Check this out:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/03/songs-torn-from-science-headlines.html
Forget your Variety and your Rolling Stone. The Guild of Scientific Troubadours just received positive notice from a writer for New Scientist.
Success!
Over the transom this morning, I just got word of an amazing science-music-art project that combined six University College London biomedical researchers with six bands to make a pretty great album:
This project was funded by the Wellcome Trust and involved working with six different UCL bio-medical scientists (Dr Alex Dedman, Dr Sam Tazzyman, Dr Zarinah Agnew,
No, really. A religion and science joke.
A Higgs boson walks into St. Patrick’s Cathedral on a fine Sunday morning. The monsignor looks up and reacts angrily, “Get thee behind me, Higgs boson, and leave our place of worship!” The Higgs boson turns on his heel and says, “Fine. But you’ll regret it. You can’t have mass without me.”
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So.
If you’ve noticed me referring obliquely to a “special project” lately, or to “having a thing” that’s taking up my time since April or so, this is it. The thing.
This is what I’ve been working on for the past few months. Just a taste. There’s more to come. [...]
What, it’s the 23rd and there’s no song?
Yes, it’s true. I’m moving (yet again) and have been unable to record between the packing and unpacking. Expect one shortly. And a penitential cover.
And, perhaps, some news that might make the wait worthwhile.
This hasn’t been a week for lyrics. September’s song will be completely shortly, followed by another penitential cover.
Fittingly enough, I posted that put-sugar-in-my-Coke song on the anniversary of New Coke’s introduction.
Funny.
Very close to making the deadline this month BUT NO CIGAR.
I am, however, a grandfather now. So there’s that.
A new song will be forthcoming, as will a penitential cover in short order.
Please stand by.
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