Cool article about various ways the US military attempted to confuse the enemy during WWII using rubber tanks and other fun.
Reminds me of driving the roads in Poland and coming across a metal sign shaped and painted … Read the rest
Current Events
Racists For Trump
Initially it was just the hype lovers. The bombast believers.
The louder the better. The simple message.
The common sense that doesn’t add up. Anti-intellectual of W done without the ‘compassion’ BS.
Macho billionaire Palin version 2.
Demagogue. Real life … Read the rest
Music Education Helps Us For An Entire Lifetime
What an amazing study done by Northwestern University showing that simply taking music lessons as a child can improve your cognitive ability as you age and actually offset natural degradation. Music lessons from over 40 years ago still resonated … Read the rest
How To Best Close Up The Internet?
If a President Trump decides we need to “close up the internet in some way” like Candidate Trump wishes, is it even possible?
[Someone not to ask is Sarah Palin. She’s gotta be steaming mad that Trump stole her act.]… Read the rest
Ban Trump
Boy what a disaster. Trump’s implosion into full hater mode is entertaining for TV but disastrous for America’s beaten-down reputation.
First off, Trump does business all over the world. He owns properties all over, including in many countries … Read the rest
American Fascism Takes Off
America has it’s own overt fascism and it’s taking off like wildfire.
Close the borders. Build walls. Deport illegals immediately. Rescind citizenship from children with an illegal parent. Track all citizens and visitors based on religion. Call Mexicans rapists and … Read the rest
Hearing With Bones and Eyeballs
Wha? We hear with more than our ears?
Our bones? Our joints? Our eyeballs? Our teeth?
But don’t they just test the ears in hearing tests? Yep.
Don’t they just test the ears in music listening tests? Yep.
See … Read the rest
Imagining A World Full of Left Wing Crazies
In America, seemingly every week some crazy person filled to the brim with AM Radio talking points, Fox News theories, and right wing internet fueled nonsense pulls out one or more of their many guns and starts shooting innocents.… Read the rest
It’s Legal For Now
Winning.… Read the rest
Superman vs. Republicans
The man of steel, a Cleveland creation, talking 65 years into the future directly to the Republicans:
Superman 1950 – Keep your school all American – by Wayne Boring. pic.twitter.com/Vg1MsNKoNx
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) April 21, 2015
Sorry HAL
I’ve been tough on Ars Technica for good reason, but here’s an excellent article on the most fascinating space exploration project of the modern era.
It’s the distant Jovian [aka Jupiterian] moon Europa, and it’s not just science-fiction writers that … Read the rest
Make America Great Again
Hahahahahahahaha. I could keep going.
Hahahhahahahahahahahahhahahaha. OK.
Stupid republicans, fall for anything. Trump is a brand and an entertainer, no more. A blowhard. A fool.
Vote for me, I make things great! I live in a golden apartment tower!… Read the rest
The Wall
Most of the people in the united states illegally did not walk across the mexican desert to get here.
This simple fact is continually ignored by Republicans. They don’t like facts.
Any kind of serious immigration reform isn’t … Read the rest
Dr. Carson Goes Full Cain
This Dr. Ben Carson is a curious fellow. I smell con-artist of the highest order.
Many people give “doctors” a complete free pass. They elevate them, due to the assumptions about their method of making a living, into a saintly … Read the rest
The First 82
Oh my, it’s NBA time, and this is perhaps the most hyped season the Cavs have ever entered into. Doormats just 3 years ago, they are now consensus favorites to win the East, and about 40% of pundits are picking … Read the rest
A Tale Of Two Setups
I was in my new all-analog studio last night with a simple task – dump from the 4-track tape machine to something digital so I could share the tracks just recorded with the artists.
First I needed to do … Read the rest
Biff Trump
A rich blowhard that does whatever he wants by shouting what a loser everyone else is. He answers to no one, accepts no logic or premise, has no obvious intelligence or skill, just lots of money and confidence.
It’s Biff … Read the rest
Quality Hiding In Plain Site
Why the hatred of quality music and sound right now? Is it really the machines taking over?
Consumer audio suffers this weird delusion. It seems to be a digital blindness.
It started in the 80’s but was … Read the rest