The musical biogeeks have some way to go to catchup with this musical mathgeek classic. Lest I be accused of bias, I know enough to appreciate 80% of the humour, but I’m not a mathematician.
Heidi Andersonsays
Makes me happy to be alive now, where everyone can express their creativity. Nothing but love for the Indoorfins and Tiktaalik, along with Neil Shubin.
just sat next to a tertiary educated fundamentalist on a plane, (he even believes in the ark!) so this cheered me up. well done people, well done tiktaalik!
Also check out this interview with the artist who made that amazing Tiktaalik model (which won which won the 2008 Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for three-dimensional art!)
davesays
I dunno, scientists are not really musicians (and vice versa, no doubt). I’ll change my mind when I hear a decent Ode to the precambrian, or a maybe a good double slit fantasy in C major.
Kassulsays
It’s not really my preferred style of music, but the content of the song, and the video are great.
Saved the video to my HDD, 5 star’d and favourited to hopefully give it a little bit more exposure.
Kevinsays
Fantastic! I finished reading Your Inner Fish (late, very late) last night, so this is a timely treat. Thanks!
Time to get out Your Inner Fish and read it again.
fly44dsays
That was very good. Thanks for posting that. Adds to the appreciation of being atheist, the joy of nature and discovery that some can’t seem to fathom.
wildcardjacksays
I was wondering if Neil’s discovery of Tiktaalik would be sufficient for a Nobel prize. Perhaps either for Physiology or Literature.
People complain that the Nobel prizes lack certain categories, but they have to be forgiven. It’s a set of prizes defined by the man’s will, not an NGO body.
JoshSsays
Dave, #16 – I’m glad you said that, because I was about to kill myself listening to that one chord drone on forever.
Music aside – OMG. I so must have a tiktaalik pet. I want to scoop him up, snuggle him, kiss his fishy little face, pet him and call him George.
alexsays
Dave:
I’ll change my mind when I hear a decent Ode to the precambrian, or a maybe a good double slit fantasy in C major.
have you heard David Tudor’s “Neural Synthesis”. he’s no scientist, and the piece is not exactly musical, but the composition/performance is extremely beautiful and disquieting and takes its cue from the workings of the brain.
If you wanna hear Neil Shubin talk about the Tiktaalik discovery, here’s a nifty talk (YouTube) he gave at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in October :)
Raynfalasays
Ahhhhh, watching that video made me nostalgic for my alma mater. Locust Walk… Hill House… the many Ben Franklin statues… The Button…
*sighhhhhhh*
Anybody got a cheesesteak on ’em?
Rheinhardsays
Ahm Raynfala, you bear me to almost the exact comment I wanted to make! I especially liked seeing the fishapod on the Button… but they left out the dueling lipsticks/tampons!
But I am curious as to how Penn got in on it in the first place. Is it just because the music group was a Penn club, or is there some other connection between Tiktaalik and Penn that I’m not aware of?
Sydney S.says
I’m all excited now because I e-mailed this to him. I’m glad it was sufficiently enjoyable for it to make it on here.
LUFTRITTERsays
Great!
That Tiktaalik model is awesome!
Smansays
…scientists are not really musicians (and vice versa, no doubt).
I thought that song would be stuck in my head forever… until I listened to the mathgeek song.
Finite simple set of order two! Arrrgh!
No really, I like both and believe that science culture must get together and festivate, with songs and food and jokes and stuff that all stem from science and science references!
RickrOllsays
annoying, or awesome? Note: number
RickrOllsays
And also this:
Neat movie by the way.
Not accurate, but trippy. Low budget. Indie super-monochrome. Good style, something which i feel to be completely unique. But i may be wrong in this.
Cruithnesays
Pshaww and fooey to all you skeptics who don’t think science and rock music go together.
I give you Mandelbrot Set by Jonathon Coulton
Silisays
1) I love the pun.
2) Am I the only one to think that Shubin could make a small fortune selling tik-tik-tik-tik-tik-Tiktaalik plushies?
Julie Ksays
Very cute and I would certainly buy a Tiktaalik plushie.
While he isn’t a scientist, the comedian Mitch Benn often writes satirical songs about scientific news stories. The song “Gecko Man” was inspired by news that a super-adhesive polymer had been developed from gecko feet and could be used to develop a working spider-man suit. Unfortunately quite a few of them don’t get broadcast because most people don’t get all the jokes.
But I am curious as to how Penn got in on it in the first place. Is it just because the music group was a Penn club, or is there some other connection between Tiktaalik and Penn that I’m not aware of?
I love Tiktaalik roseae. I actually began my blog by posting about the great tiktaalik research that came out a few months ago.
Ryan Cunninghamsays
Holy crap. The music talent is pretty serious, there! Good job!
cactusrensays
@ 27: As mentioned above, Your Inner Fish was part of the Penn Reading Project. Additionally, though, Neil Shubin used to be a professor at Penn, and his former student Ted Daeschler, who was also involved in describing Tiktaalik, is now at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Don’t know if either of those facts actually had anything to do with the book being chosen, or this video, but since you asked about connections…
This totally made me miss Penn, too. And good public transit…I love the trollies!
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Very cute.
This was awesome!
Yay. That was tremendous. Outstanding!
Good stuff Maynard!
Now I know that my Darwinfish can boogie.
Wow! Great! All my students will see that for years to come.
Thanks.
aaah. it’s a good time to be a geek :-)
Weird … cute, but weird. :-)
Tiktaalik really is a neat creature, though. :-)
Well, it looks like SOMEONE was trying to avoid studying for finals.
Pretty awesome, though.
Very, very cute.
