Kandel's Reconciliation? "Age of Insight" to appear

I have to admit that 650 pages about "The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present" is quite a good excuse for the constantly postponed publication of "Principles of Neural Science - Ed. 5".
Eric Kandel's "Age of Insight" to appear soon.

Stanley Kubrick Animated Gifs

A sequence of subtle and creepy animated gifs from Stanley Kubrick movies, very unusual in times of quick and flashy digital everyday life (via brainpickings).

#400: Tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo (via Ley)

Fittingly to the beginning of a new year and as blog post number 400:
Caetano Veloso's Oração ao tempo (lyrics here)



and the version by Rita Ribeiro

Berlins Gentrifizierung als Pappmaschee-Puppentrick

"Was ist eigentlich Gentrifizierung?" - eine Pappsatt "für den Kiez" Produktion
in einer schönen Pappmaché-Puppentrick-Animation, die an die Augsburger Puppenkiste erinnert.



und der Soundtrack aus dem Abspann, "Ich brauch mehr Geld für Berlin" von John Doe

Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

Highly recommended! The fascinating and comprehensive documentary "Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin" about the Graffiti train writing scene in Berlin has been put online in full-length and with english subtitles:

UNLIKE U-Trainwriting in Berlin from HISKICK productions on Vimeo.

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"...the moviemakers and producers are recently fighting legally for the ongoing distribution of UNLIKE U.
The Berlin transport company (BVG) has sued us in order to refrain us from distributing the movie regarding the places the action documented in UNLIKE U took place in.
To understand all of this you’ve got to see the movie yourself..."

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Revisited: Glu-Tang Clan - Synaptic Cleft

Because it's just too well done and it didn't get the attention it deserves (it isn't on youtube but it does have its own DOI): The Glu-Tang Clan with Synaptic Cleft.


...you can also download the audio as mp3.

...Addendum: It can be found on youtube

Radiolab & Everynone - Symmetry

Everynone's video on Symmetry, inspired by the Radiolab episode on the same topic.