Saturday, December 21, 2013

music and success - not just for fighting alzheimers

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/opinion/sunday/music-and-success.html

Here is something to remember -- music contributes to the success and active mental and emotional improvement of geezers (I admit I am one myself) but stimulates a joy that is undeniable.   So the randomized science does not "prove" a cognitive benefit -- maybe that's not what music about anyway.

From the article:
As Aristotle wrote, music “makes the hearts of men glad: so that on this ground alone we may assume that the young ought to be trained in it.”


producer of 2013

Dave G awarding Producer of the Year to what's his name.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

three minute philosophy

If you have three minutes these are fun and brief introductions to various ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlBA9_3zj9w&list=PLC8B9FEEB6117B81C
PG-13 rated (for coarse language).