EC's chat show has been quite good. The Clinton episode was unexpected but very well done.

I think this is the first time I've linked to a PZ Myers post here in music:

Here Comes Science!

I got a letter from John F — you know, John Flansburgh, of They Might Be Giants — and he says, "We've got this new album coming out that you might like, want me to send you a copy?", and so I nonchalantly type back, "Sure, here's my address," which was really hard to do when you understand that I was dancing jigglety-pigglety in my chair, pumping my fists in the air, and shouting "WOO-HOO!" at the same time. It would have been impossible except for my blogging superpowers. (Oh, yeah…I'm a TMBG fanboi.)

I got the album Here Comes Science the other day, and it is fabulous. It's kids' music, so it's catchy and a teeny-tiny bit didactic, but don't let that put you off — I've loaded it onto my iPod and am enjoying it all the time. It's also contains a CD and a DVD: each song also has an animated cartoon to go with it. They're great and enthusiastic songs — my favorites so far are "I am a paleontologist" and "Science is real".

You should buy it. It'll be available next week, or you can always stop by my house and I'll put the DVD up on the big screen and we can all rock out in my living room — I'll push all the furniture to the side so we can all dance. Or if you're cheap and don't like me, you can subscribe to the TMBG podcast on iTunes: they're going to release a song a week.

Then he quotes some controversial lyrics... interesting....

That sounds AWESOME.

It does!!

I will share what I just purchased from iTunes, in order for people to point and laugh:

Poker Face (shut up, I like it)
Viva la Vida (just the song)
You Belong With Me, by Taylor Swift (SHUT UP, I like it)
Sweet Transvestite
I Can Make You A Man

(I felt I needed some RHPS on my iPod; currently I still only have the soundtrack on cassette. [Shut up.])

You Belong With Me, by Taylor Swift (SHUT UP, I like it)

I was JUST whistling this song as I made tea! She's so cute, and every song is just so frigging sweet, I can't help myself. Plus, Sara calls her Taylor Swiss, which amuses me.

Sweet Transvestite

I Can Make You A Man

I love both. "Sweet Transvestite" is probably my favorite song off the soundtrack, although I do love "I'm Going Home," too.

I also like both those songs, Steph. And I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift.

The Coldplay, on the other hand....

Does everybody remember the first time they saw "Sweet Transvestite"?

Now that was an entrance.

Oh, and I'll confess to having "Viva La Vida" on the iPod. It's a good singalong song for Emmett and I when we're off to baseball tournaments.

Does everybody remember the first time they saw "Sweet Transvestite"?

The summer before my senior year of high school.

t edit And 20 short years later, I got my very own!