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I find it curious that my father when he was 92 could perfectly count back from 100 in 7's in spite of being unable to recognize me or...

My cousin Paul Harris was on one of those Shrapnel records. Once he showed me a tabloid from the UK full of rave reviews of him and his...

I'm always confused by the argument that says, "they are just machines, they can't be intelligent/conscious." Your brain is a...

I explore neutron stars, which seem a lot more interesting than the more popular black holes. Neutron stars are not part of the...

Trap drummer Senri Kawaguchi outdoes herself.

I say the tenor saxophone is the most versatile and expressive instrument. Here's Miku Yonezawa going full mid-period Coltrane. Hardly...

Too machine gun for me. Here's what I like. With visuals from the hardest driving sport. Note that in the old days the courses were a...

In 1899 my Granddaddy was named Rolla after your town. He helped make the fuel for the first atomic bomb.

By golly the Stylophone is alive and well. They can be seen here at the NAAM show demonstrating their newest product. Since 1968...

I think The Rolling Stones should audition young people for a band that would continue the name. Run a licensing/franchise operation...

The wild unique inside of a Hammond organ. He says a working Hammond is only worth a few hundred dollars.

What he's getting at : take two magnets and put them together in such a way that they repel one another. Once they can move freely they...

Yes I was surprised to find that such a simple thing has a big effect. I haven't any explanation. I somewhat miss the old days when...

Google for "emergent properties". And this basically boils down to eons old discussion between reductionists and their opponents. Don't...

Such contrapuntal harmonies have long since disappeared from popular music. That trombone part is supercool. Big band swing is the...