Archive - Trebuchet

Halo Blind : Occupying Forces

21/03/2014

Memorable but unconventional melodies, and some great use of atmospheric instrumental passages in place of conventional solos...

Football is ‘Subject to laws of Physics’ Shocker!

20/03/2014

A simple rule governs the complex dynamics of the ball and the team's front-line...

Roni Size / LTJ Bukem : Village Underground

20/03/2014

Chatting and dancing with people in crowd, it was obvious this was no Fabric...

A picture of music making by Sebastiaan ter Burg

The Twelve Keys to a Hit Song

19/03/2014

The researchers identified 12 key themes, and related terms, that came up most often in the hit songs. ...

Jean-Claude Risset : Music from Computer

19/03/2014

Historic and serious works, thrilling but unacknowledged precedents for many of the textures that structure electronic music in the present day...

Fuel Your Truck With Alligator Fat

18/03/2014

Animal fats, including those from alligators, could give an economical, ecofriendly boost to the biofuel industry...

War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet exhibited 1842

Late Turner : Painting Set Free

18/03/2014

Tate Britain’s Late Turner keeps Turner on the stage rather than focusing on his exit. As co-curator Sam Smiles said, these are “paintings with subjects that have resonance”. ...

Bring the Gnar – Extreme Sports and Injury

17/03/2014

The thrill of extreme sports comes at a price: a higher risk for severe neck and head injuries...

A picture of Les Claypool's Duo De Twang album

Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang : Four Foot Shack

17/03/2014

There will be someone out there, bored by the usual, willing to listen to a bluegrass barn-dance inspired acoustic record that contains covers of the Bee Gees and Alice in Chains....

A picture of a fetish girl by Carl Batson

The Debilitating Effects of Shame

16/03/2014

Shame on you. These three simple words can temporarily — or, when used too often, permanently — destroy an individual's sense of value and self-worth....

A picture of Prosperina by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Prosperina

16/03/2014

Photos of Prosperina live at London's KOKO....

Play it Sam. You Played it Before….

15/03/2014

The brain's motor network helps people remember and recognize music that they have performed in the past better than music they have only heard...

Women: Over-Strained, Under-Utilized

15/03/2014

Women have fought for the right to be equal but still struggle compared to men. We might as well be fed last if we are to be fed less....

Gran’s Meds are Making Her Sick

14/03/2014

More than 9 million older adults in the U.S. are being prescribed medications that may be causing them more harm than benefit...

Here is a film that demands to be seen, particularly considering some lovely cinematography that complements and highlights a seemingly idyllic landscape quietly blighted by the unexploded bombs of...

The Genetics of Music Aptitude

13/03/2014

Multiple regions in the human genome are reported to be linked to musical aptitude...

A picture of tankers by John Marakevelis

Walking in an Anthropocene Wonderland

13/03/2014

Although we have been graced with life - all its possibilities and abundance - it has become apparent, we have fallen in love with Extinction....

Biological Tests for Happy Worker-bots

12/03/2014

Combining information obtained from questionnaires along with biological measures - to make you a sleeker, more efficient profit-unit....

Conan : Blood Eagle

12/03/2014

Devastation bleeding from the speakers....

Alan Turing’s (Only) Biology Theory Proven

11/03/2014

The first experimental evidence that validates Turing's theory in cell-like structures...

Def Leppard Interview (Part 2)

11/03/2014

I think a lot of that was down to “Mutt” Lange. He worked us so hard on those records to make it sound special. He didn’t want us to sound like a run of the mill rock band. ...

A picture of a woman typing by Vickto Hanacek

Male Culture Makes Mothers Leave Jobs

10/03/2014

Many women leave high-powered jobs because they are relegated to lesser roles and feel the need to suppress their identities as mothers...

Dealing With Women in Art

10/03/2014

Women are undoubtedly still having to fight against our traditional patriarchal society, but surely the art world is one that can lead by example?...

Maybe You Just Don’t Like Music

09/03/2014

Some otherwise healthy and happy people do not enjoy music and show no autonomic responses to its sound, despite normal musical perception capacities...