http://geekpop.podbean.com The internet's celebration of science, music and geekery. Be there and be square. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:39:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For several years now, members of the Geek Pop crew have been great admirers of the WeAreAllBadgers.com website. It really is a thing of pure joy and you'll have to investigate it yourselves to truly appreciate it... but in any case, it's the inspiration for this month's Geek Pop ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2012/02/02/geek-pop-sessions-underground-by-andy-brown/ This month, we asked you for the weirdest songs you could think of, and here they are. Somehow, whilst striving for "weird", everything got a bit sexy and/or rude, so brace yourselves, listeners. Here is our extra-weirdo Spotify list for January and here's the one with *everything ever* on it. Download ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2012/01/14/geek-pop-january-2012/ This month's session cast is our first Twitter-sourced song. It features the talents of Ardie Collins, the man behind the Cooper365 project, in which he wrote, recorded and published a song for every day of 2011. Including this geeky New Year song, that's a new song every day for 366 ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2012/01/01/geek-pop-sessions-my-scientific-new-years-resolutions-by-ardie-collins/ Hi folks, It's that time of year again. On 4th January we have to renew our PRS licence, which is what allows us to keep bringing you all that lurverly music you hear in the Geek Pop Podcast. (Sample some of it on our bumper Spotify list). This year it's ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/12/21/christmas-appeal-2011/ Look at that! It's a man wakeboarding with magnesium flares! What a dude! For more stuff about magnesium, boron and indeed a number of other elements, dive into our Christmas "chemistry" themed podcast, which despite our best efforts actually turned out to be more about the things we hated at school ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/12/15/geek-pop-december-2011/ Professor Karmadillo is a two-time Geek Pop festival performer and winner of the Graphic Science Most Contrived Rhyme prize in our 2010 songwriting competition It's a few months shy of two years since I was motivated by Geek Pop to write and record a sciencey song that I'd had going round ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/12/09/guest-post-arthouse-science-gig-turns-family-friendly-musical/ Onwards with our new two-podcasts-a-month mission. And this month we're bringing you a song specially commissioned by Geek Pop (yes, by us!) for Bright Club Bristol. Hoorah! We asked Bristol-based musician Lori Campbell to write us something a bit silly for a sciencey sort of show. And well, she's done us ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/12/01/geek-pop-sessions-the-first-time-by-lori-campbell/ This month's podcast is a chocolate box of geeky treats - songs about dinosaurs, robots, space and... er... baked beans. Hayley wonders what the point of a mayfly is. Jim plays teacher, sending us all off to do our homework like good little children (see below in the Geek Poll). ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/11/16/geek-pop-november-2011/ Hello dear friends. Today we're beginning a trial of a new podcast format, so bear with us. Instead of releasing Geek Pop live sessions on our live sessions page as we have done for the last year, we're going to be releasing them right here in the podcast feed. We'll ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/11/01/geek-pop-sessions-the-particle-zoo-by-nerd-song/ ***Contains graphic descriptions of dinosaur sex (heh)*** So it's the MONSTERS podcast that you all voted for and you've made some right good song suggestions for it. Emmy the Great prompts a very frank discussion of stegosaurus sex, Jonathan Richman stumbles across a yeti in the freezer section and we ask ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/10/09/geek-pop-podcast-october-2011/ Time for some topical science-based music on the podcast. This is a special show to coincide with the news that neutrinos *might* be able to travel faster than light, and therefore some of Einstein's theories *might* have been a bit wrong, and therefore time travel *might* be possible... Anyway, thanks ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/09/25/geek-pop-podcast-september-2011-neutrino-special/ Everything seems to be wildly out of place this month, what with oranges in ovens, universes in cornflake boxes and POETRY sneaking into our music podcast... Oh and can anyone tell us whether Einstein once turned down the presidency of Israel? WHAT? It seems like we've come back from Green ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/09/09/geek-pop-podcast-september-2011/ Over the weekend, Geek Pop alumnus and friend of the podcast Helen Arney appeared on the Solar Stage at Green Man Festival. Here's a little video of her sun song. Don't forget, Helen also appeared on the Geek Like Me mini-album... go buy it! http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/08/24/helen-arney-at-green-man-festival/ This month's show is a space special! Hooray! Telepathic communication with