I’m really excited: the flippin’ brilliant musician Tim Minchin is playing in Boulder on October 9th!
Tim is a skeptic, and a very, um, outspoken one. He is an amazing piano player, and his songs are a combination of devilish music and even more diabolic lyrics. His song Storm (embedded below) became an instant skeptic classic. When he performed at TAM London the audience practically carried him away on their shoulders.
So yeah, I’m pretty happy he’s coming here. As I write this tickets are still available at the Boulder Theater. I’ll be there! I hope to see lots of BABloggees there too. NOTE: his lyrics are NSFW, and I mean that really and truly. But they’re awesome.
Come to think of it, it’ll be interesting to see how Storm will play here in Boulder, where you can’t throw a crystal without hitting a place to get your chakras aligned. Hmmm.
If you’re a skeptic, you probably already know about the comedy musician Tim Minchin. He is simply brilliant, writing fantastic music about critical thinking. He was at TAM London and basically owned the place.
Skepchick Tracy King is overseeing the creation of an animated version of Tim’s absolutely fantastic song "Storm", about a skeptic at a dinner party who runs into a woman who believes anything as long as it isn’t real. The song is incredible, and the animation looks to be as well: they just released the official trailer.
It’s notoriously difficult to know if a video will go viral or not, but keep your eyes on this. When it’s finished, it’ll be big.
Tim is brilliant; his performance at TAM London brought the house down. Jonathan Ross is something of a skeptic himself; he and his family attended TAML as well, and I found them to be funny, intelligent, and totally charming.
I can’t wait to see Tim on the show! I know it’s on YouTube already, but I’d rather wait and see the whole show[Edited to add: the video has been removed]. We’ve been watching it here at Chez BA and it’s really funny.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science.
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I’m really excited: the flippin’ brilliant musician Tim Minchin is playing in Boulder on October 9th!
