But X-ray crystallography is totally punk rock! Analytical chemistry methods in descending order of punk rockness:
1. X-ray crystallography
2. NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy
3. MALDI-mass spectrometry
4. Column chromatography (elute w[…]

KYLIE – ‘Slow’ vs. KELIS – ‘Milkshake’
I’ve gotta say I’m pretty disappointed with that new Kylie single ‘Slow’ — it sounds like she’s trying too hard to be sexy. I like her bet[…]

A Japanese study published last month in the journal Physiologic Behavior has indicated that kissing might reduce skin allergies in certain patients with rhinitis and dermatitis. It makes you wonder whether labcoat-clad scientists were watching the […]

Our generation’s love of all things retro knows no bounds: Medical therapy employing the use of live maggots is gaining popularity again![…]

Invalid redux! I think I have found the un-meat food for invalids, and no it’s not Mrs Beeton’s fright-movie cuisine. Tonight for dinner I had a bowl of steaming vegetable udon soup, a few pieces of vegetable sushi with loads of wasabi ([…]

I nearly exploded with excitement when I found the debut of Dave Queen in the Village Voice this week! Dave Q. is probably my favorite music writer of all time (based on his ILM posts alone), a frequent correspondent and occasional partner in crime,[…]

Last Night Andrew WK Saved My Life
There was something about Andrew WK’s sincerity last night at the show in Brooklyn that made even the most jaded, ironic CMJ-badgified hipster drop the pretense for a moment, pump his fist in the air and jump […]

jaxx = roXoR
Check out Michaelangelo Matos’ fantastic Voice article Love Is All, which assesses the new ‘n heartstoppingly brilliant Basement Jaxx album in the same piece with the very good Rapture album (I feel sorry for The Rapture alre[…]

Transatlantic celery mindmeld!! It’s been unusually sunny and warm over the past few days in New York City, but today it was a little colder and autumn-y and I thought, ‘I should make soup!’ I made a beautiful vegetable stock to us[…]

I’m really intrigued by recent comparative studies of music and language processing; it seems that linguistics has more in common with musical rules than was previously thought. There are a lot of links: language and music are both universal; t[…]