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- Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:40 pm
- Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
- Topic: What is your relationship with music?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20263
Re: What is your relationship with music?
Music is something of a wonder drug for me. Over the course of a day I will play a wide variety to adjust my attitude for the situation at hand. I listen to New Age instrumentals when I wake up irritable with low blood sugar or come home from work with a headache, Rock to pump my blood up for exerci...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:50 pm
- Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
- Topic: 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11155
Re: 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes
"What song is stuck in your head today?" is a regular, joking query between several of my associates at work. Announcing "sticky songs" occasionally causes an exchange between participants, and we've all confessed to searching the radio for a good song to get stuck on just before...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:23 pm
- Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
- Topic: 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12508
Re: 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia
I feel that Dr. Tony Cicoria's story may have been the wrong choice with which to open the book. It did not have the ring of truth to it, and is leaving me sceptical of the stories coming after. Cicoria did have "a few" piano lessons as a boy, and saying that he had no real interest in the...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Should only the native-born become president?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5942
Re: Should only the native-born become president?
Emotionally - my answer would be yes. I feel a hint of fear at the idea of a foreign born president. Analyzing it rationally - I'm not so sure. Immigrants are frequently extremely passionate about their adopted country and tend to see the true issues more clearly. Too many of our past presidents see...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:33 pm
- Forum: Arts & Entertainment
- Topic: What movie scared you when you were a kid?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 30737
Re: What movie scared you when you were a kid?
The Wizard of Oz ( the flying monkeys might get me!)