Random music news for Monday, April 1, 2024
Beware any news you hear about Tool today. They love April Fool’s Day. Meanwhile, here’s some straight, proper, and true music news for April 1, 2024. BONUS: I don’t know why, but I
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Weezer does something special for fan who underwent brain surgery
Certain types of brain surgery require the patient to stay awake as surgeons probe through their grey matter. It sounds weird, but doctors need real-time patient feedback to know that they’re not messing
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Random music news for Monday, April 1, 2018
[NOTE: I’m on vacation this week, so there will probably be fewer posts than usual. -AC] On this day in 1982, Argentina started the Falklands War. And on April, 2, 2018, this is
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, July 24, 2017
Is it just me or is the amount of paper on toilet paper rolls shrinking? Just askin’. While you ponder that, here’s the music news for Monday, July 24. Will Chester Bennington’s death make
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H.R. of Legendary Punks Bad Brains Needs Brain Surgery to Repair his Seriously Bad Brain
H.R., frontman for the legendary DC hardcore band Bad Brains, hasn’t been feeling well for a while. He’s been diagnosed with a condition called SUNCT, a rare neurological condition that results in sudden
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Brain Surgery Requires This Sax Player to Perform While He Skull is Open
No matter how many times I see videos like this, I get a little freaked out. Brain surgery is, well, brain surgery. Your skull is drilled open and someone roots around in the
Read MoreHere’s Another Example of Wide-Awake Brain Surgery, This Time with an Opera Singer
When a surgeon is rooting around in your skull, you want to make sure that he doesn’t poke the wrong things, remove the wrong bits or suck out the wrong fluids. That’s why
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Ne-Yo’s Music Gives Woman Seizures, Requires Removal of Part of Her Brain
Ne-Yo’s music drives me crazy–I’m not a fan–but imagine what it was like for twenty-six year-old Zoe Fennessy. Every time she heard one of his songs, she suffered an epileptic seizure. It got so
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Your Freaky Music-and-Medicine Post of the Day Involves Wide-Awake Brain Surgery and a Violin
Brain surgery is awfully tricky, requiring a great, great deal of precision. When a doctor has to remove something from inside your skull, you want to make sure that only the bad stuff
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