This is to the tune of Charlie Rich’s “Mohair Sam”. , the song that Elvis was playing on a bass in front of a TV when the Beatles came by to meet him. So I was just playing around, watching MSNBC going gaga for Obama, and figured, awe what the heck.   I just recorded it, DBO (day before obama)…

Hey someone should put this to video and post to youtube, should be a hit.

One of this suggestions I heard for people who suffer stage-fright is to take atenolol or some other beta blocker (normally used for high blood pressure).

So, a few years ago, when I had stage fright (actually I was more of afraid of havin stage fright), I borrowed some from someone with high blood pressure).  I took  it before an open mic, and yeah, it works.   Ever since then I have wondered about its effect on brain and body.  Besides dampening the “flight or fight” syndrome of keeping our adreneline in check I always suspected a negative side effects memory and cognitive abilities (like being able to focus).   This from my own experiences and observance of others.   Its very slight, not obvious, but has always been a suspicion.  So today, (I finally remembered ;-) to google it out.   More than I suspected there is a ton of studies that identify the symptoms and have initial results validating these suspicions.

Just google it:

http://www.google.com/search?q=+memory+loss+beta+blocker