People are asking what I plan to do this evening, now that I’m in lovely downtown Denver, and I don’t know yet! I’m giving a talk in the early afternoon, then early this evening, I’m going to dinner with the students, so … sometime mid-evening I’ll be free. What I’ll do today is talk to a few of the people at the talk and see if we can work something out, and I’ll put a notice here when I know, if I can.
Sorry to be so vague, but the organizers get first priority.
I wonder if we could find a bar where these guys are playing…
Didn’t they play at the VMAs?
No? They should have.
AAAAaaaheeee! The sound…the sound…
I’m just a sucker for ska. Even Christian ska. “He is like a mountie he always gets his man. And he’ll zap you any way he can. (zap)”. That’s awesome.
BTW I quit b3ta a few years back after it ate the first year of my PhD. Thanks for chucking me off the waggon, PZed!
I got about 30 seconds into it but then realized that it wasn’t going to be a parody so I had to turn it off… please, more warning in the future.
Was that an Osmond skankin’ for Jesus?
Ignoring the Ned Flandiddlyanders aspects of that video, it does have a pretty good Ska thing going on.
Once I tried to run, I tried to run and hide. But Jesus came and found me, and he touched me down inside.
Unfortunately, Jesus got off on a technicality.
If food is also on your mind: I love Domo Restaurant, a celebrated Japanese place with a focus on country dining (not a Sushi place). Both ambience and food are unsurpassed (Zagat says so, too).
See you to film the event at noon!
Martin
…and check out the Keef Richards stance of the balding guitarist!
I went to a sleep and circadian rhythms conference in Denver in 2005. There’s a great bar with something like 70 beers on tap (yes, tap!) and they let you sample the beers for free.
Can’t remember the exact location, but it’s down in the bar district. Ask around, I’m sure people will know what you’re talking about.
That video is hilarious. Who knew that two things I hate (Ska + Jeebus) could be so good?
Sorry ’bout the weather here. I think a certain individual and his friends must have prayed for rain while you were here.
But I may have to smack you around a bit for getting that song stuck in my head. :)
@spgreenlaw: You hate ska!! You intolerant fundamentalis!!. Desmond Dekker died for you!!! If you don’t love ska what is to stop you killing babies?!1
I will skank for you.
(Tragic as it is that I have to make the explicit, the above was a joke)
Great to see that the Partridge Family are still together.
NT,
I read your comment as “I went to sleep in a circadian rhythms conference..” I was thoroughly distracted by the anticipation of the word “beer” in your post.
There are some great Mormon Temples in the area, you might be interested in fellowship with them. They are not your mainline Christians that are discussed on the blog.
Arrrrgh!
Damn, that curdled the milk in my cereal. :o(
I think we can coin a new genre; rock steady of ages.
I smell concern.
Llauraa appears to be a few eggs (about 11) short of a dozen. Keep showing the stupidy girl.
I suspect Llauraa is trying to lluree me into a trap. Blood libel envy!
Verily this is creationists’ revenge for being zapped by Van de Graaff-Osaurus.
PZ, that song made me want to shoot myself.
I’ve gotten friend requests from Jesus on facebook, this is why I ignore him.
No, do it! Go to the Mormon church, score some magic underpants and the nail them to a copy of Dianetics or something. The cracker thing isn’t going to keep bringing in the advertising cash forever.
So they prefer skin-popping?
Be sure and check your underwear in Denver PZ. Llauraa may replace them with magic ones.
If you think that’s bad, check out this. Worst.Jesus.song.evar.
FWIW, the bar with the 70+ beers was probably Old Chicago, at 14th and Market St. (pizza place/sports bar).
The Rockies are in town, but the weather will keep the crowds down. I humbly suggest My Brother’s Bar, at 15th St. and Platte.
@Matt Heath
Just for that lip, I’ve gone and put a nail through a copy of The Mighty Mighty Bosstone’s Devil’s Night Out. To the trash heap with you, Dicky!
;)
Just got a really bad vision of the Jesus band all sitting around shooting up.
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK you win. Please make it stop.
These funnies need to stop getting posted. I’m trying to work here! How am I supposed to get anything done with all this stuff to laugh at out there :-D
CASA BONITA!
Dont you want to go to the absolutely horrible Casa Bonita? Its the same one that South Park parodied once….the food is bearly edible except for the sopapillas (which are great).
Matt Heath @ 3
It is revealing how such pedestrian lyrics can be considered awesome. A PhD. only indicates the degree of learning, not taste or intelligence.
@ennui
Holy guacamole. Thank you for that. I adore Christ-Kitsch. It’s the result of Catholic School. Singing nuns and badly colored saint statues and all that.
