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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain | Oliver Sacks

We rented out the local bookstore-bar to celebrate my upcoming Big Birthday with friends this weekend. They‘ve also told me I‘m in charge of picking the Bathroom Song. This is a big responsibility, as it plays on repeat for the whole day. 😅 I think I‘m going with “Tom‘s Diner” by Suzanne Vega & DNA.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7f9sC9fvtjYSZYOLSmKJlq?si=CEYn7sEKR5eqsHj9TZeXvw

Thoughts? What would YOU choose?

📸: random bathroom selfie 😆

IriDas Happy birthday. I know nothing about bathroom songs so no clue. 1d

Tkimsal Happy Birthday! I nominate “Rent” by Pet Shop Boys because it‘s on my mind right now and… well, they say we don‘t buy food, we only rent it! 1d

Billypar Happy early birthday - what a fun idea! Tom's Diner is a great choice. I haven't given thought to good bathroom songs before, but I might consider Androgyny by Garbage? Lol 1d

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Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 Tom‘s Diner is a great choice. 1d

Sapphire Happy Birthday 🎉 1d

marleed Happy Birthday! 1d

RaeLovesToRead Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉 1d

PurpleyPumpkin Sounds like lots of fun! Enjoy and happy birthday. 😘🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁 1d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday 🎶☕🎶🎂🎶🍰🎶📚🎶💝. 1d

AmyG Happy BIG Birthday!!!! 1d

dabbe HB, and you are adorable! 🤩😍🤩 1d

LeahBergen Happy birthday!! 🥳 1d

KT1432 Happy birthday!! 1d

monalyisha @Billypar I support that! I once brought a Garbage album to my dad‘s house to enjoy while I was visiting (my parents are divorced). He asked what I was listening to and when I told him he said, “Yes, it is.” 😆 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Ooh, that‘s a good song choice. Right now I‘d probably pick something from Florence and the Machine‘s newest album but if someone suggested Tom‘s Diner I bet I would change it. 1d

Billypar @monalyisha That's a great story! 😅 I got my dad into alt rock a bit when I was in middle school, and he liked the song Only Happy When It Rains so much that he bought their debut album for himself(!) I'll always regret that I could never get him into rap though. 1d

monalyisha @Billypar What a success story! 1d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Happy Birthday! I can't get over how much you look like a friend of mine from high school in this photo! It's tripping me out. 🤣 As for bathroom song, I'm not familiar with the concept. 23h

CarolynM Happy birthday! Hope you have a wonderful weekend of celebrations 🎉 20h

monalyisha @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Love a good doppelgänger! A “Bathroom Song” is literally just a song that plays in the their bathroom, which plays on repeat for the entire time they‘re open. It‘s funny, and strange, and I kind of love finding out what song it‘s going to be that day. 12h

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I think I'd remind everyone of one of my favorite 90s tunes, Divine Thing by The Soup Dragons. 10h

Bookzombie Happy Birthday! now

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind | Barbara Strauch

#Celebrate #NF

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Yay for middle age! I need to write one about the brilliant minds of advanced age 🤗 2d

TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Do it! 😄 2d

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Nebklvr

The Brain | David Eagleman

pick

Considering the topic, this was very short. It had some fascinating trails to follow up on. As a way to pique interest in the topic, it was fantastic. The end bit about people trying to outrun mortality by freezing their heads or bodies, meh. Apparently they think they will get resurrected into a grand life instead as enslaved zombies.

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Thatbooknerd

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales | Oliver Sacks

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This book sat on my shelf for a long time and had that wonderful smell by the time I got to it. Neurology is fascinating, and this book has a collection of clinical tales from the author. The severed leg story was horrifying and hilarious at the same time. Note: the author uses very ableist language throughout this book.

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vivastory

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain | Oliver Sacks

My #tuesdaytunes selections are my top 5 songs, according to Spotify wrapped:
*Mazzy Star: Take Everything
https://open.spotify.com/track/4f8igDpWLaLB8FyhitEdqy?si=e4d3daf6318b456d
*Waxahatchee: I Think I Love You
https://open.spotify.com/track/066w5Tk5Bcb3AQImUsktKw?si=86f9cc1e18d14449
*Cypress Hill: Insane In the Brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/1oTHteQbmJw15rPxPVXUTv?si=9316e4b05b68459b
*Phoebe Bridgers: Funeral
(CONT)

vivastory https://open.spotify.com/track/3rJDsZjIaCfJQSqRUvl0BM?si=a6f3a663da0d44e1
*Low: Like A Forest
https://open.spotify.com/track/06JSj1ZZZOq4rR5Z4EQNj5?si=f43ed98e6c884cb1
My top genre? Freak Folk. Top 5 albums? Waxahatchee's American Weekend; Kristin Hersh's Murder Misery & Then Goodnight; Mountain Goats' In League w/ Dragons; Mogwai's Hawk is Howling; London Suede;s Sci-Fi Lullabies vol. 2
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AmyG Oh nice. A favorite genre of mine, too. I especialy love Waxahatchee. And my favorite is Vetiver. (edited) 1mo

vivastory @AmyG Thanks for the rec! I will def check them out 1mo

AmyG @vivastory I just posted them for Tuesday Tunes with a bandcamp link to my favorite album. 1mo

Pinta YES to Mazzy Star! 1mo

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keithmalek

Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To | Sian Beilock

pan

If you're interested in the subject matter, watch the author's TED talk instead. She offers nothing of particular value in either platform, but at least the TED talk will save you a lot of time. #2025Book50

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kelli7990

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain | Oliver Sacks

For #tuesdaytunes, I‘m sharing my October Listening Recap from Amazon Music. Tears Don‘t Fall is currently my profile song on my Instagram. I like that we can add a profile song on Instagram and we can change our profile song if we want to listen to something different.

TieDyeDude

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Suet624

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain | Oliver Sacks

Maybe you recognize Smith‘s music from Good Will Hunting. I was a fan of Elliot‘s from the start and saw him several times in person. Certainly not music to dance to but music that meant a lot to me. I couldn‘t listen to his music for almost 20 years following his death because it made me so sad that he was gone. But he‘s back on my playlist.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8bxmk09lCzk&list=RDn5g-91mwiNs&index=6&pp=8AUBoAcB

#TuesdayTunes

TieDyeDude

AmyG Great great album and artist. 2mo

Suet624 @AmyG even as I was typing this post I thought of you and assumed you knew of his music. 💕 2mo

AmyG Big fan. 2mo

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TheBookHippie Oh I love this. 2mo

CBee Love Elliott Smith 💚💚 2mo

lil1inblue ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

Suet624 @CBee this doesn‘t surprise me. 💕 2mo

Kerrbearlib Loved his songs on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. 2mo

CBee @Suet624 😘 2mo

TieDyeDude I came to know of Smith through one of my favorite bands, The Polyphonic Spree, who were brought in to complete the soundtrack for Thumbsucker after Smith died. 2mo

Suet624 @TieDyeDude I was hooked on Polyphonic Spree for a long time. I didn‘t know they helped to complete that soundtrack. 2mo

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