I am in awe to think my ancestor looked like that!
The musical biogeeks have some way to go to catchup with this musical mathgeek classic. Lest I be accused of bias, I know enough to appreciate 80% of the humour, but I’m not a mathematician.
Makes me happy to be alive now, where everyone can express their creativity. Nothing but love for the Indoorfins and Tiktaalik, along with Neil Shubin.
good stuff :)
I’ll have to put that on my ipod
just sat next to a tertiary educated fundamentalist on a plane, (he even believes in the ark!) so this cheered me up. well done people, well done tiktaalik!
Also check out this interview with the artist who made that amazing Tiktaalik model (which won which won the 2008 Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for three-dimensional art!)
I dunno, scientists are not really musicians (and vice versa, no doubt). I’ll change my mind when I hear a decent Ode to the precambrian, or a maybe a good double slit fantasy in C major.
It’s not really my preferred style of music, but the content of the song, and the video are great.
Saved the video to my HDD, 5 star’d and favourited to hopefully give it a little bit more exposure.
Fantastic! I finished reading Your Inner Fish (late, very late) last night, so this is a timely treat. Thanks!
Wonderfully nerdy!
IndoorFins vs. Endorphins. Clever lot, they are.
Time to get out Your Inner Fish and read it again.
That was very good. Thanks for posting that. Adds to the appreciation of being atheist, the joy of nature and discovery that some can’t seem to fathom.
I was wondering if Neil’s discovery of Tiktaalik would be sufficient for a Nobel prize. Perhaps either for Physiology or Literature.
People complain that the Nobel prizes lack certain categories, but they have to be forgiven. It’s a set of prizes defined by the man’s will, not an NGO body.
Dave, #16 – I’m glad you said that, because I was about to kill myself listening to that one chord drone on forever.
Music aside – OMG. I so must have a tiktaalik pet. I want to scoop him up, snuggle him, kiss his fishy little face, pet him and call him George.
have you heard David Tudor’s “Neural Synthesis”. he’s no scientist, and the piece is not exactly musical, but the composition/performance is extremely beautiful and disquieting and takes its cue from the workings of the brain.
If you wanna hear Neil Shubin talk about the Tiktaalik discovery, here’s a nifty talk (YouTube) he gave at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in October :)
Ahhhhh, watching that video made me nostalgic for my alma mater. Locust Walk… Hill House… the many Ben Franklin statues… The Button…
*sighhhhhhh*
Anybody got a cheesesteak on ’em?
Ahm Raynfala, you bear me to almost the exact comment I wanted to make! I especially liked seeing the fishapod on the Button… but they left out the dueling lipsticks/tampons!
But I am curious as to how Penn got in on it in the first place. Is it just because the music group was a Penn club, or is there some other connection between Tiktaalik and Penn that I’m not aware of?
I’m all excited now because I e-mailed this to him. I’m glad it was sufficiently enjoyable for it to make it on here.
Great!
That Tiktaalik model is awesome!
Great song – video meh. Anyone that can make a song about science – rocks!
^^^Oops! Tag failure.
Need.More.Indoorfins!
PS: Is it just me, or does Neil Shubin’s voice sound a little like Tom Lehrer’s?
I thought that song would be stuck in my head forever… until I listened to the mathgeek song.
Finite simple set of order two! Arrrgh!
No really, I like both and believe that science culture must get together and festivate, with songs and food and jokes and stuff that all stem from science and science references!
annoying, or awesome? Note: number
And also this:
Neat movie by the way.
Not accurate, but trippy. Low budget. Indie super-monochrome. Good style, something which i feel to be completely unique. But i may be wrong in this.
Pshaww and fooey to all you skeptics who don’t think science and rock music go together.
I give you Mandelbrot Set by Jonathon Coulton
1) I love the pun.
2) Am I the only one to think that Shubin could make a small fortune selling tik-tik-tik-tik-tik-Tiktaalik plushies?
Very cute and I would certainly buy a Tiktaalik plushie.
Oh, and be sure to check out Ray Troll’s Devonian Blues:
http://www.trollart.com/sound/devonianblues/index.html
@27:
OMG! The Dueling Tampons! I almost forgot about those!
The only thing missing from that video is a shot of the Tiktaalik trying to get into Smoke’s.
What a perfect thing to say to a creotard spouting the usual ‘I’m no kin to a monkey’-tripe: Your momma was a lobefinned fish!
Now I see why Ichthyostega never got a video.
While he isn’t a scientist, the comedian Mitch Benn often writes satirical songs about scientific news stories. The song “Gecko Man” was inspired by news that a super-adhesive polymer had been developed from gecko feet and could be used to develop a working spider-man suit. Unfortunately quite a few of them don’t get broadcast because most people don’t get all the jokes.
Plushie?? DO WANT
The Indoorfins. LOL
Your Inner Fish was the chosen text for the Penn Reading project.
Nice!
I wonder if the real Tiktaalik ever dreamt that…Oh never mind.
Finite simple group of order two.
</pedant>
Chuckie ‘D’ sez:
Embrace your inner fish
All I can say is, Holy Zarquon!
I love Tiktaalik roseae. I actually began my blog by posting about the great tiktaalik research that came out a few months ago.
Holy crap. The music talent is pretty serious, there! Good job!
@ 27: As mentioned above, Your Inner Fish was part of the Penn Reading Project. Additionally, though, Neil Shubin used to be a professor at Penn, and his former student Ted Daeschler, who was also involved in describing Tiktaalik, is now at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Don’t know if either of those facts actually had anything to do with the book being chosen, or this video, but since you asked about connections…
This totally made me miss Penn, too. And good public transit…I love the trollies!
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