Sep 20, 2012

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Neil Young Opens Up About Sobriety

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Donald Fagen to release Sunken Condos, October 16 Donald Fagen's fourth solo album, Sunken Condos, will be released on Tuesday, October 16 2012. The nine tracks on Sunken Condos were co-produced by Michael Leonhart and Donald. All but one track, an Ashkenazi recasting of Isaac Hayes' Out of the Ghetto, are new Fagen originals. Pre order Sunken Condos online now at iTunes and Amazon. Visit Donald's Official Store and get Sunken Condos in CD Softpak, or for the true audiophile, get the 2-LP set pressed on 180 Gram / High Performance clear vinyl. Listen to the premiere of the new track "I'm Not the Same Without You" from Sunken Condos, now on Rolling Stone. Get the single on iTunes.

Sep 14, 2012

New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity..

By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia. “Thinking outside the box might be facilitated by having a somewhat less intact box.”