aliens and moon frisbees are dealt with, dismissively in some cases. Friend of the podcast, Dr Martin Austwick is on hand to provide August's full play and we announce the winner of our Geek Like Me mini-album competition. If ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/08/12/geek-pop-podcast-august-2011/ Remember Geek Pop 2011? It wasn't that long ago. You really should remember. Anyway, we did a thing at Wilton's Music Hall. All the nerds were there, including Dr Martin Austwick and band. It was epic. Now, it's taken a little while, but we've finally got round to putting up ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/08/12/live-at-wiltons-music-hall/ Dudes! It's another packed show with snowflakes, space elevators, some tough decisions to be made in an extended Geek Poll and a live session from the awesome Bronze Medallists, recorded in their garage. Don't say we don't love you. Check out full-length versions of this month's picks on Spotify or Mixcloud. ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/07/03/geek-pop-podcast-july-2011/ We're ba-aack! (Again.) Did you miss us? Well, luckily for you, this is a bumper edition, featuring crocodiles, the moon, radioactive children and none other than the Rapconteur himself, Baba Brinkman. His album The Rap Guide to Evolution has been turned into an awesome video project, and the live show ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/06/09/geek-pop-podcast-june-2011/ Geeks and geekettes! A call to arms! Do you remember in March we did a little live gig at a beautiful old place called Wilton's Music Hall? That's right. Some of you came. It was good, wasn't it? Now, Wilton's is in a spot of trouble and this has made the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/06/02/save-wiltons/ Yo! Podcast listeners! If you've been listening carefully you'll know that Geek Pop Podcast host Hayley is getting wed this month. So instead of making a podcast for you lot, she'll be lazing on a Sardinian beach. This means for the first time since before July 2009, there is no ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/05/05/geek-pop-podcast-may-2011-the-fly-other-shenanigans/ We're back after all the excitement of the 2011 Geek Pop festival, with silly things like babies in boiling tubes, frog wrestling and Arnie, and sensible things like maths and a whole segment devoted to the great Yuri Gagarin. Plus, Jim says "schmo". And don't forget to vote in the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/04/15/geek-pop-podcast-april-2011/ Well, National Science & Engineering Week is now over and we're drawing a line under the official launch celebrations for this year's Geek Pop festival. And we have SO many thank yous to say for all those who've helped to make this the BEST. GEEK POP. EVER. We've made a big ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/22/pat-yourselves-on-the-back-geek-poppers/ Today we're asking you to share your geekiest tendencies with us. All you have to do is complete the sentence above in the comments section. Then copy and paste your answer into Twitter, switching "I'm a geek because" for #Iamageekbecause Here, we'll start you off... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/18/i-am-a-geek-because/ Well, I missed the Geek Pop launch last week, which I was most disappointed about, but I’m back from the mountains now, and have rushed straight here to the Geek Pop festival (and it’s lovely weather for it too). I started off at the Tetrahedron Stage and did a little jig ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/17/festival-diary-melanie/ Want to win one of these? And a quintessential Geek Pop pin badge? PLUS! A geek chic t-shirt from our shop (your choice of colour and design). Yeah, we thought you would. So, all you have to do is identify the two science rock stars cunningly disguised in the images below. The first three ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/16/geek-pop-pop-quiz/ O friends! O theoretical physicists, very-much-hands-on zoologists, fellow Geek Pop musicians and scientists (ie, you lot backstage), never-let-out-of-the-shed inventors, and O you passers-by accidentally caught up in the virtual fun of it all: hi. How are you all doing? It’s great to see you here – and, for us, to ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/16/festival-diary-michael-off-of-spirit-of-play/ For last year's Geek Pop I wrote a song 'Arabidopsis', which as well as being designed as an ode to the little plant that forms the basis of much work in genomics was meant to mirror the way in which the general public knows about the groovy people who use ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/15/festival-diary-rishi/ Well, hello! As you can see I've got my nerd gear on and am having an ace time hopping from stage to stage at the newly up-and-running Geek Pop 2011. Over the next few days, you'll be hearing from Spirit of Play, Karmadillo and The Ultraviolet Catastrophe via this ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/14/festival-diary-hayley/ Photos from Thursday night's launch gig! Thanks to Ben Valsler of The Naked Scientists for some of these (the good ones). [Click speech bubbles for captions] http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/12/geek-pop-2011-launch-party-photos/ DIGITAL DOWNLOADS £4 FROM BANDCAMP (Supercool limited edition physical CDs £6) You can also download via iTunes, Amazon, emusic and other major online music stores, but for the best deal, head to Bandcamp. Geek Pop will donate a third of the profits from this release to a fund for commissioning new ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/11/geek-like-me-is-out-now/ The Geek Pop 2011 festival is go! Our highlights include the awesome Jeffrey Lewis headlining at The Tetrahedron, a song about Professor Brian Cox and a musical rendition of the Fibonacci series. Listen below, download for free via our iTunes feed, or jump to virtual gigs for artists on our ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/11/geek-pop-2011-festival-highlights/ Ahoy, hello, bonjour and just plain hi! I'm Jim, one of the dedicated crew of proud geeks that has been busy using and abusing its nerd power to shape the internet into this rather blooming marvelous festival that you see before you. Hope you like it. EH? If you are new to ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/11/welcome-to-geek-pop-2011/ (click for larger version) http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/10/festival-diary-whats-coming-up/ For months now, we've been working on a secret project and now it's time to let you all in on it: Geek Pop is releasing an album! No, seriously, we are! It may only be a mini-album, but it's possibly the greatest and geekiest mini-album you'll ever hear. It features ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/03/04/preview-geek-like-me-our-first-official-release/ So you may have noticed us banging on (and on) about our launch party on 10th March. Ooops! It's only because it's going to be GREAT! Still, on your travels around the interweb, you may not have bumped into any of our launch gigging artists, so perhaps it's time we ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/02/15/guide-to-our-launch-giggers/ The subject of robots explored through song! What could be geekier? We had so many suggestions for this podcast we couldn't fit them all on, but here are our top tunes. As always, don't forget to vote in the Geek Poll - this month we ask you to pick the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/02/06/geek-pop-podcast-february-2011/ Folks! Tickets are now on sale for our 2011 launch featuring Amateur Transplants, Dr Martin Austwick and Steve Mould. There will be music! There will be science! It's going to be ace! Full guide to artists here >>> Thursday 10th March, 7.30pm Wilton's Music Hall, Graces Alley, London (nearest tube: Aldgate East) Buy ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/01/20/geek-pop-2011-launch-tickets-on-sale-now/ Happy news, dear geeks! We have confirmed the venue and acts for our 2011 live event, which will launch the Geek Pop 2011 virtual festival. You will, of course, be thrilled to know that we will be showcasing the many extraordinary scientific and musical talents of: Amateur Transplants Dr Martin Austwick Steve Mould on Thursday ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/01/06/announcing-geek-pop-2011-live/ Happy New Year! This month in the podcast we get to grips with The Future, both technologically and science... fictionally, as we discuss dystopian futures, the many forms the coming apocalypse could take and what albums we'd want with us on a space trip. The crew has finally entered the digital ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2011/01/04/geek-pop-podcast-january-2011/ It's the Christmas podcast! Complete with sleigh bells, a baby and Christmas dinner, not to mention Christmas spirit in the form of ethanol. Plus, we speak to Jon Butterworth, who's been involved in making an album with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, and discuss snowflakes the size of milk ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/12/05/geek-pop-podcast-december/ Available in our shop now (yes, now!) at the frankly ridiculous price of £12.40! In all the colours of the rainbow (almost). You lucky, lucky people. And P.S. between 1-14 December, our merchandise partner Spreadshirt is offering free standard shipping on orders of £30 or more. Enter the code GIFTS2010UK when you ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/11/26/hows-this-for-a-geek-crimbo-gift/ The reading of a scientific paper can't be undertaken half-heartedly, or with one eye on Twitter. It requires absolute focus and an absence of distractions. People offering you cups of tea and the postman turning up in the results section just won't do. And you probably don't want Lady Gaga ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/11/17/music-to-read-scientific-papers-to/ Lovely people, we need your support. Every year, we have to pay for a new PRS music licence so we can carry on featuring all sorts of weird and wonderful songs in our podcast. So if you listen to our podcasts or live sessions and enjoy them, please consider making ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/11/05/help-us-pay-for-our-music-licence/ In this month's show, we ponder EVIL science, find out why the moon isn't really *that* silvery (despite what Little Richard might say) and temporarily lose our jobs to some students. MIXCLOUD: