A long time ago, in a galaxy redundantly far away… humans evolved (somehow.) One of the earliest foxhole atheists was Han Solo. Potentially the first foxhole atheist. Click image to emwiden and embiggen. (For the wallpaper at 1680 x 1050) or click here to just embiggen “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good [...]
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Melodysheep – We Are All Connected
December 26th, 2010
Justin Griffith Melodysheep is the creative force behind the Symphony of Science series of music videos. This time around, he fashions together a piece about the interconnected nature of the very small and the very large. As usual, he uses the voices and words of famous modern scientists with clever auto-tune manipulation and catchy electronic music to spectacular [...]
Melodysheep – A Glorious Dawn
December 9th, 2010
Justin Griffith Melodysheep is the creative force behind the Symphony of Science series of music videos. This was the first in the series. As usual, he uses the voices and words of famous modern scientists with clever auto-tune manipulation and catchy electronic music to spectacular effect. I really liked his treatment of Carl Sagan ‘attempting to sing a [...]
Legendary Musician and Non-Believer John Lennon Died 30 Years Ago Today
December 8th, 2010
Justin Griffith At around 10:50 pm on 8 December 1980, as Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in The Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance to the building. Rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:07 pm. His impact on music is unfathomable. His murder is one of [...]
Symphony of Science – A Wave of Reason
November 25th, 2010
Justin Griffith “A Wave of Reason” is the seventh installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It is intended to promote scientific reasoning and skepticism in the face of growing amounts of pseudoscientific pursuits, such as Astrology and Homeopathy, and also to promote the scientific worldview as equally enlightening as religion. It features Carl Sagan, [...]
Melodysheep – “Our Place in the Cosmos”
November 16th, 2010
Justin Griffith Melodysheep is the creative force behind the Symphony of Science series of music videos. This time around, he weaves beautiful and poetic statements about the universe together with the philosophic implications of our new insights. As usual, he uses the voices and words of famous modern scientists with clever auto-tune manipulation and catchy electronic music to [...]
MelodySheep – “The Case For Mars”
November 2nd, 2010
Justin Griffith Melodysheep is the creative force behind the Symphony of Science series of music videos. This time around, he makes the case for going to Mars. As usual, he uses the voices and words of famous modern scientists with clever auto-tune manipulation and catchy electronic music to spectacular effect. He writes: “The Case for Mars” is [...]
Jeffrey Lewis – To Be Objectified
October 19th, 2010
Justin Griffith Last week, anti-folk hero Jeffrey Lewis announced his tentative appearance at Rock Beyond Belief. We are proud to have such a talented singer/songwriter come out and play a set for us. Maybe you haven’t heard of him, or maybe you only heard of him via association with Kimya Dawson (the musician behind the Juno soundtrack, [...]
Jeffrey Lewis to play Rock Beyond Belief
October 13th, 2010
Justin Griffith Plug in your speakers and shove the next song up your mind. You Don’t Have To Be A Scientist To Do Experiments On Your Own Heart Jeffrey Lewis, anti-folk musician and critically acclaimed singer-songwriter has joined the lineup for the Freedom Festival. If you have no idea what antifolk music is, Wikipedia sums it up [...]
John Lennon: Happy 70th Birthday
October 8th, 2010
Justin Griffith You were one of us. You are missed.




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