One of the members of this band, Quiet Company, sent me a copy of their latest album, which he said was a personal concept record about his journey from belief to disbelief — I like the idea. And then I listened to it, and I liked the music, too! So here you go, a sample of one song from the album, and if you’re interested, you can look for more on their website.
I’ve decided that this is how I want to commute to work from now on.
Via The Kid Should See This, a fabulous collection of freaky cool videos.
I hear there’s an exciting and stressful and nasty storm out your way, as Irene makes landfall. I think we need a thread for people to chat about the thrills and annoyances and reassure everyone that they haven’t been whirled up into the sky and splatted down in Oz.
What is the world coming to…now we’ve got video games that trivialize cephalopods and turn them into goofy cutesie-pie characters. I must protest!
Greetings! This is MG Myers.
Pharyngula is known for its vibrant community of commenters, and June was no exception. The June Mollies have been tabulated and the winner is <drum roll>
Classical Cipher
Classical Cipher is hereby inducted in the distinguished Order of the Molly. Virtual champagne all around! And this month we have mouthwatering virtual chocolate truffles as well!
As you are celebrating with the new inductee, be sure to leave the names of your July Molly nominations and the reasons for their selection in the comments. I seem to recall that July had an unusual amount of spirited folks making comments!
The Minnesota Atheists’ talk radio show this morning (9am Central) is all about gay marriage — we have a discrimination law suit working its way up the ladder in this state, trying to reverse the official homophobic policies around here. I think we should just bring in Jamie Kilstein to tour the state and explain the situation to everyone. That’ll straighten everyone out. No, wait, what’s the opposited of straighten? Kink everyone up?
(This video is NSFW, at all.)
Aaaaargh. Must curl up into a ball and weep for a bit. Here’s Karl Rove, Satan’s frotteur, declaring that the United States is not a Christian nation. The pain of being in agreement with that evil toad…
The World Humanist Congress is over. The closing ceremony involved a few speeches, the Norwegian Humanist Choir, and this video played on the big screen.
Since the president of the Norwegian Humanist Association, Åse Kleveland, is also a well-known singer over here, and since she did do a little tune for us at dinner tonight, I thought I’d share.
So I’m watching this video with the lovely damp lady with all the silk scarves, finding it all rather stimulating, and then it gets to the end and…oh, man. Castration anxieties. I’m going to go curl up in my bed and whimper.
