Re: today's NYTimes

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

Also of possible interest, before we all disappear, is:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/national/16BUGL.html?th

Live or Digital? The Bugler's Lips Are Sealed
By JAMES DAO


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From: "cyril robinson" <lunar (at) siu(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:29 AM
Subject: today's NYTimes


> Hi--there is an article,in today's NY Times, "We got Rhythm; the mystery
is
> How and Why." If the newspaper is not available, you can go to the NYTimes
> site but the article is not accessible without
> giving them a lot of personal information. The article recounts research
> trying to find out why music is found in all cultures, one conclusion
being
> that "music activated similar neural system of reward and emotion as those
> simulated by food, sex, and addictive drugs" and that "it just happens to
> tickle several important parts of the brain in a highly pleasurable way,
as
> cheesecake tickles the palate."  And I might add, is just as crumbly.
>

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