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Friday, February 26, 2010

Friday Night...

Posted by on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:58 PM

...Just got paid:

 

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<3
Posted by olechka on February 26, 2010 at 5:10 PM
JoeG 2
I enjoyed this quite a bit.
Posted by JoeG on February 26, 2010 at 5:18 PM
3
All of these are awesome and make me want to do more science. And you can get A Glorious Dawn on vinyl!

http://symphonyofscience.com/downloads.h…
Posted by frizzle on February 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM
jasonzenobia 4
Thank you for posting this. I totally have a nerd - on now.
Posted by jasonzenobia http://jasonzenobia.blogspot.com/ on February 26, 2010 at 5:31 PM
5
I love all four of the videos this guy has made so far, and I have them all on my MP3 player. Thanks so much for posting this, and helping to spread the science! Whee!
Posted by Lorran on February 26, 2010 at 6:09 PM
balderdash 6
@5

There are five now! A new one was just posted last night!

Go to symphonyofscience.com!
Posted by balderdash http://introverse.blogspot.com on February 26, 2010 at 6:13 PM
7
@6 That's great! I'll run off right now and go find it. Thanks so much for letting me know!
Posted by Lorran on February 26, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Andy_Squirrel 8
hey did you guys see that hampster dance website yet? its off the hook!
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on February 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM
9
Auto-tune the News is better.
Posted by JTContinental on February 26, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Posted by Fire Aim Ready http://www.4groundmusic.org on February 26, 2010 at 6:33 PM
giffy 11
Ok, shit like this totally makes me tear up a bit. I guess this is what the faithful call a religious experience.
Posted by giffy on February 26, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Matt the Engineer 12
Totally makes me want to rent all of the old Carl Sagan videos.
Posted by Matt the Engineer on February 26, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Morgan 13
Carl Sagan: Scientist Philosopher King.
Posted by Morgan on February 26, 2010 at 7:48 PM
ly_yng 14
@11 I had a similarly life-affirming moment watching this. Richard Feynman always does that to me.
Posted by ly_yng on February 26, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Rebekah 15
Holy shit, a Mudede post that doesn't make me want to stab someone.

The end is EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH.
Posted by Rebekah on February 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Violet_DaGrinder 16
I love this. First time I heard it, it turned me around on auto-tune. Made me realize it was just a musical tool like any other.
Posted by Violet_DaGrinder http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic51/music/y1malqpG/prince-the-new-power-generation-featuring-eric-leeds-on-f/ on February 26, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Violet_DaGrinder 17
Oh, no wait, that's not the one I heard before. THIS is what I heard before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELj…

I like 'em both, but I think I like "Glorious Dawn" better.
Posted by Violet_DaGrinder http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic51/music/y1malqpG/prince-the-new-power-generation-featuring-eric-leeds-on-f/ on February 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Greenwood 18
Thank you, Mudede. I guess I like you now. I just watched all the Symphony of Science videos two times each.
Posted by Greenwood on February 26, 2010 at 10:35 PM
watchout5 19
It makes me just want to grab people in the street and scream, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS!
Posted by watchout5 http://www.overclockeddrama.com on February 26, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Il Porno Star 20
So awesome. Thanks, Charles. It was a long day and I needed this.
Posted by Il Porno Star on February 26, 2010 at 10:46 PM
21
It's stuff like this that makes me realize how important it is to defeat the war-mongering republicans.
Posted by rubus on February 26, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Knat 22
@8: So you found these vids a long time ago and have moved on to other things. Good for you. Please, go back to them and stop acting the troll, while the rest of us enjoy them.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is so much fun to watch. There was a time in my life where I did nothing else if Nova Science Now was on. I wouldn't miss it. I hafta admit, this also made me tear up a bit too. I added this as a favorite on YouTube, so I have a nice uplifting counterpoint to Thunderf00t's tirades.
Posted by Knat on February 27, 2010 at 12:22 AM
23
Thanks, Charles. We are a way for the cosmos to know itelf. Right on, @21.
Posted by dig it on February 27, 2010 at 12:29 AM
24
@21, after that, we can defeat the war-mongering Democrats. Or should we do that first? So much to do...
Posted by LJM on February 27, 2010 at 12:53 AM
Christampa 25
I have to say, although I appreciate the point of these videos, they're just terrible to listen to. Maybe the person making them doesn't know how to use auto-tune well enough, or maybe Sagan's voice just doesn't auto-tune as well as Katie Couric's, but I can't stand them. The sound is so grating and doesn't match up with what's being said.
Posted by Christampa on February 27, 2010 at 3:31 AM
Lugh 26
I've been doing Science for 20 years.
It's hard. It's fucking hard.
It's often deeply depressing in the midst of the struggle.
Why do I bother? What does it matter? Who really gives a shit?

This is why. It's beautiful. It's a knowledge somewhere within that when touched can make us tear up. It's insight of connections, wanting to share insight with the purposefully blind.

Thanks be to the science communicators!
For the recurring insight:
Oh yeah, THAT'S why I do this...
Posted by Lugh on February 27, 2010 at 8:16 AM
27
These should't work. The music is a bit cheesy, and many of us are growing weary of the proliferation of auto-tune.

But, they do work. They just do.

This is what Sagan et. al were on to…making science beautiful, mysterious, awe-inspiring.

What religion does and science has yet to do well is to integrate art. We are moved by art, and if we can find a way to marry art and science in the way that religion marries art to itself, we can make real progress.

This is a step in the right direction.
Posted by Timothy on February 27, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Chris in Vancouver WA 28
When you try to explain to someone that there are atoms in your body that used to be in stars, they think you're speaking metaphysically. The tough part is convincing them that you mean it literally!

Joni meant it when she said, "We are stardust, we are golden"
Posted by Chris in Vancouver WA on February 27, 2010 at 11:35 AM
treacle 29
Thanks for posting this, truly wonderful and a little bit heartbreaking, in the good way... :>)
Posted by treacle on February 27, 2010 at 2:50 PM
30
The message is great but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! someone STOP with the auto-tune already!!!! This makes science NOT cool and really cheesy.
Posted by spaceboy on February 28, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Heather 31
There are billions and billions of reasons to like that video : )
Posted by Heather on February 28, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Knat 32
@27: Clearly you didn't have the fractal art posters in your math class like I did. ;)
Posted by Knat on February 28, 2010 at 10:15 PM

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