Continue Reading Sound: seen and felt When I taught Perception to undergraduate and graduate students it was often like pulling teeth. Most had signed up for psychology assuming it would…
Continue Reading Sound Mysteries Ever heard the space roar, or at least of it? The sky quakes? A persistent low pitch hum that people complain about…
Continue Reading Sound Art My internet is out and I am sitting at a local Starbucks to get WiFi. Blasted by their version of (Musak)jazz while…
Continue Reading Jamming, Blocking, Grunting, Screaming. Here are photographs of the joys of roller derby as I experienced them (as an observer, alas) for the first time in…
Continue Reading On Sound This week I’ll muse about sounds. A friend introduced me to the research of Gordon Hempton, an acoustic ecologist. He pursues places…
Continue Reading Neighbors In case the Bad Hombres meme still rings in your ears, here is a closer look at our neighbors to the South. Can…
Continue Reading La Villa The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe can be found in the north of CDMX next to a number of other older churches and…
Continue Reading La Muerta DCMX has more museums than any other city in the world with the exception of London, or so I am told. Today…
Continue Reading Mexico City in 3-D There is not a corner of Mexico City where you don’t find a monument or a sculpture, either visible from afar, or…
Continue Reading CDMX wins Can you find the photographer? Those of you who have followed “Your Daily Picture” for the last 6 years know that I have…
