It Ain't No Sin To Take Off Your Skin And

Dance around in your bones!
Overtone singing in an x-ray machine.
(excerpt from INLAND (2002) by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud)

Overtone singing with X-ray (extract of INLAND) from momentum_prod on Vimeo.

(via notcot)

Drop It Like It's Hot

What's in a name? Women's Division.

Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Dido - Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong
Macy Gray - Natalie Renee McIntyre
Wynonna Judd - Christina Claire Ciminella
Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
Peggy Lee - Norma Deloris Egstrom
Mama Cass Elliot - Ellen Naomi Cohen
Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson
Cat Power - Charlyn Marie Marshall
Joss Stone - Joscelyn Eve Stocker
Donna Summer - LaDonna Adrian Gaines
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock
Bonnie Tyler - Gaynor Hopkins


*I got these stage/original name-pairs from sources of questionable repute: who even KNOWS if they're true!
(shoutmouth and digitaldreamdoor)

Only Thing To Do Is Jump Over the Moon

What a gig.
Tenor Marcello Bedoni flew to Lancashire this past May just to give a concert to these cows. Why? Because Frank Frederick was re-opening his 100 year old gelato brand and wanted to follow his grandfather's original recipe to a T. And that included singing to the cows - soothing arias by Giordano and Puccini, not that "rousing" stuff by Wagner.

For you skeptics, it seems there's some scientific evidence behind all this; the Dairy Advisor to the NFU has commented: "Soothing sounds or music can reduce stress and induce relaxation and a healthy, contented cow is likely to produce more milk."
Or, we could all head to Northfield for a beer. HEY!

(via the Telegraph)