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Why Stonehenge May Have Made Ancient Pagans Feel 'Different'

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Video, Neolithic, Cathedral, Stone Henge, Pagans, Archaeoacoustics, Monolith, Acoustics, Stonehenge, Reverb, Reverberation, Echo, Sound, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/03/2012 08:20 AM EDT on LiveScience The stone slabs of England's Stonehenge may have been...

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Found Sound -- This Is China

Tamsin Smith | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Music, Poetry, Chinese Culture, China, Sound, Mark Degli Antoni, Culture News
Tamsin Smith

Underneath the clatter of bicycle chains and the clomp of boots marching, I find the ping of coins tossed at a Buddhist temple, the jangle of tea cups, whistling, a burst of thunder, wind, laughter, rain upon stones, silence. Becoming attuned to sound changes the focus of approach.

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LISTEN: Solar Storm 'Sounds' Other-Worldly In New Video

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Solar Wind, Solar Storm, Video, Nasa, Astrophysics, Sonification, Solar Flare, Soho, Sun Sonification, Coronal Mass Ejection, Sound, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/20/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new video captures the frenzied sounds of a sun storm, based on data recorde...

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Stonehenge Mystery Explained By Sound Illusion, Archaeologist Says

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Stonehenge, Sonic, Video, Druids, Illusion, Sound, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/16/2012 06:16 PM EST on LiveScience Theories about the purpose of Stonehenge rang...

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Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist Goes Beyond Words & Wins Awards

Brad Balfour | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: 2012 Oscars, Bérénice Bejo, OSS 117, Academy Awards, George Valentin, Jean Dujardin, Movie, Hollywood, Steve McQueen Actor, Heidi Levitt, Sound, Talkies, Black and White, Michel Hazanavicius, Thomas Langmann, Black and White Movie, 1920s, Period Movies, Oscars, Casting Director, Silent Movie, John Goodman, The Artist Movie, Storyboard, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

A Q&A with director Hazanavicius is excerpted from an exclusive roundtable held before The Artist's American debut at the 2011 New York Film Festival.

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Music Stylist -- the Commercial Effect You Can Hear and Feel

Soren Petersen | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Creativity, Design, Style, Music, Advertising, Sound, Business News
Soren Petersen

A soundtrack counts for at least half of the experience in the creation of a commercial and the music stylist is the one responsible for setting the d...

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David Byrne's 'Tight Spot' Audio-Visual Installation (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Tight-Spot, Contemporary Art, High Line, Globe, New York, David Byrne, Sound, Pace Gallery, Arts News
VernissageTV

Musician and artist David Byrne, best known as frontman and founding member of the band Talking Heads, created a site-specific outdoor installation un...

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WATCH: 'Panzer' Gives A Sonic Assault

VernissageTV | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Nik Nowak, Berlin, Mobile, Tanks, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Music, UK Arts, Panzer, Sound, Infernoesque, Arts News
VernissageTV

Berlin-based artist Nik Nowak likes to rock his audience with strange looking mobile sound systems that emit bass-driven electronic music. His creatio...

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The Everyday Activity That's Robbing Children Of Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Games, Web/Tech, Film, Music, Weight, Disordered Sleep, Fatigue, Children and Sleep, Students and Sleep, Sleep Research, Nightmares and Night Terrors, Sound, Television, Gadgets, Sleep and Heart Health, Bedroom and Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene, Behavior, Health, Parents and Sleep, Anxiety and Stress, Sleep Deprivation, Relaxation Techniques, Sleep, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Healthy-Kids, Healthy Kids, Healthy Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

There's a lot of evidence that suggests media exposure can be detrimental to children and the quality of their sleep. This study provides some important details about how when, what, where and who is watching matters.

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Yes, You Should Spend Over $100 on Headphones

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Music Apps, Digital Music, Headphones, Hardware, Music, Sound Quality, Eliot Van Buskirk, Sound, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

We cover music apps like the waterfront at Evolver.fm. But without a solid way to turn the ones and zeros comprising today's music into vibrating air,...

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Dead Phone? New Tech Could Let You Charge It By Yelling

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Sungkyunkwan University, Audio, Technology News, Science, Cellphones, Battery Charging, Dr. Sang-Woo Kim, Sound, Technology News

In the future, you could charge your cell phone just by chatting. Researchers at South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University have developed a new technol...

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The Sound of Architecture: Bill Fontana's "Sonic Shadows" at SFMOMA

Cherie Louise Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Fontana, Sound Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art, Moma, Sfmoma, Sound, Arts News
Cherie Louise Turner

Sonic Shadows provides an enhanced way to engage in our environment, as well as highlights our impact as we move through it. Fontana makes it musical, if we stop and listen.

