Category Archives: Music

What Are You Doing New Years Eve? by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

A charming beyond belief rendition of an old classic. Want to play just like Zooey and Joseph? A decent enough ukulele is about $30. Being gorgeous while playing it is priceless. From Uke Hunt Suggested Strumming For intro you can … Continue reading

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The Evilution Fossil Song

Question: Is an Evilution Fossil Song “bad to the bone”? Need more evilutionary fun? TimeTree is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life. A search utility allows exploration of the thousands of divergence times among organisms … Continue reading

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Two Musical Offerings

Two very non-Christmas albums to brighten you day (and your intellect). Indie rocker Shelley Segal has just released her Atheist Album for download. (You can get yours on iTunes.) Here she sings Saved. Thank you, Michael Fisher The Shrewsbury Folk Festival fêted the … Continue reading

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A Microwave Mama Cass would have Loved!

Can your microwave do this? Spoiler alert…you’ll need a USB port and some good tuneage! Classic California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas Thank you, Michael Fisher What song would your microwave play? Please tell us in the comments. … Continue reading

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Hamlet on the Ukulele

O horrible, O horrible, most horrible! Ghost, Act I scene V Just kidding. I rather like this girl’s “pluck.” From the Atlantic: To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer … Continue reading

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