oh, the rarity – charm!...

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The Wrong Kind of Laughter

Cerebral connectivity patterns differ based on auditory, social information in laughter...

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Legal Aid Cuts – Justice Denied

A criminal defence solicitor speaks out against legal aid cuts...

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Cancer Prevention in vegetables

Soy and tomato combo may be effective in prostate cancer prevention- but not taken as you imagine. ...

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Steve Hackett : Hammersmith Apollo

It wasn't a reverential note-for-note reproduction of the original recordings, but neither was it a ground-up re-imagining that didn't respect the original versions....

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People Organize Daily Travel Efficiently

Study shows that people organise their daily travel efficiently - so why not sleep in a bit more. ...

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Tokyo Rockabilly Club – The Book.

They played Rock ‘n’ Roll from a stereo and started to dance as if they were in a club, not in a public park in the middle of Tokyo. ...

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Tomahawk Tour Dates (Europe)

The quartet comprising the talents of Mike Patton, Duane Denison, John Stanier and Trevor Dunn will be promoting their most recent album, Oddfellows...

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Reverend Elvis : Interview

'For getting drunk and angry: Psychobilly and Punk is still the best music in the world!'...

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Roundtable discussions begin on bioenergy crops

Bioenergy crops, such as Miscanthus and switchgrass, appear to be promising resources for renewable energy, but how to measure sustainability impacts....

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Broad Vision: Inspired by… Images from Science

So often in art/science collaborations it is clear how the process has benefited the arts practitioners; it is often more opaque what benefit the scientists have gained....

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Plastic surgeons push fake-face book.

Many plastic surgeons view social media as important tool for promoting their practice....

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Loitered Lens: James

James at the Brixton Academy...

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Tubular Bells for Two

Their idea, conceived round a fire with a few glasses of wine, was to reproduce Tubular Bells on two guitars...

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Bloodstock Announce Gojira

Bloodstock Open Air announces Gojira for Saturday night...

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Staring Into The Sun

If you look at the brain like a machine, a machine needs fuel. Without sun the fuel runs out. We start to act funny...

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Scientists make electronic nose

Swedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odours, making the electronic nose more effective than the human sense of smell....

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Oliver Sin, Artist : Interview

Everybody has a unique perspective to sense and communicate. Mine is mostly comes from my musical heritage. It's like improvising in music. Science and futurology are all parts of my style....

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How to get more followers on Twitter

What do all Twitter users want? Followers – and lots of them....

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Loitered Lens : Mick Harvey

His apology for the newer songs being under rehearsed was unnecessary - their rawness captured the essence of the songs in a more stripped down and tenderly passionate manner than the album versions....

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Child Literacy equals adult success

If ya kid can read they'll probably succeed. Early math and reading ability linked to job and income in adulthood. ...

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Within The National (In)Security State 2

Dismiss the cracked brain guardians of perpetual and displaced fear and regain the ability to move freely in the world...

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Mick Harvey + Duke Garwood + Brous – The Lexington

His apology for the newer songs being under-rehearsed was unnecessary - their rawness captured the essence of the songs in a more stripped down and tenderly passionate manner than the album versions...

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Following Whalesong

Male humpback whales sing complex whalesong in tropical waters during the winter breeding season...

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Make Better Music 70 : Time

There is no aural analog of the photograph or still frame from a film. Sound is, at its core, inherently a time-dependent phenomenon. ...

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Drunk without Drink

False Drunk: The taste of beer, without any effect from alcohol itself, can trigger dopamine release in the brain - false drunks...

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Mumbojumbo and Gobbledygook: The Language of Art Terminology

Sometimes I invent new terms and insert them into conversations just to see who pretends they understand...

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