Monkey Music and Metallica

September 02, 2009

Check out this article about monkey music by Jennifer Viegas:

Non-human animals usually prefer silence to our music. However, when cotton-top tamarins heard songs based on their own calls, the diminutive, fluffy primates listened with interest to the monkey music, which even altered their moods, according to a new study.

Here are monkey music samples composed by David Teie used in this research:

Monkey Threat Music!

Monkey Soothing Music!

So how does Metallica fit into the mix? Apparently that was the only human music that soothed the Monkey. If we're talking the guitar solo in Master Of Puppets...I can see their point...it starts at 3:55.

James's's's Feedbag Stories for 3/21

March 24, 2008

Greetings! Here are my feedbag stories for last Friday.

- Chemical Computers Await Us?

- Meteors As Bullion Cubes In Our Primordial Soup

- Your Reaction To Disgust: Show It To Me

Also, you may recall one of my stories from the previous week was about the benefits of yak (see photo) cheese. I called all around the DC metro area last week looking for a bit of this yak cheese but alas, it was to no avail. Apparently the Yak Cheese Revolution has not yet arrived in my hometown. If it’s arrived in yours, and you’ve had the pleasure of trying yak cheese, please let us know how it compares to regular cow cheese. We wants to know.

Thanks!