Archive – Page 142

A picture of a boy's tongue by freedigitalphotos.net/ imagerymajestic

Tonguetwisters twist the thoughts too

09/12/2013

Tongue twisters are not just fun to say; it turns out that these sound-related slip-ups can also open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes. ...

A picture of a broken window by Carl Byron Batson

Kentucky Fried 3D Printing

09/12/2013

In a future where any garage, shed or corner of a living room could be turned into a miniature factory, what will be the point of large scale manufacturing?...

A picture of Venice Beach by Freedigitalphotos.net/Damien Brandon

Valley Girls : Is This a Question?

08/12/2013

Uptalk is a part of southern California English that transcends gender boundaries, and several other boundaries as well...

A picture of The Pixies by Nick Henderson

Loitered Lens : The Pixies

08/12/2013

The Pixies, taking the Lady Bracknell approach to band relations. Nick Henderson catches the band (and a glimpse of a Kim) at the Hammersmith Apollo....

Sex Sells. But not to Women. Unless it’s Expensive.

07/12/2013

Women tend to find ads with sexual imagery off-putting, unless the advertised item is priced high enough....

The Dead Daisies/Black Star Riders UK/Ireland Gigs

06/12/2013

See those tail lights way in the distance? That’ll be The Dead Daisies....

Valerie June : Islington Assembly Hall

06/12/2013

She picked and plucked guitar, uke’ and banjo; stamped her strappy shoed feet, and embodied the soul, folk, blues, gospel, and bluegrass spirits of the past hundred years. Valerie June, live....

A picture of a thermionic generator by J.Mannhart/MPG.de

Thermionic Generators, Frictionless Energy

05/12/2013

Thermionic generators use the temperature difference between a hot and a cold metallic plate to create electricity....

Sarah Cressall (The Creation Station) [Interview]

05/12/2013

The process of taking risks, trying new ideas, exploring new avenues and just asking the ‘what if ?’ and ‘I wonder how’ questions, is what makes us human...

Facebook Makes Girls Feel Fat

04/12/2013

"Appearance exposure" on the Internet has been linked to body image disturbance among adolescent girls....

Jon Stevens & Richard Fortus [Dead Daisies]

04/12/2013

Interview with INXS and GNR Alumni Jon Stevens and Richard Fortus on their REAL band The Dead Daisies...

Loitered Lens : Fé

03/12/2013

Photos of Fé, live at the Borderline, London...

Detroit : How Good is it Really?

03/12/2013

Get in while the dirt and the grime is still a part of the city. You can’t understand Detroit without it, and once it’s gone, the city will be that much poorer....

A picutre of Wembley Stadium by Carl Byron Batson

Shake it or lob it? The Caxirola

02/12/2013

For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, organizers have introduced the maraca-like caxirola as the official instrument of the event. ...

Tom De Freston : The Charnel House

02/12/2013

De Freston’s is a primarily personal painterly vocabulary of translated - rather than quoted - cultural references...

Sexual Frustration = Early Death

01/12/2013

'Expecting sex without any sexual reward was detrimental to their health and cut their lives short.' At least they don't get into fights....

A picture of the Ben Miller Band by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : The Ben Miller Band

01/12/2013

Quite simply an absolute must see band. The only thing missing was moonshine in a mason jar at the merch stall. Plus: Gimli squeezes out a crusty one....

Marriage? Trust Your Gut (Not Tinder)

30/11/2013

"If they can sense that their gut is telling them that there is a problem, then they might benefit from exploring that, maybe even with a professional marriage counselor."...

Man on Bench copyright Carl Byron Batson

Boris Johnson’s Plans For Unaffordable Housing

30/11/2013

Londoners should brace for themselves for an influx of toffs whilst the poor sleep on the streets if Boris Johnson’s latest Housing Strategy goes ahead...

Killer Australian Beaches. Not in a Good Way.

29/11/2013

Rip currents claim more lives in Australia on average each year than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined. But probably fewer than funnelwebs, crocs, snakes r disgruntled 'Bra Boys....

OvO : Abisso

29/11/2013

Abisso is not a happy place, it’s an amoral rather than immoral landscape of survival and death. It also sounds a bit like glam rock and Goblin. ...

Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

28/11/2013

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

I think it sounds a bit commercial but that wasn’t done on purpose (Phil Collen)

28/11/2013

'In Def Leppard, I’m a guitar player and here I’m a singer. I’m playing a completely different instrument.' Phil Collen of Man Raze (and Def Leppard) explains his most recent project....

A picture of a washing machine drum by Freedigitalphotos/Darren Robertson

Spindoctors. The Hypnosis of Whirling Dervishes

27/11/2013

'it was the presence of a Coriolis force that was essential in the formation of the different patterns'...

A picture of surfers walking on a beach in the sunset. By Sean Keenan

Ride the Wild Surf

27/11/2013

California is quite simply projecting the dreams of a dying Sun God into the ether...

Hank Ray : I Walked With A Holy Ghost Cowboy

26/11/2013

The sound of someone blowing large smoke rings up the ass of Psychobilly and it’ll truly make you happier than a dead pig in the sunshine....

Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

26/11/2013

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

The Broken Circle Breakdown [Film]

25/11/2013

The Broken Circle Breakdown is truly a moving piece of work at points, its expert direction neatly sidestepping the possibility of melodrama...

A screengrab of Detroit from Google Maps

Detroit : Just how bad is it really?

25/11/2013

How did Detroit go from industrial behemoth to Mad Max-inspired wasteland? Does it really play host to a secret race of mole-people? Just how bad is it really?...