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Fire Extinguisher

August 19, 2010

I managed to catch the tail end of the Driver’s safety speech on the Van Nuys Flyaway – they must have sent their staff to comedy school ‘cos he was hysterical – the lady driver on the way back was funny too! Listen! via AudioBoo Posted via email from Andrew McCluskey

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Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders

August 14, 2010

Had to remove the AudioBoo as it was just waaay too insanely loud for the little mic on the iPhone – but the gig was a blast – Taylor had enough energy for the entire strip and Vladimir Putin on rhythm guitar was pretty amazing to see. via AudioBoo Posted via email from Andrew McCluskey

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Venice Beach Music Festival

August 14, 2010

Listen! via AudioBoo Posted via email from Andrew McCluskey

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Pandora

August 4, 2010

Shawn Fanning should have had Tim Westergren’s prescience – Napster may have destroyed everything but it surely left hope.

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4th of July – Fireworks

July 8, 2010

Listen! via AudioBoo Posted via email from Andrew McCluskey

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Staying Out of the Hole

July 1, 2010
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Depression is a killer – a pure 100% stone cold killer of ideas, of motivation, of creativity – of desire. It comes on like a blanket, smothering my shoulders and pushing me down into the hole. The hole is a clever construct – perfectly self realizing and reinforcing – the decision not to act perpetuates [...]

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Lion King at Disneyland

June 5, 2010

Listen! via AudioBoo Posted via web from Andrew McCluskey

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Musical Beats Enhance Visual Comprehension

May 17, 2010
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Came across this study through a post by Tom Jacobs over on Miller-McCune that referenced the original study here. Here’s the Abstract: The present study investigated whether and how a musical rhythm entrains a listener’s visual attention. To this end, participants were presented with pictures of faces and houses and indicated whether picture orientation was [...]

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