Centripetal Notion: category

“ZYGOTE is a lightweight inflated ball, illuminated from within, that responds to pressure applied to its surface. Interacting with the ball is simple: punch it, bounce it, squeeze it, or tap it and the ball’s internal LEDs react instantaneously.”

The theremin was invented in 1919, consists of two oscillators and two antennas, and was the first musical instrument designed to be played without actually being touched.

Clara Rockmore was born in 1911, was a child prodigy on the violin, and is widely considered the most accomplished theremin performer ever.

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New RJD2 video for the song “Work It Out” featuring dancer Bill Shannon. Bill was born with a degenerative hip condition and has honed his skills to an art with crutches and a skateboard.

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Live concerts in all seven continents broadcasted live on television and the internet around the world, raising money and awareness for climate change and environmental activism.

In much the same way that a conventional speaker uses a magnetic field to push a driver, plasma speakers (sometimes called flame speakers) use electricity to move the surrounding air, projecting sound directly from their discharge.

Athens, Georgia-based Neutral Milk Hotel is/was songwriter Jeff Mangum, drummer Jeremy Barnes, horn player Scott Spillane and banjo/bass/guitar/etc.-player Julian Koster. They released their last album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, in 1998 — and though they still work together in various capacities it remains to be seen if there will ever be another collaborative album in the same spirit.

Picked up some new CDs recently, none new but new-to-me. One in particular, a three-way between Maserati, Cinemechanica & We Versus the Shark is great — listen to this track below by Cinemechanica and tell me it sucks.

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