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eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:43 pm

MUSICOPHILIA
Tales of Music and the Brain
By Oliver Sacks
381 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $26.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/books/20kaku.html

debra1rlo · Post by **debra1rlo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:57 pm

A composer with synesthesia sees specific colors when he hears music in different musical keys: G minor, for instance, is not just "yellow" but "ocher"; D minor is "like flint, graphite";

Pffft... some expert... what a crock of shit... EVERYONE knows that D minor is the saddest chord, which of course would make it either brown

Brown can also be sad and wistful.

or blue

Blue can also be cold and depressing.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
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Now here is a widespread problem they discuss:

Che Guevara, he tells us, was "rhythm deaf," capable of dancing a mambo while an orchestra was playing a tango

Troo dat... My boyfriend can do the "little lad running in place" dance to any piece of music.

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:02 pm

debra1rlo wrote:Pffft... some expert... what a crock of shit...

Hmm. Someone either didn't get enough sleep or is having a bad day.

Not saying the book is good or not. Just sharing information. Put on some White Stripes and cheer up.

debra1rlo · Post by **debra1rlo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:24 pm

eduardo_b wrote:
debra1rlo wrote:Pffft... some expert... what a crock of shit...
Hmm. Someone either didn't get enough sleep or is having a bad day.

Not saying the book is good or not. Just sharing information. Put on some White Stripes and cheer up.

Nahhh I'm cool...

I'm just messing around... I always look for an opportunity to quote from Spinal Tap when I can

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:24 pm

eduardo_b wrote:Put on some White Stripes and cheer up.

Sounds good to me, but it doesn't seem to work for Penelope Cat (the one Pepe Le Pew chases a lot).

debra1rlo · Post by **debra1rlo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:26 pm

Meffy wrote:
eduardo_b wrote:Put on some White Stripes and cheer up.
Sounds good to me, but it doesn't seem to work for Penelope Cat (the one Pepe Le Pew chases a lot).

Meff, I'd give you a bonk with my tail if i only had one.

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:31 pm

debra1rlo wrote:I'm just messing around... I always look for an opportunity to quote from Spinal Tap when I can

In fact, Spinal Tap is the go to for great quotables. Such a brilliant piece of work in so many ways. Why, I'd give it an 11.

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