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Opiate in a minor: pleasant music can soothe pain
The pain-relieving power of music is well-known, but is that because it provides an emotional lift? To find out, Mathieu Roy, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Montreal, investi...(Continue Reading) Still Jill: on the eve of her new album, songstress Jill Scott reflects on the high cost of fame, the importance of her music, and the ways we can learn
So I'm gonna give this to you in snippets. Collage what I know about Jill Scott and lay it out for you like Bearden would. Because Scott is very much ......(Continue Reading)Can muscle turn to fat? It's been a year since I worked out regularly. Has the muscle I had before turned to fat?… and more of your questions answered
Q I haven't worked out in a year, so I think some of my muscle has turned to fat. I want to lose the fat before I start building muscle again. How do ......(Continue Reading)Talkin' about a revolution: hungry for politically charged music? Listen up to a new generation of protest songs
It was really two songs that got me started thinking about the power of peace music. First was the plaintive wail of Bob Dylan in his 1964 classic, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The se...(Continue Reading)The allegiance that I can't quite pledge: Benjamin Markovits, once described by a schoolmate as half-American, half-English and half-German, grew up under
Every morning at the beginning of school, we stood up and said the Pledge of Allegiance. I lived then in Austin, Texas, where I turned the corner of ......(Continue Reading)
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