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Blush Response is a synth pop band based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...


They are best known as the band that split from Brandon Flowers in 2001 when he declined to relocate to Los Angeles with them. Flowers did not sing for the band - instead he played the keyboard. Flowers went on to be one of the founding members of The Killers, when he noticed a classified ad for them in a local newspaper. Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is the vocalist and keyboardist in the American synth rock band The Killers. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... An electronic keyboard instrument An electronic keyboard or digital keyboard is a type of keyboard instrument. ... The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ...


Blush Response is on the Various Artist collection Electricity - An Electropop Sampler on Ninthwave Records under the name Subversion with a song called "The Victim." It is not known if Flowers was a member at the time of this recording. U.S. Synthpop Record label started in 2001. ...


Blush Response is also the title of a track on the Blade Runner soundtrack, which was composed by Vangelis. In the film, suspected replicants were examined by a Voight-Kampff machine. Blush response was one of the criteria by which humans could be discerned from replicants. It should be noted that the Vangelis track in question sounds nothing at all like the band Blush Response. Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: ) is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots... A replicant is a bioengineered or biorobotic being created in the film Blade Runner. ... Voight-Kampff Originating as a fictional tool in Philip K Dicks science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the Voight-Kampff machine or device (spelled Voigt-Kampff in the book) also appeared in the books screen adaptation, the 1982 film Blade Runner. ...


External links

  • Official site
  • Blush Response at MySpace

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Blushing Summary (1737 words)
Blushing is a general term applied to a temporary erythema (redness) of the skin, especially the upper thorax, neck, and facial areas.
Blushing is generally distinguished, despite a close physiological relation, from flushing, which is more intensive and extends over more of the body, and seldom has a mental source.
If blushing is regarded as a euphemism for being flushed from sexual anticipation and/or engorgement of erogenous zones, it may be seen as presumptuous at best; the imputation of various forms of embarrassment, shame, and modesty are similarly hard to clarify without reference to the bride's sexuality.
Ask A Scientist - Physiology of blushing (777 words)
Blushing is physiologically distinguishable from other types of facial flushing, such as that caused by consumption of alcohol, arousal, or hormonally induced "hot flashes," which are not caused by beta-adrenergic stimulation.
Why a response to unwanted social attention results in the physiological response of blushing is still unclear, particularly since blushing tends to draw attention toward the blusher.
Another possibility is that the genetic trait of beta-adrenergic responsiveness of the facial vein became randomly associated with a genetic predisposition to certain types of social behaviors because of genetic linkage on the chromosome.
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