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A mote in an Eye Ball.

3 June 2009 grant b 0

I’ve just been interviewed in this new zine, Eye Ball.

It is a dictionary of joy and interesting things.

There are entries consisting of bhaji recipes, and of interviews with David… Read the rest “A mote in an Eye Ball.”

Song delayed: penitential cover will be forthcoming.

23 January 2009 grant b 0

I’m blowing this month’s deadline in a big way, I think – moving out of my house this week. Many things in boxes. Phone & internet going down.

But the finished thing… Read the rest “Song delayed: penitential cover will be forthcoming.”

The Guild was on the air.

17 January 2009 grant b 0

And if you’d like to listen, it’s archived over yonder, or if you’d like to download, try this link here.

The excellently edited voice of your guildmaster appears at … Read the rest “The Guild was on the air.”

The Guild Is In The Loop.

16 January 2009 grant b 0

So I just back from recording a segment for In the Loop, a show from Minnesota Public Radio where it is now unspeakably cold.

We talked about science, not music, but hopefully managed to inspire… Read the rest “The Guild Is In The Loop.”

Hello, Poindexter.

26 August 2008 grant b 0

You may or may not have noticed a new link in the “fellow travellers” area down there on the right.

It’s to Hello, Poindexter!, the blog of Heather D’Angelo, who… Read the rest “Hello, Poindexter.”

Oh, why not?

21 July 2008 grant b 0

Vote if you will by clicking the image below:

Could this site be the Best Geek Blog?!

Beautiful (Have A Unique Ringtone).

30 April 2008 grant b 0

Because I know that what the internet really needs is more people putting sad, hungry monkeys* on their cellphones, here’s my latest attempt to sell out: ringtones sampled from “Beautiful… Read the rest “Beautiful (Have A Unique Ringtone).”

I’m on Rumblefish.

27 March 2008 grant b 0

How very unexpected.

But pleasant nonetheless.

6e+13 picoseconds of silence for Arthur C. Clarke.

19 March 2008 grant b 2

Arthur C. Clarke’s last message to the world:

So many of his wishes have already come true.

From the BBC:

“Sir Arthur has left written instructions that his funeral be strictly

… Read the rest “6e+13 picoseconds of silence for Arthur C. Clarke.”

Opening the channels.

1 July 2007 grant b 0

Please hold for connection.

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Honorary Troubadours
  • Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science.
  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
  • They Might Be Giants, unrelenting proponents of scientific popular song.
  • Symphonies of Science, the people who make Carl Sagan and others sing.
  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
  • Gethan Dick,6 scientists, 6 musicians, 1 great album
Related Projects
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— Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, 1851

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