Posted in Art & Artists, Popular Culture, Religion on April 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Robert Crumb‘s cover for “The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog,” from Jeremy Barker’s collection of 100+ pop culture adaptations of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. (more @ “Popped Culture,”; via Wired)
[Click image for a larger version of the R. Crumb cover.]
Posted in American West, Antiques & Folk Art, Collectors & Collecting, Popular Culture, Popular Music on April 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“An anonymous bidder acquired the ‘King of Cowboys’ Roy Rogers‘ OM-45 Deluxe Martin guitar at Christie’s on April 3. One of the rarest and considered among many collectors the most coveted Martin guitar, the 1930 instrument was put up for auction by the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Mo., and attracted a winning bid of $554,500.” (cont’d @ Antiques & the Arts)
Posted in American West, Health & Medicine, Human Behavior, New England on April 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
[Living part-time in Brooklyn, New York and part-time in Northampton, a college town in western Massachusetts, I am unsurprised by the findings that the northeastern states are among the most neurotic, as well as among the most open, “openness” reflected by “curiosity, intellect, and creativity at the individual level.”]
From “The Geography of Personality”:
Neuroticism is characterized by ‘anxiety, stress, impulsivity, and emotional instability and is related to antisocial behavior, poor coping, and poor health.’ Unsurprisingly, the study found that highly neurotic states had lower rates of exercise, higher rates of disease, and a shorter life expectancy. In these states, people are less likely to join clubs and spend time with friends. The geographic clustering of neuroticism is strong: it’s prevalent in the Northeast and much of Appalachia, and, for some reason, in the states of the lower Mississippi Valley. The West is decidedly less neurotic than the East, you may be unsurprised to hear.
(More @ The Map Scroll, including maps charting the geographical variations of “the big five” personality traits: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness.)
Related: A Theory of the Emergence, Persistence, and Expression of Geographic Variation in Psychological Characteristics
The 'Not-So-Rough' Guide 