Vic Chesnutt

An interview with one of the greats. Vic dies shortly after this airs. Access it on your phone, get in the car, and listen.

Vacate not Vacant.

The Nine,
How are your weeks going?  Working, traveling, loving, listening?
As for myself, these breaks always provide me with a creative shot in the arm, and now I'm looking for a challenge.  Let's post little projects/deadlines and then share the results.  So:

1. post your ideas for projects in the comments section below this post
2. pick one (or more) and do it
3. if you can, post the results on your blog (if you post elsewhere, post a link to it on your blog)
4. enjoy each other's late-week creativity  

 A few contributions to get us started:
-record a song using your phone as the only recording device
-write a poem using words from a string of 10 texts between two people
-record and soundtrack a conversation (or a conversation attempt) with a telemarketer (Matt?) or a random number from the phonebook
-paint/draw with a brush/device you have constructed yourself on an improvised canvas
-film/draw/paint/write/record/photograph something and leave it in a place where someone will find it, but not for a long time.
-choose a character from Skyrim and write 5 haiku from their perspective

I'm eager to check out your suggestions and see what comes of it.  Let's get creative!

Craig Finn: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The pedal steel player here is doing amazing things...

Josh Ritter

Song 1 here, "the Temptation of Adam" has climbed up into my list of great love songs.

Strange brains (bad brains?)

Try here for the foreign accent syndrome wiki.

More about foreign accent syndrome.  And some videos below.

Check out Radiolab, one of the best science podcasts, for an interesting story about unconventional brain functioning (and the phrase "red rumps" said with a great accent).  Listen below or click the link.  
Who Am I? 


TED talks (same place the genius talk comes from) about neuroscience.