Tiny Mix Tapes NEWS: Study on Jazz Proves Improvisation Indicates That Brain Engaged in High Creative Thought, No One to Be Surprised

May 17, 2008

Richard Swift (Instruments of Science & Technology)

Music From the Films of R/Swift

Words Are Missing

by Split Foster

=Eureka!=
Birchville Cat Motel

Gunpowder Temple of Heaven

Living Legends

The Gathering [EP]

by Filmore Mescalito Holmes

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• Pattern is Movement

by Chris Gaerig

Archive by Date

DeLorean

by Ajitpaul Mangat

God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners

Eureka!

Birchville Cat Motel

Gunpowder Temple of Heaven

tiny mix tapes cassette

• Music That Captain Beefheart Would Proclaim Genius

• The Soundtrack to the Worst Haircut You’ve Ever Had

• We have tricked a homophobic future investment banker into thinking my male friend desperately wants him. Now we need a tape to continue the ruse, and to accompany the cupcakes we’re putting on his doorstep.

• Songs To Make Lucky Paper Stars To

• Songs To Play Eight Hours of Dungeons and Dragons To

MISC NEWS

Study on Jazz Proves Improvisation Indicates That Brain Engaged in High Creative Thought, No One to Be Surprised

Wow, wow, wow, reader! Apparently, scientists just discovered that when jazz musicians engage in improvisation, their brain is engaged in like-totally-totally creative thought. Deep, and shit.

Imagine. It’s like modern science is confirming, um, everything we probably assumed without modern science, or something.

Seriously, though. Read up.

Posted by AJ Pacitti on 03-11-2008

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Film

⇒ FILM FEATURES:

Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective

Breathless; Contempt; Masculine, Feminine; Two Or Three Things I Know About Her

by Shannon Gramas

⇒ FILM REVIEWS:

Dir. David Mamet

• FILM REVIEWS:

The Tracey Fragments

Dir. Bruce McDonald

• FILM REVIEWS:

Dir. Laura Bialis

⇒ INTERVIEWS:

"Hummus is the wonder food of the world."

by Elzee

⇒ LIVE REVIEWS:

Radiohead / Liars

[Nissan Pavilion; Bristow, VA]

by David Harris

• INTERVIEWS:

Will Sheff (Okkervil River)

Wasted, Tired, Sick: The Trials of Budget Rock

• INTERVIEWS:

Would I call bullshit on that if I heard that song on the radio?

News

Friday, 05-16-2008

• Firewater Tour Begins In About One Week, So Start Researching Who They Are Right Now

• Sharon Jones Inspires Audience To Move About Rhythmically, Using Patterns of Steps And Gestures

• Condoleezza Rice Will Be Performing At Aspen Music Festival

• Matmos Tour Announcement Marked By This Incredible Cartoon

• Calexico, The Pride of Tucson, AZ, Tours

Thursday, 05-15-2008

• The Flaming Lips Hit All the Festivals This Summer; Hippies Hit Bongs at All Those Festivals

• In Honor Of Oxford Collapse’s Tour, TMT Presents A Guide To The Word “Oxford”

• Fort Reno Closes "Immediately and Indefinitely" Due to High Arsenic Levels

• New Species of Spider Named After Neil Young Sure to Render You Helpless

• Stereolab Release New Album, Not To Be Confused with Stereo Labrador and the Funk Fries

Wednesday, 05-14-2008

• Built to Spill Add Two More Perfect From Now On Shows in NY to Tour

• The Helio Sequence Tour For Your Extra Credit Points

• BATTLES ON TOUR!!

• Stop, Drop, and F.O.D.: Green Day/Foxboro Hot Tubs to Tour

• Tour, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tour!!!

Tuesday, 05-13-2008

• Release Date for Weezer’s "Red Album" Pushed Up Three Weeks

• Who You Calling Bubba? The New Year Release New Album, New Tour

• $66 Million Is Almost the Mark of the Beast; Clear Channel Is the Beast, Hit With Big Money Verdict

• Siren Music Fest, Coney Island 2008; Me, Professionally Reporting The News In A Relatively Straightforward Manner (With Parenthetical Sarcasm)

• Don’t Call It a Comeback — Okay, Call It a Comeback, But Just This Once; Hefner Reissue The Fidelity Wars

Monday, 05-12-2008

• You Be Parts and I’ll Be Labor; Prove Your Father Wrong and Be on a Real Record

• Music Venue Black Cat Discriminates Against Flip-Flop-Wearers

• Burger King To Lay a Greasy, Trans-Fatty Paw in the Ring Tone Biz, Shimmy-Shakin’-Ring-Ringz To Be Offered at Value Meal Prices

• Omar Rodriguez Lopez’ Collaboration with Late Friend Jeremy Michael Ward to See Wide Release

• Reunited And It Feels So Good: Stone Temple Pilots And Frank Black, Together at Last

• How To Be A Successful TMT News Reporter: Step One — Dig Through Jim James’ Trash To Retrieve New My Morning Jacket Tourdates