Wednesday, September 27, 2006

and fans of classic rock like to eat peaches

Also from 3quarksdaily: Scientific American reports on a UK study that looked into how musical tastes influence lifestyle.

Almost 38 percent of hip hop devotees and 29 percent of dance music fans were more likely to have had more than one sexual partner in the last five years compared to just 1.5 percent of country music fans.

However they were also more likely to have broken the law, with more than 50 percent of both hip hop and dance music lovers admitting committing a criminal act.

A quarter of classical music fans have tried cannabis while 12 percent of those who liked opera had experimented with magic mushrooms.

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