http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html Soundtrack Your Life! Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:35:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hughes Leglise. Pont St Louis, 2005. I've heard it said that sometimes a whiff of cookies baking in the oven can bring a flood of childhood memories. A friend once felt really nostalgic in a strange house just because there was a certain smell coming off a certain piece ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/08/22/soundscape-97-without-music-life-would-be-a-mistake-%e2%80%94-friedrich-nietzsche/ I don't know if it's a good thing that love isn't what it used to be. We've all watched the same movies where boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back and they all lived happily ever after. They are all variations of course but ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/08/15/soundscape-96-it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged/ The concept of time is a peculiar one to us humans. Not only are we able to project into the future our hopes and dreams, we are also cursed with memories of our past failures. We are in fact living 3 time periods simultaneously. Stop anyone on the street at ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/08/08/soundscape-95-worry-often-gives-a-small-thing-a-big-shadow/ Sometimes it's hard to keep a healthy balance between who you are and the people around you. As we all seem to like thinking of ourselves as individuals, it seems inevitable that these individuals would clash and come to blows at some point. Be it the smallest pettiness against a ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/08/01/soundscape-94-lesprit-de-lescalier/ Ego, according to the mighty wiki, is a Latin word meaning "I", cognate with the Greek "Εγώ (Ego)" meaning "I." And no other species on this planet has a better idea of "I" than us humans. The idea of the ego goes further than Freud's famous "ego, id and the ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/07/25/soundscape-93-everyones-got-one/ Some people unwind by going for a couple of drinks after work while others opt for a spot of retail therapy. I like doing both of course and they have both saved my life on numerous occasions. But what I like most of all - after the long numbing day ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/07/18/soundscape-92-in-solitude-where-we-are-least-alone-%e2%80%94-george-gordon-lord-byron/ It's hard not to be swept up into a culture of consumerism in this increasingly global world. We get firsthand information about what's happening in other parts of the world via internet; we see what other people are doing, eating, wearing and as with the greener grass syndrome, we want ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/07/11/soundscape-91-poor-and-content-is-rich-and-rich-enough-%e2%80%94-william-shakespeare/ The relationship between us and our bodies worsens as we age. It seems as though we need more time to recover from a hangover. Our skins look really bad when we sleep 1 hour less at night. Our reflexes are probably slower as well. http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/07/04/soundscape-90-a-balanced-diet-is-a-cookie-in-each-hand/ In view of escalating costs, most city dwellers would utilise public transport at some point, if not every day. Trains are usually the backbone of the transport system in any city. They are (usually) fast, clean, efficient and relatively cheap, in Singapore at least. The MRT is usually the transport ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/06/27/soundscape-89-a-commuters-guide-to-life-in-the-fast-lane/ Nothing proves the duality of mind and body than a spot of flu. When the body flounders and struggles, the mind cannot be far off. I was down for about a week with the works: flu, fever and a bad throat. The fever is especially debilitating. At about 39C, I ... http://www.liner-notes.net/index.html/2008/06/20/soundscape-88-if-the-body-be-feeble-the-mind-will-not-be-strong-%e2%80%94-thomas-jefferson/