The Great Ganesha

There is now a machine through which you can attain nirvana for only $23. It was only a matter of time, you know… And, oh yeah, no mind-altering substances involved. Just a little ambient music.

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For you distance-running, techno-lovers, I found this podcast from a runner-friendly DJ. DJ Steveboy creates 1-2 hour long podcasts, also listing the beats-per-minute of the track. Pretty cool. Incidentally, there is pretty solid evidence that the right kind of music can enhance athletic performance. This meta-analytic study (that means an analysis of other people’s analysis) [...]

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Miles Davis makes it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Posthumous controversies persist in Mile’s life. I’m all for it. Granted, his genre was Jazz, but certainly with Bitches Brew he ventured into the world of jazz-rock fusion. One in which is guitarist for that album -John McLaughlin- was (is) quite familiar with. [...]

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