Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
21 Apr 2013 3 Comments
in On a Lighter Note Tags: bacon makes it better, dennys
14 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note Tags: new math, tom lehrer
Tom Lehrer, who just turned 85, has mathematics degrees from Harvard and a wit that can’t be taught. Combine it with some serious musical talent and you have a guy who can give a lesson that feels more like entertainment, which is why he was featured on public television’s The Electric Company in the 1970’s. Here he spins your head with “The New Math”, looking for solutions among the convolutions.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/03/14/tom-lehrer-the-elements/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2017/03/10/video-of-the-week-tom-lehrer-we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go/
12 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: icky, they might be giants
From They Might Be Giants’ latest album, Nanobots.
Directors David Cowles and Jeremy Galante have perfectly matched the absurd humor of songwriters John Flansburgh and John Linnell in their animated depiction of that guy everyone warns you not to be.
04 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note Tags: seinfunk
(Source: BuzzFeed)
27 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note Tags: david sedaris, jesus shaves
David Sedaris: Jesus Shaves
Praise for David Sedaris:
“Sedaris is the preeminent humorist of his generation.” (Entertainment Weekly Whitney Pastorek )
“David Sedaris is horribly observant. He sees things as they are…. He’ll be telling some weird story, and all of a sudden, just at the end, it turns out not only to be about him, but also about you.” (New York Observer Nancy Dalva )
He’s all that and more, which is why I’ve invited him (or at least his disembodied voice) to share an appropriately seasonal story about French class, Easter traditions and–true to the quote above–himself and us.
Every Moment Has A Song 