Month: September 2015

Dither, and the Cat Dies. Quantum Probability and Irrational Decisions

You're not irrational, you're just quantum probabilistic ...

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I want to party hard, but you won’t let me (Best Friends. Sebright Arms)

Where is the quirky charming genius of 'Surf Bitches', 'Nosebleeds', 'Happy Anniversary'? I want to party hard tonight but you won’t let me. Best friends...

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Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters. 100 Club Gig

AGMP.co.uk presents LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY & the Upsetters - in concert...

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Whip Crack or Bad Craic? (The Bones)

a smart, catchy sixth album, but rock and roll kinksters The Bones lack the originality to stand out...

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Alan Parsons ‘Sleeve Notes’ Talks at Abbey Road

A fascinating insight into technical and personal experiences at Abbey Road Studios....

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I, for one, welcome my new machine overlord (The art of Russell MacEwan)

Interview with artist Russell MacEwan on the creation of the artwork for Author & Punisher's Melk En Honing....

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More Free Energy! Sun-Tracking Small Solar Cells

Inspired by art, lightweight solar cells track the sun ...

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Loitered Lens: Cloud Atlas

Huge guitar, soulful vocals, a strong rhythm section and great use of atmospherics...

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The Rise of Smell-Based Marketing and Why Scents Sell

People remember 35% of what they smell, compared with only 5% of what they see, 2% of what they hear and 1% of what they touch....

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Make Better Music 77: The Recording Process (Part Two)

Style should transcend technique, but it cannot replace it...

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Calling Dirtbags! Wheatus UK Tour (Playing Debut Album in Full)

At least one band from before the days of iTunes & Spotify have found a way forward. Wheatus tour....

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Septic September Metal Mania (The Sword, Cattle Decapitation, Ahab)

Album reviews whilst throwing a basket of kittens into an industrial shredder in the name of Hamas and Communism...

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Twisted Theory. Unravelling the Mechanics of Knots

New model predicts the force required to tie simple knots....

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Not in it to Win it – Calling Out The Bernie Sanders Bluff

The barriers that Sanders cannot overcome involve the manner in which the Democratic Party primary system is devised...

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They’re Floaty Light! Levitating Glowing Nanodiamonds

Researchers use laser to levitate glowing nanodiamonds in vacuum ...

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Staying Classy Whilst Skirting the Edge of Cheese (Praying Mantis)

Praying Mantis play polished twin-guitar hard rock, more AOR than metal. It's a long way from NWOBHM, although they were always on the melodic side...

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On Thin Ice. What Will Polar Bears Eat After Global Warming?

Polar bears marooned on land might, where the conditions are right, stave off starvation by turning to alternate food sources....

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Painting the Broken American Dream (Louie Metz)

Scantily clad figures whose blank stares emit an aura of disillusionment. Louie Metz paints the seedy and the saddened. ...

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Sunshine on a Rainy Day : Splitting Water Molecules for Clean Energy

Rice University researchers demo solar water-splitting technology ...

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Many beats, no Spreadsheets. Pattern of Excel (Lee Bannon)

Pattern of Excel must qualify as Bannon’s most experimental venture yet....

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Energy for You, Energy for Your Car : Storing Fuel in Coffee Grounds

Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane...

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Loitered Lens: Mother’s Cake (Brixton Academy)

Photos from Limp Bizkit, Queen Kwong & Mother’s Cake kick out the jams at the Brixton Academy 27th August 2015....

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Even Sitting Still, Police are Prone to Injury

Police at risk of traffic injuries in stopped cars, as well as when speeding, study finds ...

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Acoustic Americana & My Nebraska (Warren Haynes)

Interview with Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes on Ashes & Dust...

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Are You Next? Fizzy Drinks and Cardiac Arrest : The Link

Carbonated drinks linked with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac origin ...

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Explora: Morose Dynamism for a Renewed Euphoria (Florian Kupfer)

In Explora, Florian Kupfer's stated influence from the bleak Berlin winter seems evident...

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Handmade, Limited, New. The Next Swans Album… in YOUR Hands

Swans handmade 2xLive CD, The Gate, Limited to 2500 Copies! Available now. ...

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Love, Fear and the Time Machine (Riverside)

Not only the best album of Riverside's career, but a strong contender for album of the year...

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Staging a Skyfall : How to Bring Down a Satellite

Controlled Skyfall - How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement ...

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Documenting The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris)

LA’s early hardcore punk, eighties hair metal and the gutter-punk scene, lovingly filmed by Penelope Spheeris...

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