Tuesday Tunes- I Love the Whole World February 9, 2010
Posted by rocketscientista in Inspiration, Music, Science.trackback
After 6.5 hours in class yesterday, plus running around campus, catching up on reading, and another day today spent trying to get out of the pile that is above me, I’m emerging (briefly) to share with you a lovely little ditty for Music Monday Tuesday Tunes. This week, I’ve finally found something both MadMan (my advertising husband) and I can appreciate. These things combine science and awesome TV and well-done advertizing, and other musicians, and fabulous people AND XKCD! What could be better? It’s also a multi-parter, with each clip being totally awesome in its own way, so let’s get on with the music!
It all started when the Discovery Channel launched a new ad campaign, I Love the World back in ’08:
And then, Randall Munroe over at XKCD got in on the whole shebang, publishing his own “I Love the Discovery Channel” Comic:
Then, Noam Raby and Olga Nunes got in on the shebang, and added a little singing & animation to the xkcd version:
In the meantime, Discovery Channel added a continuation: The World is Just Awesome. And I agree (yay Big Bang & Shuttles & woo hoo!)
And just last week, it culminated in an even more fabulous version that Olga posted on her website, featuring THE WORLD. Ok, not everyone, but some spectacular folks, including (but in no way limited to): google, everyone’s favorite Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, Neil Gaiman, and even Wil Wheaton.
So now I have those little ditties stuck in my head, but hey, it is a pretty awesome world.
I LOVE these – thanks for sharing!! For some reason the first one always brings a tear to my eye. Like, how cool is the world and science and everything??? WOOHOO!! :)
I’m with you on this fantastic spirit. I think at some level it is our obligation as humans to look around and realise all these things. The amazingness of the world is what got most of us in to science, and is what we give back to the world when we do and share our science! Hooray world!
PS – I was at a fantastic talk tonight about the “deep history” of Earth, when it was only 1-2 Gyrs old. There are amazing people trying to understand and detect the precursors to animal life on the planet! Amazing world!
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