"Would anybody like a sourball?"

Great Stan Lee interview from the 60's Via the mighty Tom Spurgeon

New Modes Old Forms

Not only does Twitter contrast greatly with all sorts of media, but I was also thinking about a wall of Polaroids I saw today in Heist gallery on Essex St which were an emulsion based photostream.

Corby on Bagels

Corby might be a PITA, but he's right about alot of things. My Name is Bagel dispatches nattering nabobs of italo-authenticity.

(Yes, this means I am at least lazily/occasionally tweeting as me as well as terroirny. There's overlap btwn "my" voice & that of terroir, but it's not always the same thing. Let's see how it goes...)

"Start small. Do what you can with something you care about so deeply that you simply can’t not do it." (via tferriss) http://ping.fm/F1MSn

Xaime!

Comics great Jaime Hernandez: “That was kind of our punk mentality at the time: If they hate it, that’s good too!"

Inside the baby mind: (Boston Globe)

Baudelaire was right: "Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will."

Although scientists have long held the lack of a functional prefrontal cortex responsible for all sorts of "childish" behaviors, researchers are beginning to realize that, sometimes, it might actually be better to allow the prefrontal cortex to loosen its grip.

A recent brain scanning experiment by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that jazz musicians in the midst of improvisation - they were playing a specially designed keyboard in a brain scanner - showed dramatically reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex. It was only by "deactivating" this brain area that the musicians were able to spontaneously invent new melodies. The scientists compare this unwound state of mind with that of dreaming during REM sleep, meditation, and other creative pursuits, such as the composition of poetry. But it also resembles the thought process of a young child, albeit one with musical talent. Baudelaire was right: "Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will."

The immaturity of the baby brain comes with another advantage: utter absorption in the moment.

Bolinas = Pussy Galore

terroirNY Thackrey Aquila Sangiovese went back to the Blood of Jove concept. If Tuscany=Beatles, then Bolinas=Pussy Galore. http://tinyurl.com/dgs3ad

The 140: "Tiny Houses book release party last night. http://tinyurl.com/d8levc Mimi
name checked our 550 sf Terroir Book Court: http://www.bookcourt.org"

Mimi killed it. Great, compact book about great compact living arrangements.