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Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All
jamie writes "Our reaction to the music that we love stimulates the flow of dopamine into certain sections of the brain, concludes a new study out of McGill University. The findings 'help to explain why music is of such high value across all human societies,' the scientists note."
Those are both lame, acetycholine is clearly the superior neurotransmitter.
I, for one, believe that the protection of our precious children from this terrible gateway drug requires firm action:
Sale of "listening paraphernalia" to those under the age of 21, or procurement of the same for those under 21 by those over, must be forbidden.
All devices, such as personal computers, that have undeniable legitimate uses, but are at risk of misuse, must have the SNR of any audio-frequency outputs capped at a value that will discourage their misuse. Electronic signal generators and DACs in the 20-20,000Hz range shall be sold only to licensed electrical engineers, with appropriate permits.
Any deliberate misuse of legal low-fidelity audio-frequency hardware in the production of "industrial" "electroglitch" or "ambient electronica" shall be a felony punishable under the Analog Waveforms Act.
The FAA shall have 180 days to draft suitable exemptions under which microphone equipped blimps, zeppelins, and gliders may be able to freely patrol our skies and hunt down illicit "jam sessions" and recording operations.
The production and importation of cheap, potent, illicit audio devices from the pacific rim shall be addressed by more aggressive customs controls, the training of op-amp sniffing dogs, and "Plan Taiwan": a collaboration between American and Taiwanese investigative and security forces to root out and destroy illicit "amp fabs" and consumer-electronics assembly labs.
In deference to tradition, the sentence for possessing an audio-device with proletarian associations, such as a "tape player" or "ghetto blaster", shall be substantially stiffer than that for possessing an overpriced Bose system.
You can't WIN a concert, and that's the most important thing in life, right? Winning at any cost?
I have a psycho ex-g/f who once claimed to have "won" a conversation.
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
So I just listened to the theme from "Alien" while watching a slide show of you eating tacos. I'm not sure what imagery you were trying to invoke but all I pictured was some chubby guy in headphones sitting on the toilet for hours begging God to please make it stop.
Sometimes music is worth less than a penny, sometimes it's worth $62,500 per song.