the first recording on which i ever heard this type of singing was on an album by Kronos Quartet. thanks for posting about something i've wanted to know more about for a long time.

"Stupid carbon rod. It's all just a popularity contest."
-homer s.

the funny thing is that i occasionally wrap vehicles, and i can spot several "fail" zones. see how the wrap material is on the plastic moulding around the windows? unless i'm wrong about how those chargers are built, the material won't stick there for very long. it's made to conform to sheet metal and fiberglass cars, but certain bumper mouldings that are that auto plastic?... not so good.

oh, and the design is ugly as sin.

...reminds me of the Far Side comic with the caption that goes something like, "unbeknownst to most, the Vikings knew the importance of a good stretch before a raid on a village."

it looks like a simple garbage can you find at parks; the top part is a cheap lock to keep raccoons away.

well, as far as my personal collections, plenty of bands that fall under the overarching umbrella of music made by "independent record labels." most of the punk rock records i own were only released on vinyl. some bands in what might be more of the "indie" or "college rock" vein do too. i've even read somewhere that elvis costello is releasing something solely on vinyl (did Radiohead do this recently? i can't remember).

anyways, i'm assuming some bands do it for nostalgia, or genre-"branding" ("7 inches are punk rock"), and others, like Shellac, do / did it because of a strong affinity for analog recording and playing (even though Shellac will throw in an unmarked CD with no case or art into every record they package).

i hate hearing that too, henrie. plenty of present-day bands continue to produce music on vinyl. sometimes, *just* on vinyl - no CDs.

i enjoy reading articles like that, where behavioral sciences shed some light on the reasons behind our collective actions, but i also almost always cringe a bit when i read them or engage in conversations about them. i don't think it's ever any author's intent to come across this way, but these types of articles always speak to the opposite side of the my subjective experiences - my personal "man / woman relationship spectrum." i always say to myself, "it's not so black and white." women initiate sex and men turn them down. men cook and clean and do the laundry while women sit around and watch sports, leaving their wet towels on the bed, etcetera etcetera. i'm not sitting here fuming, calling for a more gender-neutral take on this (personality differences — instead of sex differences — are not the point of the article). i just felt like getting my extremely small gripe out there. and now it sounds silly, but ah well.... *submit*

but SCS, haven't you seen kirk's video on the wonderfully god-designed banana? its peel is kind of like its own packaging, by golly gee. take that.... science.

i went through "astronomy" on level 3, "mythology" on level 2, and "dogs" on 4. once the words are split into three parts, i get slower. i must be better at straight-up visual games, not visual-reading games.

he kid of has the "metal claw" down. that makes me laugh.

for some "not really legit" monks, but definitely loud, droning metal, check out sunn o))). some love them, some hate them. if you're like me, i'm indifferent:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=sunn%20o)))&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

if i recall correctly, the lunar rovers were simply to save time - to get around to various interesting geological sites more quickly. more 'bang for the buck' when it came to precious time. i think they were only on apollos 15, 16, and 17. my mind has withered since when i used to know all that info.

i want to say "are you kidding us? Hoagland is a nut." but i'll simply provide a counterpoint to the reading suggestion:

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/hoagland/index.html

no, it's just that not everyone thinks irony in contemporary art via "painted-awfully-on-purpose" pieces is still hip.

ted - i'm guessing not, but it wouldn't be that unheard of. google "karen kilimnik" sometime, look at her paintings, and see the auction results for her sales. downright scary.