Apparently, Jesus like one of those kids who would sit on my chest and spit in my eyes and make me cry “uncle” back in fourth grade.s
with apologies to Trey and Matt…
Llauraa was a Mormon girl
dum dum dum dum dum
her comments made me want to hurl
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Holbach: I was originally going to match you self-important snark with something like:
“It should be obvious to all but the but the least sophisticated reader that my pleasure was at he high kitsch of the lyrics and not at the beautifully constructed poetry”
but instead I’m going to take the high ground and just say “eat a bag of dicks, Holbach”
Casa Bonita is the official hazing place of Denver. The only time people go there is to take people from out of town there. Seriously, I’ve never gone when it was just locals. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s turned people off mexican food for life.
But yeah, the sopapillas are damn good.
Matt Heath @ 37
The second sentence of my comment @ 34 only reinforces what your comment states. You are a disgrace to the doctoral level of learning. Your further comments will only verify that you are an aberration to your profession. You are pathetic with the lowest retorts that your unprofessional character can muster.
The last two post titles are obscurely contradictory.
I called up my friend Leroy on the phone;
I said, Buddy, I’m afraid to be alone
Cause I got some weird ideas in my head
About things to do in Denver when you’re dead
I was working on a steak the other day
And I saw Waddy in the Rattlesnake cafe
Dressed in black, tossing back a shot of rye
Finding things to do in Denver when you die
You won’t need a cab to find a priest
Maybe you should find a place to stay
Someplace where they never change the sheets
And you just roll around Denver all day
Now Leroy say there’s someplace you should know
Not everybody has a place to go
And home is just a place to hang your head
And dream up things to do in Denver when you’re dead
That song is insidiously catchy.
I know you’ve already been to the Wynkoop Brewing Co. (I had my picture taken with that tapestry too.) so I would recommend a trip to Pint’s. The name is unfortunate but it’s the best Brit-syle pub I’ve found in North America. They make their own beer on premises and have the largest selection of whisky I’ve seen anywhere. The staff were pleasant and knowledgeable. Two livers up!
See, the thing is, I was here minding my own business and you launched an unprovoked personal attack on me. It doesn’t matter that you are an established commenter here; that is still trolling. So yeah, you get sworn at.
I never claimed that any degree I hold gave me any special abilities beyond the narrow area in which it deals (and I certainly don’t believe that it does) and yet you throw it my face like Karl Rove calling Obama an elitist.
As for “unprofessional character”, I honestly don’t know what character traits I really need as a mathematician, and I don’t think you do either. I do know it sounds a lot like “P.Z. Myers rudeness towards religions is inappropriate in a professor”
Anyway, if you want to reply again I shall probably let you have the last word. There are people on the internet wrong about much more important things than whether a love kitsch and swearing are appropriate to a functional analyst.
The above was to Holbach,in case there is any doubt.
I agree with BJ about Pint’s but, surely, one can never go to the Wynkoop too many times. It’s also the site of Denver Cafe Sci meetups. You should call up immunologist JJ Cohen at UCHSC, keeper of the Denver CS flame (303-315-8898), as you may have met at other Cafe Sci events.
I responded on Matthew C. Nisbet’s blog.
I can see the point he’s trying to make. I just don’t see why scientists and science educators should consider it their job to enter into the same arena with the ID people. They only deserve to be derided and ignored. The religions are losing, big time.
The Enclave Club Dungeon is in Denver if you are in the mood for something other than vanilla. ;-)
Aaaeeeee! Make it stop!
I second that. I trained at the Aikido dojo attached to Domo for almost 10 years (until my daughter was born and time to get on the mat became difficult to come by), and have eaten at Domo many times. The food is amazing, and the atmosphere is very unique and beautiful. Unfortunately, it’s raining here in Denver, or you could sit outside in one of the most beautiful outdoor dining areas you’ll ever see. If you’re into that sort of thing, if you’re eating between 5:15 and 7pm tonight, you can stroll over to the Japanese country museum and watch an Aikido class. Tonight is weapons class, which can be pretty fun to watch.
Also, it’s right across the street from the Auraria campus, where PZ is speaking.
Only an hour away is the legendary 1619 Pine Street in Boulder.
The natural history museum is kind of fun. They have a lot of nice shinny rocks. I don’t know. We always just went for the malls, there being none in western colorado!
Something to do online – There’s a local controversy one of our candidates for Sheriff who restored a 1986 Sheriff’s car some time ago and has been using it for parades. When he decided to run for Sheriff, he added “Gardner for Sheriff” to the side.
Now a bunch of bone heads think that’s a major problem and there is a poll. Right now about 50 – 50. Brian Gardner, I’ve known him and his family for years, is a good, hard working law enforcement officer who’s worked his way up through the ranks in the Linn County Sheriff’s office and really doesn’t deserve this.
I don’t see anything wrong with him owning this car and using it as a prop in his campaign. If you agree, would you mind?
http://www.gazetteonline.com/
(It’s not really science related, but Brian’s a Democrat and it seems to be the conservative types making an issue of it.)
Jebus PZ! Not before breakfast!
