80s pop star Taylor Dayne lists LA home for $2.5M, more than double what she initially paid

80s pop star Taylor Dayne lists LA home for .5M, more than double what she initially paid

’80s pop star Taylor Dayne is saying goodbye to her Los Angeles home, located in Valley Village, a decade after owning the property. Per Robb Report, Dayne is asking for nearly two and a half times more than what she purchased the home for. The outlet reported Dayne paid $1 million for the home in 2013, … Read more

Why Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore initially quit guitar lessons

Why Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore initially quit guitar lessons

Back in the day, Sonic Youth, couldn’t buy a good review. In 1982, “Aquarian Weekly” writer Sukey Pett concluded: “There is no way in hell I can recommend this band, or even tolerate being in the same room with them. “Sonic Youth is/are dentist drill drone music.”  In his new book, “Sonic Life: A Memoir” … Read more

‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’: A Hit That Initially Unnerved Disney

‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’: A Hit That Initially Unnerved Disney

“What’s this?” Jack Skellington sings excitedly when he first comes across Santa Claus’s snowy, colorful village in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” That’s also what Disney executives asked with concern about the idiosyncratic stop-motion animation musical when they saw a rough cut. “Anytime you’re doing something like that, which was unknown: stop motion, the main character … Read more

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals – Neuroscience News

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals – Neuroscience News

Summary: Greater impairment of the prefrontal cortex-habenula pathway was correlated with earlier age of first drug use. Source: Mount Sinai Hospital White matter in the brain that was previously implicated in animal studies has now been suggested to be specifically impaired in the brains of people with addiction to cocaine or heroin, according to a … Read more