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“Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus”
Bobby McFerrin (yes, as in “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” Bobby McFerrin) demonstrates how the pentatonic scale is hard wired in all of us at the 2009 World Science Festival. (via @karllong)
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Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno
“Isabella Rossellini’s bizarre and hilarious look at sex in the natural world as she explores the mating habits of worms.” See more of Rossellini’s “Green Porno” here.
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Auto-Tune the News #7
“Texting. Rhyming. Pat Buchanan Fail.” The latest from The Gregory Brothers (read The Rumpus mini-interview with the group here).
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Target Women
“Single men in commercials look good, drive fast, and drink beer. Then they meet women, get married, and become good-for-nothing doofy husbands. Sarah Haskins investigates.”
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Annals of Advertising, Puppy Surprise
“A somewhat disturbing 1992 commercial for the Puppy Surprise doll, which is a plush dog that kids can pull offspring from inside of…just like in real life.” More from the annals of advertising.
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William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin’s Farewell Speech
When Sarah Palin gave this speech, it was a disjointed mumble of insanity. When William Shatner performs it, it’s strangely beautiful. The bongos might have something to do with it.
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A Very Sorry Saint
John Wesley Harding & The English UK perform “A Very Sorry Saint.” JWH will be performing at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on October 15th along with Terra Naomi, Jason Finazzo and comedian Nato Green.