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...These brain waves consist of loops of activation between the cortex (the wrinkled surface of the brain) and the thalamus (the cluster of hubs at the center that serve as input-output relay stations). Large, slow, regular waves signal a coma, anesthesia or a dreamless sleep; smaller, faster, spikier ones correspond to being awake and alert. These waves are not like the useless hum from a noisy appliance but may allow consciousness to do its job in the brain. They may bind the activity in far-flung regions (one for color, another for shape, a third for motion) into...
...absence of the lush production is evident as early as the band’s sound check—the band’s sound is immediately spikier and much more stripped-down than on the album. Clearlake mentions an acoustic radio gig in Seattle as a recent source of some exposure, and they seem competent on both fronts: a lavish and emotional sound on album, and equally affecting acoustic and live arrangements...
...that has rocked Japan's fashion scene. Last year, the icon of Japanese haute expression, Yohji Yamamoto, joined forces with Adidas to sell a new line of sportswear, tagged Y-3. This month, Puma will showcase its latest sneaker collaboration with Yasuhiro Mihara, Japan's version of a younger, spikier Manolo Blahnik. Ironically, the decision of these high-fashion designers to come down from their ateliers and mix with the skateboard set is less their own than the imperative of the one sector of Japan's lackluster economy that's still spending: the nation's youngsters. "Like...
...With her spiky hairdo, her even-spikier attitude and a plume of cigarette smoke following in her wake, it was impossible not to notice JULIA PHILLIPS whenever she walked into a room. When Phillips died from cancer last week at the age of 57, Hollywood lost one of its most scorned pariahs as well as one of the few outrageous personalities left in an increasingly corporate, risk-adverse industry. A film producer who made history as the first woman ever to win a best picture Oscar (for The Sting in 1973), she became downright infamous after her 1991 autobiography...
Diller may want to get his hands on another network -- NBC seems tantalizingly vulnerable -- and remake it in his own image, with spikier programming, homemade stars and a skeletal news staff; he could even sell the network's local stations. "Whatever happens," says David Geffen, the movie- and-music magnate who has been mentioned as a potential Diller investor, "he won't rest for long. He loves a challenge. He's not afraid. He's got elephant balls...