It’s the last week of the winter term here, so here is a totally serious and important music-related poll question:
(OK, maybe the end-of-term craziness is making me just a tiny bit punchy…)
P.O. Box 98199
Washington, DC 20090-8199
800-647-5463
Lat/Lon: 38.90531943278526, -77.0376992225647
It’s the last week of the winter term here, so here is a totally serious and important music-related poll question:
(OK, maybe the end-of-term craziness is making me just a tiny bit punchy…)
I was a foreign exchange student in Hamburg when 99 Luftballoons became a hit in Germany. Right about the time I returned home it was fading away there, and gaining popularity in the States. Purgatory.
@KevinQ: Whatever works for you. I have just enough knowledge of German to figure out that “99 Luftballons” is about war, probably of the nuclear variety.
Stephane Grappelli is who’s playing on my Pandora Radio now; Tommy Emmanuel before that . . . .
No love for “99″ by Toto?
Hast du es zum zeit fur mir,
denn singen mich ein lied fur dir…
I actually saw her in concert (Offenbach Stadthalle). Nothing like 80′s euro pop… Hope about some Kate Bush next? Or Bananarama!
You've read the blog, now try the books:
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is published by Basic Books. "“Unlike quantum physics, which remains bizarre even to experts, much of relativity makes sense. Thus, Einstein’s special relativity merely states that the laws of physics and the speed of light are identical for all observers in smooth motion. This sounds trivial but leads to weird if delightfully comprehensible phenomena, provided someone like Orzel delivers a clear explanation of why.” --Kirkus Reviews "Bravo to both man and dog." The New York Times.
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is published by Scribner. "It's hard to imagine a better way for the mathematically and scientifically challenged, in particular, to grasp basic quantum physics." -- Booklist "Chad Orzel's How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is an absolutely delightful book on many axes: first, its subject matter, quantum physics, is arguably the most mind-bending scientific subject we have; second, the device of the book -- a quantum physicist, Orzel, explains quantum physics to Emmy, his cheeky German shepherd -- is a hoot, and has the singular advantage of making the mind-bending a little less traumatic when the going gets tough (quantum physics has a certain irreducible complexity that precludes an easy understanding of its implications); finally, third, it is extremely well-written, combining a scientist's rigor and accuracy with a natural raconteur's storytelling skill." -- BoingBoing