Mon. 10/25 - Music That Gives You Chills, and Why It Does

<p><strong><em>The countercultural witchcraft music of the 1960s, and a study exploring what it is about certain songs that give us a spine-tingling chill. Plus, elephants in Mozambique have evolved to be born without tusks. And the guy who discovered a budget hack for spending just $150 on meals all year: eat every meal at Six Flags.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>NetSuite, <a href="http://netsuite.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">netsuite.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ColqqmE-0qM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">13 Vintage Halloween Songs from the 1910's, 20's, &amp; 30's</a> (History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday, YouTube)</li><li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/psychedelic-witch-music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Look Back at America's Psychedelic Countercultural Witch Music</a> (Atlas Obscura)</li><li><a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/the-munsters/at-home-with-the-munsters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Munsters - At Home With The Munsters - Vinyl LP</a> (Rough Trade)</li><li><a href="https://qz.com/2071652/a-spotify-playlist-with-715-songs-known-to-give-people-chills" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Researchers analyzed 700-plus songs known to give people chills. Here’s the playlist</a> (Quartz)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gUDCB11A5jL1CyLM9h1fK?si=2f94e788e0f44a8e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songs To Give You Chills playlist</a> (Quartz, Spotify)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/science/tuskless-elephants-evolution.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/poaching-drove-the-evolution-of-tusk-free-elephants" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poaching drove the evolution of tusk-free elephants</a> (Ars Technica)</li><li><a href="https://mel