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How to Get Better Sound on YouTube

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youtube, File Sharing, P2p, Facebook, Music, Sound, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

If YouTube is a big part of how you listen to music these days, this simple little tweak can improve your listening experience considerably.

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Tate Britain's Turner Prize 2010 Awarded to Sound Sculptor for the First Time

Trudy Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, British Art, Turner Prize, Sound, Tate, Sculpture, Susan Phillipsz, Dexter Dalwood, Nicholas Serota, Glasgow, Arts News
Trudy Montgomery

Britain's most prestigious art prize has been awarded, for the first time in its 26 year history, for a sound installation. Emotionally, the piece seems to have a calming, contemplative effect on the viewer.

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Ten Thousand Waves by Isaac Julien

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yang Fudong, Tragedy, Maggie Cheung, Installation, Director, Body, Dream, Morecambe Bay, Mythological, Film, 4d, Sound, Screens, Art, Video, Bass Museum, Waves, Ten Thousand Waves, Zhao Toa, Actress, Isaac Julien, Immersive, Miami, Mind, China, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Isaac Julien, a groundbreaking filmmaker and member of the Creative Caribbean Network has proved once more to be the supreme capturer of cultural identities and narrator of seemingly undisclosed histories.

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Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Garret Keizer: 'Noise Is Indicative Of Power' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Noise, Video, The Colbert Report, Authors, Garret Keizer, Stephen Colbert, Silence, Books, Sound, The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want, Author Interview, Books News

Garret Keizer, author of the new book "The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise," was on the "Colbert Report" last night to talk a...

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Soundcities Captures NYC's Noise

PSFK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Noise Pollution, Stanza, Soundcities, New York Noise, New York City, New York, Sound, New York News

London based artist, Stanza has created an interactive database called Soundcities containing thousands of sounds from cities across the world. Stanza...

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Lo Fi, Bang & Olufsen, and All That Cheating Jazz (Part 1)

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uncertainty, Form, Jesse James, Low Fidelity, Propaganda, Mindflow, Lo Fi, Journalism, Sound, Certainty, Mindlessness, MSNR, Loyalty, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Media Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Tiger Woods, Essence, Pattern Interruption, Guarantee, Cheating, Mind, Hi Fi, High Fidelity, Promise, Noise, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Informed consent: I've got this blog on my mind. I think it can explain some things about our culture of Low Fidelity and all that Tiger Woods/Jesse...

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When Power Snoring Exceeds A Power Saw

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Insomnia, Decibels, Sleep Apnea, Snoring, Sound, Noise, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

This month a British woman has been recorded as one of her country's loudest snorers. Her snore is so loud that from a decibel standpoint, it's louder than a jet plane!

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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The Sounds and Sleeplessness in the ICU--Part I

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Hospitals, Sleep Deprivation, Medicine, Icu, Illness, Sound, Sleep, Noise, Healthy Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Being in the ICU is hard enough to endure. Throw in sleeplessness caused by noise pollution and just about everything worsens.

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Om, Oscar, Om: Slumdog Millionaire's Sound Sages

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A R Rahman, World Music, Entertainment, Bollywood, India, Media, The Oscars, Oscar Speeches, Movie-Soundtracks, Hollywood, Music, Slumdog Millionaire, Spirituality, 2009 Oscars, Sound, Entertainment News
Vamsee Juluri

What "Om" signified in Resul Pookutty's speech on Oscar night was something much deeper than its use in any entertainment context in the past.

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What Can Sounds Say About the Environment?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Acoustic Ecology, Peter Cusack, Aspen Environment Forum, London, Soundscape, City Sounds, Sound, Environment, Green News
Bill Chameides

Back in 1998 Cusack began a project called "Favorite Sounds." He asked Londoners -- primarily residents -- what their favorite city sound was.

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Presidential Timbre

Dan Kowalski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voice, Feeling, Obama, Emotion, Timbre, Mccain, Sound, Home News
Dan Kowalski

When you hear the sound of Barack Obama's voice, how does it make you feel? How about the sound of John McCain's voice? Shut off your logical left brain and simply attend to how you feel when you hear their voices.

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The World In Six Songs, Dan Levitin's New Book

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music, The World in Six Songs, Science, Dan Levitin, Musicology, This Is Your Brain on Music, Sound, Entertainment News
Howie Klein

I often have songs stuck in my head throughout the day. Levitin explains that this is actually a clue as to the evolutionary origins of music.

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