The Doctor Who Took Out His Own Appendix
On this day in 1961 Dr. Leonid Rogozov had to remove his own appendix while stationed in Antarctica.
Meet The Fake Beatles
And now for the youngsters, those fine young men from Florida, the fake Beatles!
Now That’s A Deep Cut: Music Scholars Bring Back “Lost” Songs From 1,000 Years Ago
Music scholars at Cambridge University studied musical manuscripts without modern notation and after years of detective work, reconstructed what they would have sounded like.
How To Perform Opera In American Sign Language
The University of Virginia's Disabilities Studies Symposium has produced a version of a 1950s opera called “Dialogues of the Carmelites" featuring both traditional opera singers and Deaf actors performing together and living up to the name of their workshop, "Breaking the Sound Barrier."
A new song to add to the playlist of songs about Dead Presidents
Everything is a surprise these days, but certainly I did not expect to wake up and hear that Bob Dylan had released a 17 minute track about the death of John F. Kennedy
In Which Four Guys With The Same Name Start A Band
The Atlantic just did an interview with some musicians called the Paul O’Sullivan Band. There are four guys in the group: Paul O’Sullivan, Paul O’Sullivan, Paul O’Sullivan and (wait for it) Paul O’Sullivan.
There’s Music For Cats And It’s Apparently Very Good For Them
Can music help cats relax during their visits to the vet? Apparently so - but would music specifically made for cats be even more helpful than music made for humans?
Do Chocolates Taste Better With The Right Music?
Washington State University has a Sensory Science Lab that tests all the ways we encounter what we eat and how that can affect how we think it tastes. Now they’re testing whether different kinds of music can affect how we think about chocolate.
That Time Cat Stevens Wrote A Dog Song
Yusuf Cat Stevens had hits with mostly acoustic songs like "Moonshadow," "Peace Train" and "Wild World." But he's also a pioneer in electronic music.
What A Time To Be A Hologram
Frank Zappa is back out on tour. Now if you’re scratching your saying, wait, isn’t Frank Zappa dead? Well, yes, but this is the era of hologram concert tours!