Symphony of Science - The Greatest Show on Earth

Here is the newest in the series of Symphony of Science music video. In this edition: A musical celebration of the wonders of biology, including evolution, natural selection, DNA, and more. Featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. "The Greatest Show on Earth" is the 13th video in the Symphony of Science music videos series.

You Me and Optimus Prime, James Struthers Official Music Video

Here is a funny spin on wish fulfillment when a fry cook fantasizes that everything would be fine if only Optimus Prime was his buddy. From Canadian song writer James Struthers, here is the official music video " You Me and Optimus Prime.

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Symphony of Science - Onward to the Edge

Symphony of Science has a new compilation music video available using snippets of speeches from some of the best science speakers of today. Here is how SOS describes their newest offering:

• A musical celebration of the importance and inspirational qualities of space exploration (human and robotic), as well as a look at some of the amazing worlds in our solar system. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco.

What a wonderful line from Neil deGrasse "for now, we much be content to love the questions"

This is easily one of the best offerings. Enjoy!

Satellite by Brandon Schott

Here is a new video called "Satellite," from multi-talented Brandon Schott. Satellite is one of the cuts off Brandon's latest record "13 Satellites"




Thanks to Boing Boing for the heads up

The Star Wars Blu-Ray Rap by Fan Girl

Yep, Here you go, the Star Wars Blu-Ray Rap. You know you want to listen, you HAVE to listen!

From YouTube via Dvice - Fan Girl raps on George's latest "creation" It lives! Bwwaaaaaaaahahahaha!

New Symphony of Science video out now!

"The Quantum World"
A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. Featuring Morgan Freeman, Frank Close, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Stephen Hawking.

Portal 2 Lab Rat inspired animation

Not being into Portal 2, I may be way off base here, but this seems to be about the flat out saddest video for a game I have ever seen. I was going through some articles on topless robot and came across this downer.

Here is what the text said:

• It's based on the Portal 2 comic Lab Rat, about the lone surviving Aperture Science scientist whose responsible for writing all the %$#@ on the walls that Chell sees during the first game, as well as making sure GlaDOS didn't kill her between games.

As you can guess, I have noclue..lol but for mood, the video is a mixture of claymation and other disciplines which gives it an odd and weird feel. Music dure doesn't lighten the mood either. check it out.

A capella of Battlestar Galactica’s "All Along the Watchtower"

Now before you run screaming into the night, let me explain. First, for those of you that may not have followed SyFy's more dramatic retelling of Glen Larson's Battlestar Galactica, the closing music of the last episode of season 3 (I think it was three...anyone?) was a heavy bass backbeat with middle eastern overtone reworked version of All Along the Watchtower. It was hypnotic in the way the music rolled in and out (I really wish I had a copy to play, I even asked the artist if I could have a copy to play on the program, yeah, it was that good). So meandering through IO9 I came upon an even stranger version - An a capella version done by the Sacramento State Jazz Singers of the Bear McCreary's Battlestar version (confused yet? lol) and these people do a great job. And if you have never heard the BSG version, this group nails it. Take a listen in this video.

Star Trek Girl by Meekakitty

Here is one of the presently hottest viral videos from Meekakitty we get a healthy dose of autotune goodness with her Star Trek Girl

'I Wanna Be a Billionaire' parody called I want to be an engineer.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeah, here we go here we go.... From Only Won here he performs his awesome parody of the hit song 'I Wanna Be a Billionaire' called I want to be an engineer.


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A Most Unusual Rocket Launch

From the IO9 article:

• This music video by the Portland Cello Project showed last weekend at the Seattle Science Fiction Short Film Festival, and it's a weird, moving story of a crustacean who just wants to escape the bounds of Earth.

Portland Cello Project - 'Denmark' from Two Penguins Productions on Vimeo.

NASA The Frontier is Everywhere

Hey people, check out this youtube video I first spotted on boing boing. It's a compilation of clips showing Humans at their best and worst and through it all binding it all together a brilliant sound track by Michael Marantz and a voice over of Carl Sagan bringing a little hope that it will all work out.

I can guarantee that you will be moved by this short 3 minute video.

On SpaceRef.com Damewse (the YouTube persona of Mr. Marantz) writes

• "I got frustrated with NASA and made this video. NASA is the most fascinating, adventurous, epic institution ever devised by human beings, and their media sucks.....
• This piece contains readings from Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot". I have edited his words to tell this short narrative. The Time lapse images were taken in Mexico and Utah. The piano is self-composed. I hope you enjoy this piece, it has given me hope once again."
  

Jónsi's Sticks & Stones

How To Train Your Dragon has received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. DreamWorks Animation have cut together a music video from some of the most memorable scenes from the movie for Jónsi's track "Sticks and Stones."
FILM blog via IO9

"The Earth Has Been Destroyed" by Monochrom featuring Marek

You thought you heard "Popcorn" every way possible? Nope!

Science Fictionish video for You Say Party's Lonely Lunch

Here is the official music video for the band You Say Party's Lonely Lunch. The video was done by Sean Wainsteim and is set sometime in the near future, but the environment is pure early 21st century India which with it's warren of streets, press of humanity adds a very sciencefictiony feel. The security personnel are the weirdest thing going. Worth watching the video for that action!

Dollhouse Remains Music Video

Here is an interesting video. It stars Fran Kanz (a.k.a. Topher) and Dollhouse scriptwriter Maurissa Tancharoen, who also played the Active Kilo. The premise is a man orders quite literally a mail order bride or maybe companion. This short music video is for the song "Remains" from the episode "Epitaph One." of Dollhouse - though in truth it is not about "actives" at all. Think instead of "The Lonely" episode 7 of the Twilight Zone - that is the vibe I get to some extent.


IO9 post

Outer Space - Lady Ga Ga's Pokerface parody

Xnewsman just brought this to my attention! Very funny stuff. Enjoy.

Do WHAT? Ray Bradbury?

Like I have said before, there aren't many videos or stories that I have reservations on posting. Well I just came across a music video on YouTube by Rachel Bloom. It has reasonable production value and the music is well performed and recorded. Plus it has a strong science fiction element....so to speak. Mz Bloom's song professes a rather strong attraction to one of the giants of science fiction, Ray Bradbury. In the video you will find the musical version of "lets get to know each other better"

It's quite funny, but I really can not in good conscience post anything more than the youtube link here.

The beat is infectious and the production funny. Enjoy.

Broken Bells music video

Kinda interesting is this vid I found on IO9 called Broken bells. Here is some info on it according to the IO9 article.

Starring Mad Men's Christina Hendricks (aka Firefly's Mrs. Reynolds!) and now it's here. Watch the android Christina dismantle her own body aboard a spaceship bound for stardom.

Stardom? ehhhhh but the music and the video is diverting....somewhat.