Plink and you won’t miss it
Interesting article by Carol Krumhansl in the latest Music Perception: “Plink: ‘thin slices’ of music” In this experiment, tiny clips of music from various decades were played to participants. The…
Kristen McNally rocks
And I mean rocks, because if ever there was a choreographer who could make dance the new rock n’ roll for me, it’s her. The last piece of hers I…
Multi-tasking again (that old chestnut)
Delighted to read somewhat belatedly in The Independent that Humans cannot multitask – (even women) . I’ve suspected this for a long time – multitasking is a myth, and that…
More on musical policing
I thought I might have been alone in applauding the actions of a NI police officer who played music through the tannoy of their vehicle to defuse an attack by…
The Urwärme of Ohrwürme
Via Metafilter, the top 25 ‘earworms’ in France, with audio examples. ‘Earworm’ is a direct translation of the German word Ohrwurm, meaning a tune that you can’t get out of…
Phronesis and musical policing
An extraordinary story from the BBC: Police ‘cool’ Belfast trouble with ice-cream van music. Fifteen youths start throwing bottles at a police Land Rover in Lisburn. One of the officers…