This study from a few years back confirms what genuine music lovers already know to be the general trend in the homogenization of music. Full report in Scientific Reports 2, Article number: 521 (2012). Check out Thoughty2’s popular and rightfully scathing overview below. It was reassuring though to see some under 35s at a recent Pokey LaFarge show, Pokey himself…
The forthcoming issue of Cosmos + Taxis. cosmos & taxisFriedrich HayekJazzmusicspontaneous orders
Whoa! This is funkelicious news for funkaholics. Very promising sample. H/T OffBeat. See also Billboard. Bernie Worrellbootsy collinsFunkadelicmusicparliament
No surprise concerning the perpetrators, the unholy alliance of the green and the red. Full report here. anti-SemitismislamJew hatredregressive left
Yes I do. This for funky Friday. As a dyed-in-the-wool funkster I’m hoping to be able catch this funkumentary about the Maple Leaf staple Papa Grows Funk. With no play lists and no rehearsals every Papa Grows Funk performance is its own masterpiece of funk. do u want it?funkJohn Grosnew orleanspapa grows funk
Coming soon from Shaun Gallagher. Embodied cognitionenactivismneurosciencephenomenologyPhilosophy of mindphilosophy of social sciencepragmatismShaun Gallaghersituated cognition
What if then even the erotic becomes devalued? What if it happens, as Paul Ricoeur put it, that, “at the same time that sexuality becomes insignificant, it becomes more imperative as a response to the disappointments experienced in other sectors of human life”? What then? Does the self simply diminish, subside into apathy like laboratory…
Russ Roberts chats with John McWhorter. John McWhorterlanguageLinguisticsPhilosophy of LanguageRuss RobertsSpontaneous order
A lifelong ambition to see Booker T live came to fruition this past weekend. This was no master lazily going through the “greatest hits” motions but a whistle-sharp musical genius taking us on the amazing Stax journey and surrounded with younger extremely talented musicians and vocalists doing justice to foundational songs — Knock on Wood and…
The very excellent Stephen Hicks whom I had the pleasure of meeting earlier this year has made his book freely available online. constructivismcultural marxismpost modernismregressive leftrelativismstephen hicks
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