Australian musician Alan Gogoll demonstrated his gorgeous Bell’s Harmonics” guitar technique with unique string tunings that he so effortlessly plays in a song of the same name. This technique is aptly named as the fretboard harmonics sound like ringing bells within the melody. The song is from his album “Seahorse Bells“, a collection of five…
The Dangers of Eating Too Much
Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko posited the question what would happen if a person never stopped eating? In explaining the answer, Blocko broke down the individual dangers of such ingredients as sugar, salt and trans-fats. With those issues aside, the likelihood of overeating oneself to death is very rare, but can happen in…
How Film Cuts Mimic the Human Visual Experience
In a truly insightful video essay based upon the work of brain scientist Jeffrey M Zacks, narrator Adam D’Arpino of Aeon Video explains how film cuts mimic the choppy human visual experience in terms of focus, blinking, saccades and periphery. So when a current scene seems incongruent with previous scene, the human brain to fills…
How Mad Men’s Joan Holloway Outgrew Her Self-Imposed Traditions to Become True to Herself
In another of their very insightful video essays, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism looked at the evolving character arc of Joan Holloway of Mad Men. In the first few seasons, Joan primarily relied on her looks to get what she wanted, despite her sharp wit. It was only after such setbacks as being replaced…
Kurzgesagt and VSauce3 Take a Dual Look at the Concept of Reality Versus the Perception of Reality
Design house Kurzgesagt and VSauce3 took a two-part look at the nature of reality versus the perception of reality. As explored in the Extremis episode during season ten of Doctor Who, if someone is fully aware of being a simulation, can they communicate with their real world self? Or the converse if a person is…
Dealt, An Award Winning Documentary About Blind Master Card Magician Richard Turner
The award-winning documentary Dealt, which was directed by Luke Korem, tells the story of expert card mechanic and magician Richard Turner, an amazing man who performs sleight of hand tricks on stage despite the fact that he began going losing his sight after a bout with scarlet fever when he was young. Througout the film,…
German Performance Artists Act Out Amusingly Surreal Skits for Passengers Aboard Passing Trains
Bewegtesland (Moving Land) is a group of performance artists who live along the
All Female String Quartet Rocks Out Brilliant Covers of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal Songs
In 2016, Thalia Strings, an all female string quartet rocked out an acoustic cover of the classic AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” on violin, viola and cello. This classical version was arranged by violinist Amy Cave. The quartet has also performed amazing covers of the Kansas song “Carry on Wayward Son” and “Creep” by Radiohead, both arranged…
