Hey Guys:
Still waiting on my neurochem. source to confirm some of the hard science, but I'll post this for now and correct later if needs be.
Schizophrenic Stravinsky
There is a special type of neuron in an area of the human brain called the Auditory Cortex. The neurons in the Auditory Cortex combine to make an information cataloguing system know as a Cortigalfugal Network. Musical notes will pass through the ear as vibrations. The brain will interpret these vibrations and translate them into electrical signals.
The neurons in the Cortigalfugal Network prefer, or are most content, with electrical signals they already recognize; signals that combined to create a particular rhythm familiar to the brain. These signals can be described as consonant.
When the neurons in the Cortigalfugal Network receive an electrical signal with which they are unfamiliar (i.e. an irregular, or dissonant rhythm), they are generally adept at processing and familiarizing themselves with this new information. The neurons will store these new signals in their proverbial “libraries.” The unfamiliar signals are now familiar and catalogued. They have become sounds the human mind can accommodate.
Every once in a while, someone like Igor Stravinsky will create music the human mind simply cannot accommodate.
Stravinsky’s sounds send electrical impulses to the brain the likes of which the neurons in the Cortigalfugal Network cannot comprehend. As a result, the neurons over-excite and in a panic release a flood of dopamine into the brain. Too much dopamine can cause schizophrenia.
When Stravinsky sent The Rite of Spring to the minds of listeners for the first time in 1914 (date check that), the listeners’ brains could not process the sounds, their neurons became panicked and subsequently released such huge amounts of dopamine so as to create in the listener what can be described as state of temporary schizophrenia.
FALSE MEDIA sends electrical impulses to the human mind that are the exact opposite of The Rite of Spring, impulses that are so rhythmic and familiar the human mind (i.e. the viewers) cannot help but be lulled into a state of (mass) hypnosis.
Low basic’s performance at the end of FALSE MEDIA sends such a radically dissonant signal to the heads of the viewers, it explodes their minds from hypnosis and makes them go crazy. Low basic resurrects the minds of the viewers, and when the viewers are awakened, the first thing they hear is Josh and Thomas screaming “Low basic! Low basic! Low basic!” over and over again.
Beat your media.
The posts are slowing a bit, let's try to keep a steady pace. At least one thing every other day from each member.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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