by | Sep 5, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The Washington Post This algorithm can create a new Van Gogh or Picasso in just an hour By Matt McFarland The algorithm was given this photo of buildings, left, and a copy of Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.” In about an hour it taught itself to mimic Van...
by | Sep 4, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from The Observer Keith Richards Is Wrong—Heavy Metal Is Not a ‘Great Joke’ By Tim Sommer Keith Richards protecting the black magic that keeps him alive. (Photo: Flikr Creative Commons) By dismissing Black Sabbath and Metallica, a Rolling Stone reveals his distinct...
by | Sep 3, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from WIRED The Fully Immersive Mind of Oliver Sacks by Steve Silberman photo by John Midgley Pioneering neurologist and author Oliver Sacks died Sunday, August 30 at age 82. In his writings about patients’ sometimes bizarre case studies—which he would call...
by | Sep 2, 2015 | Mirth, Weirdness
from MIRROR ONLINE Tutankhamun’s penis was fully ERECT when he was mummified so he would look like a god in afterlife Archaeologist Howard Carter examining the third mummy-shaped sarcophagus, 1922, vintage photograph/ Getty The world’s most famous mummy,...
by | Sep 1, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The LA Times Noah Davis, 32, Artist and Founder of Underground Museum in Los Angeles, Dies By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK Noah Davis, in an undated photo, founded the Underground Museum in Los Angeles. Credit Ed Templeton Noah Davis, a painter and installation artist who...