That’s right up there with Lil Marky and it took months to get over that one.
I gotta go listen to some Soundgarden…
The Campus Crusade for Christ couldn’t convert me but this song was just powerful and moving it might just do the trick! :P Haha, I’m going to have nightmares now!
Down, Holbach! Down!
A bar? A BAR?!
I suggest you spend some time in church, begging for My forgiveness.
While I have watched the video–or some seconds of it–I’ve yet to muster the courage to turn on the sound.
… And so I’d like to thank all the commenters here whose reactions warned me to push mute in the first place. Thanks for taking that bullet for the rest of us.
Make it stop!!!Please!!!Just make it stop!!
Matt Heath @43
You eat a bag of dicks. tard.
That band is GLORIOUS!
Absolutely wonderful music video and quite tastefully done! Ranks right up there with other liturgical and chorale greats from the past, whether it be Handel’s oratorio “The Messiah” or Christmas carols from Kings’ College Choir!
(Next time I’m out of Syrup of Ipecac, this video will “substitute” just fine!)
That is not my post @ 59
And to the slime mold that posted that comment, it probably is due to your as yet undiagnosed cancer of the brain. PZ, are you cognizant that is not my post?
That’s so Poe.
i wuz dun agen gotted zappd!
PZ, as a 3rd generation Denverite, I’m offended by your insinuation that that band is local! They’re much more likely to be from Colorado Springs. :)
How about we meet up someplace with Drag Queens instead? Infinitely more entertaining!
http://www.bjsdenver.com/
i am C H R I S T I A N
Holbach – Just got home with my movies, I can tell 59 isn’t yours. The moron left too many mistakes in it. Nice try troll.
Huh? My understanding is that one has to be member in good standing and have a pass from their bishop to enter a Mormon temple. As opposed to their churches which are different buildings.
PZ isn’t going to qualify. Looks like he is going to have to party down with the JayDubs, AofGs, and Joels Army.
Patricia @ 67
There is nothing like a crap cretin insinuating itself into an ongoing comments and causing erroneous venom. This is how blogging on worthwhile subjects(religion bashing) and science breaks down into needless and caustic crap. It’s so easy to do, even with the required affirmation of your e-mail address. I can be nasty, but that action is not my style as you know. Maybe the troll will suffer a subdural hematoma and leave it comatose, at the least.
Anyway, what movies did you bring home?
Hey P.Z.,
I was in Denver last March for a conference. There is an excellent Russian restaurant called “Red Square” that has an amazing selection of infused Vodkas. (No Christian Ska bands, though)
#66
Sorry, can’t abide cruelty to children or, more aptly in this case, cruelty BY children.
Actually I thought we were on to a winner of a song when they started to sing ‘I am a C…” but strangely they didn’t spell the rest of the word anywhere near how I thought it was going be spelt.
I really liked that I am a Christian song by those kids. I hope they will grow up to be in the Mormon Tabenacle Choir.
I think that the reason I am so nuts about the Mormons is their love of family. And, thier desire to remain pure, thats part of the reason for the magic underwear, it helps remind them their bodies are sacred and not just here for their own sexual gratification.
And I love the Mormons for their magic decoder rocks, magic decoder hat, and attitudes toward African-Americans.
dum dum dum dum dum…
Oh, and I’ll take a godless slut any day over your ‘pure’ and repressed, magic-bloomers-wearin’ ilk.
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Dammit, PZ, for posting the link to this video you deserve more hate mail than you got for the cracker follies. I hated it so much I will only listen to it eight more times.
Today.
And I want a bass guitar like that.
Wait, did I mention the baptism of the dead?
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What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?
dum dum dum dum dum…
The band in that video (Sonseed) actually made The Five Blind Boys wish they were deaf too. And for anyone needing an antidote to that bizarro christian Devo video:
Just turn up your speakers, lay your hands on your screen, and be healed.
When im laying bed later tonight…and this song creeps into my head like i know it will….i shall blame you sir.
ooh noes!!(ya like my americaspeak?)
i’m commenting on this thread about the possibility of registration.
please don’t.
i know the trolls are a pestiferous abomination
but
while there is no registration i can read and comment—no problem.
a humble suggestion:
why not have a troll register.
then anyone with a blog like yours could look up the pests,
see previous examples of their postings,
trace their previous noms,
make connections between various teams,duos,trios etc
and
maybe even have a sort of Darwin Award for the worst.
trit trot trit trot.
Holbach – I brought home three pieces of complete dreck. Starship Troopers 3, Stargate Continuom (?), for the grouch, and Dogma for me. Scooter says it’s a funny anti-religion film. I see it has Professor Snape and George Carlin in it. We’ll see if I think it’s funny too.
So Llurra is a morman. HA! Thats a bigger hoax than Discordianism.
Fuck Denver, it’s just a high ground to swim towards.
Nearly choked to death and went to heaven laughing from the Jesus song posted by ennui #27!