Diagram of the Heart at Mint Lounge #inthecity
Diagram of the Heart at Mint Lounge #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I kept thinking "New Romantic". This is not necessarily a bad thing.
Daily archives: October 14, 2010
Diagram of the Heart at Mint Lounge #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Crystal Fighters at Dry Live #inthecity
Crystal Fighters at Dry Live #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Bimey. I don’t know what they were singing about, but they made one hell of a sound. They even got Harry dancing.
links for 2010-10-14
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When the map of the human genome was presented to the world in 2001, psychiatrists had high hopes for it. Itemising all our genes would surely provide molecular evidence that the main cause of mental illness was genetic – something psychiatrists had long believed. Drug companies were wetting their lips at the prospect of massive profits from unique potions for every idiosyncrasy.
But a decade later, unnoticed by the media, the human genome project has not delivered what the psychiatrists hoped: we now know that genes play little part in why one sibling, social class or ethnic group is more likely to suffer mental health problems than another.
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Societies come together slowly, but can fall apart quickly, say researchers who applied the tools of evolutionary biologists to an anthropological debate.
Using archaeological records and linguistic analyses rather than fossils and genes, they created an evolutionary tree of political forms once found in Pacific islands.
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The Catholic Herald reports that the Church has given its backing to a campaign called "Night of Light", which aims to "reclaim Halloween for God so that it is transformed from a night of darkness into a great Christian festival once again".
Thomas J Speight at Soup Kitchen #inthecity
Thomas J Speight at Soup Kitchen #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Enjoyable bouncy modern folky sound.
Shoshin performing in the street outside Pop Cafe #inthecity
Shoshin performing in the street outside Pop Cafe #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
A rather cool thing to stumble upon.
Misty Miller at Soup Kitchen #inthecity
Misty Miller at Soup Kitchen #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Lovely voice and simple but strong delivery. No, she’s not a giant, that’s a ukulele.
Chad Valley at Soup Kitchen #inthecity
Chad Valley at Soup Kitchen #inthecity, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Oddly intense geeky chap with an excess of electronics. Very odd after the bare bones simplicity of Misty Miller.