Don't forget, you can now listen online via MixCloud, where you'll get full-length tracks for all the songs we ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/11/03/geek-pop-podcast-november-update/ *** PRESS RELEASE AVAILABLE *** Yep, it's that time of year again... In fact, yikes, it's later than that - we're behind schedule! Anyhow, we're pleased to announce that the submissions process for Geek Pop 2011 is now (finally) OPEN! Hooray! What that means is that we're now looking for the nerdiest ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/10/27/geek-pop-2011-open-for-submissions/ This month's podcast skips merrily from militant fruitarianism to a rat-shaped hole, to genetics-based calypso. Also: Hayley's Bette Davis impression and the results of that all-important Geek Poll. For the new poll (we need your votes!), scroll down. MIXCLOUD: It's now possible to listen online to a version of this podcast ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/10/05/geek-pop-podcast-october/ So if you read our newsletter earlier today, you'll know that we've been involved in a deliciously nerdy project entitled Geek Calendar. Very excitingly, we've been able to contribute - in a small but important way - by putting the Calendar guys in touch with Geek Popsters Spirit of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/10/01/spirit-of-play-mix-it-up-for-geek-calendar/ EDIT: 23/09/10 THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED - THANKS FOR ALL YOUR FEEDBACK! Dear lovelies, Here's a cat dancing like a monkey in a business suit. Now, please take 3 minutes of your time to tell us a little bit about yourself by filling in OUR AUDIENCE SURVEY. We'll be forever in your ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/09/21/who-are-you/ Hullo you lovely folks! Have you been missing our nerd jokes? Of course you have! Never fear, because the newsletter is BACK after the summer break and we'll be entertaining you fortnightly with our special brand of geek. The first update of the new season goes out today. To get it, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/09/17/the-geek-pop-newsletter-is-back/ We'd like to introduce you to Naomi Fearn, the budding geek song writer who won our Summer Song Writing Contest. (Results announced yesterday in the September Podcast). Here's Naomi's winning entry, UnGoogleable You: UnGoogleable You - Naomi Fearn Judges' comments: "A total treat, the teenage laurie anderson and bill gates dancing at the senior ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/09/08/introducing-naomi-fearn/ So this is the one all you budding song writers have been waiting for. The time has come for us to announce the winner of our Summer Song Writing Competition! It hasn't been easy choosing a winner. In fact, it's been bloody hard. You've all done such a darn good ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/09/07/geek-pop-podcast-september/ We're back from our adventures at Green Man Festival (check out the pictures in our group pool on Flickr) and just because we love you, we've recorded a special Green Man podcast. Which means this month instead of one podcast you get TWO. Don't say we don't spoil you. This one's ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/08/25/geek-pop-podcast-special-green-man-festival/ Since last Thursday, the Geek Pop crew has been roaming the wet, muddy fields of the Glanusk Estate in the Brecon Beacons. The Green Man Festival is over and lovely though it was, we're glad to be back in the warm and the dry and are nursing welly blisters... Anyway, there ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/08/24/geek-pop-in-einsteins-garden/ Finally, Geek Pop has it's own radio show! (Albeit for one weekend...) Geek Pop Podcast host Jim will be taking to the airwaves on Green Man FM at Green Man Festival in Wales. He'll be plugging Geek Pop artists playing on the Solar Stage and generally bigging up the Einstein's Garden ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/08/19/geek-pop-sessions-on-green-man-fm/ This month in the podcast we take on evolution, serotonin and pi, and catch up with steampunk musician-slash-comedian Andrew O'Neill (left) to talk about the Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing's new album. (And pssst, tickets for their Edinburgh Fringe gigs on 16-17 August are going like hot ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/07/30/geek-pop-podcast-august/ Finally, for those who missed out on our live launch gig in Bristol earlier this year, here are the video highlights. There's crazy creature-based tunes and a mouth trumpet from the brilliant Bert Miller & the Animal Folk, a freestyle science rap jam sesh (what else?) from Phatmattbaker & Oort ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/07/22/geek-pop-bristol-video-highlights/ Bert Miller & the Animal Folk, Einstein's Garden, 2009 Thanks to friends in the right places we've got a whole bunch of artists from previous Geek Pops booked in to play Einstein's Garden at Green Man Festival this year. The festival is sold out as of now but for all those ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/07/17/big-geek-pop-party-at-green-man-festival/ It's mayhem this month as the crew (okay, mainly Hayley) is driven to distraction by