Mon. 10/25 - Music That Gives You Chills, and Why It Does
The countercultural witchcraft music of the 1960s, and a study exploring what it is about certain songs that give us a spine-tingling chill. Plus, elephants in Mozambique have evolved to be born without tusks. And the guy who discovered a budget hack for spending just $150 on meals all year: eat every meal at Six Flags.
The countercultural witchcraft music of the 1960s, and a study exploring what it is about certain songs that give us a spine-tingling chill. Plus, elephants in Mozambique have evolved to be born without tusks. And the guy who discovered a budget hack for spending just $150 on meals all year: eat every meal at Six Flags.
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Links:
- 13 Vintage Halloween Songs from the 1910's, 20's, & 30's (History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday, YouTube)
- A Look Back at America's Psychedelic Countercultural Witch Music (Atlas Obscura)
- The Munsters - At Home With The Munsters - Vinyl LP (Rough Trade)
- Researchers analyzed 700-plus songs known to give people chills. Here’s the playlist (Quartz)
- Songs To Give You Chills playlist (Quartz, Spotify)
- Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems (NY Times)
- Poaching drove the evolution of tusk-free elephants (Ars Technica)
- Meet the Guy Who Spends Just $150 a Year to Eat All His Meals at Six Flags (Mel Magazine)
- Iron-stomached man discovers savings benefits of eating meals at a Six Flags par (A/V Club)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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