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For Those About To Grok

"I'm your superluminal lover, baby, emission beamed into the night. Check out my relativistic jet, my love's faster than the speed of light." Ok, so Alan Marscher, Professor of Astronomy at Boston University, isn't exactly Bob Dylan. Or even LL Cool J. But he does write dope lyrics about astrophysics, and really, how many people can you say that about?" The latin rhythms of "Superluminal Love" are not all that the multi-talented Professor Marscher has to offer. More »

8:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
757 views, 13 comments

Latest by Silver_Back: Word! more »

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Heavy Geek Music from Goblin Cock to Filk

I am totally in love with this band Goblin Cock, whose entire goal in life is to sing about geeky topics in a register that can only be described as Spinal Tappian. This video from their song "Stumped" contains every possible great thing: druids, comic book stores, women's softball, robots, and street fights. I guess you could call this the other side of nerdcore — the side that's all about rock and roll, man. The side that has its roots in the darkest of the dark geek arts: filk music. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,022 views, 28 comments

Latest by physik: The Sword deserves mention also. With song names like The Frost Giants Daughter how can you go wrong? Oh did I mention they friggin rock too? [www.swordofdoom.com] [www.myspace.com] more »