Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart recently made some music out of astrophysical data about supernovas, short-lived stars in distant galaxies, in an attempt to "sonify" the universe.

One of the scientists who worked with Hart on the “Rhythms of the Universe,”  project said that "What we did is turn it into sound by slowing down the frequency [...]

Yesterday I wrote and published what I think is a very interesting story, with my photos of course. Ostensibly about the glue-sniffers here on the funky streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, but that's not really what the story ended-up being about. You'll have to read it to find out what I mean by that.
If you have [...]

The Hellhounds*, Phnom Penh's devilishly inimitable  BLUES  band, will be "Haunting the House of Sharky" again this Thursday evening (and every Thursday in January).

January 21, 2010 – at 9pm.
You are most cordially invited.

Please come as you are, but don't expect to leave unscathed. 
No cover charge… and all the BLUES you can stand.
*Good guys who made [...]

Can you believe that its 2010 already?

Looking ahead… Despite my lack of new year resolutions and even after taking into account my generally grim prospects for the future…
I have reason to believe that 2010 will be a great year!

Certainly it started out with a BANG… and also with lots of beer and "silly string", but that [...]