CREATURES attempting to disturb the peace and serenity of the Geek Pop studio. As a result - and due to the fact that the internet at Geek Pop HQ deserted us just before the show ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/07/07/geek-pop-podcast-july/ Right. These are the people you need to impress/bribe to win that song writing prize. Helen Arney, geek songstress Helen is a comedian, singer-songwriter, ex-physicist and geek. She has performed her unusually funny original songs at Geek Pop Live and the Cheltenham Science Festival, as well as in her own ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/07/05/introducing-the-judges/ Listen up! We're putting your song writing skills to the test. Your task is to write and record your very own geek summer hit single. You can cover any geek-related topic you like - think particle accelerators, Dr Who, trigonometry - but it must be all your own work. (You ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/06/30/summer-song-writing-challenge/ So someone called Drew, aided by friend of the crew Dr Gav, has produced four (FOUR!) HEE-larious videos about the Geek Pop London gig. Besides some quite-good jokes by compere Chris Dunsford and cutesy geek pop lovin' from Helen Arney, this one (part III) also features some excellent shots of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/06/28/geek-pop-the-documentary/ We pull out two of the classics of the geek pop genre this month, as we tackle Tom Lehrer's Element Song and a spot of Monty Python. Both excellent suggestions from our listeners, so keep on sending them in! The address, as always, is crew@geekpop.co.uk The live session in June is ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/06/03/geek-pop-podcast-june/ Following our live gigs, we've got a few red and black Square t-shirts left at Geek Pop HQ. And because we want them to go to good homes, we'll send you one for a tenner (20% discount on normal shop price) and just £1.50 post and packaging anywhere in the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/05/27/these-t-shirts-need-homes/ Just this morning, we came up with an ingenious idea. "Let's make a Geek Pop album!" we thought. Then we considered the colossal amount of work this would doubtless entail and gave up on it. But THEN we thought: why not bundle up all our favourite songs from the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/05/20/the-essential-collection-for-nerds-2010/ Continuing with our new format, we bring you an exclusive live session from Adam Kay and Suman Biswas of Amateur Transplants, the singing doctor duo. No interview though - but there's a whole story to be told about that... Also on this month's medicine-themed podcast: disease, another classic track from Geek ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/05/11/geek-pop-podcast-may/ In an all-new format*, we return for the post-festival season of our podcast... Actually, the format's exactly the same, except you get a special unplugged session at the end. Oh, and it's called the Geek Pop Podcast instead of the Geek Pop Playlist. Minor things really, but important. Anyway, this month, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/04/17/geek-pop-podcast-april/ In a surprise extra podcast (surprising because we didn't know we were doing it), we bring you an unplugged session with Spirit of Play and snippets from our interviews with Spirit of Play and Dr Stuart Clark of Dr Stu & the Neutron Stars. For full length versions of those ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/26/geek-pop-10-extra-london-highlights/ Hey everyone. Woah, I'm pretty tired. The launch week celebrations for our Geek Pop '10 festival have been exhilarating and exhausting in equal measure. And now it's time for the crew to pack up their virtual tents for another year. Geek Pop being a virtual festival though, you're welcome to stay ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/21/geek-pop-keepin-it-geeky-all-year-round/ In case you happen to live on the other side of the world (or your house set on fire so you couldn't make it - other passable excuses include death and being attacked by giant badgers) here are some video highlights from our London gig on 18 March. For interviews ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/20/geek-pop-london-video-highlights/ What with the London gig on Thursday night (audio/video coming soon) we didn't quite get round to posting a festival diary entry yesterday. But as consolation, here's something far more exciting... Baba Brinkman's new video for his Geek Pop exclusive track "Off That". For more from Baba, including his evolutionary rap, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/20/off-that-video-exclusive-from-baba-brinkman/ I am half excited, half terrified. Geek Pop: The Science Sessions is looming (it's tonight!) and never have 40 minutes of music seemed so daunting. It’s not that we’re not rehearsed or anything – we’ve been trying out songs and getting the set together since before Christmas – but now ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/18/festival-diary-stu/ While hanging around backstage at the festival, I was really surprised at just how crowded Geek Pop '10 really was. I'm not used to playing in front of packed stadiums like this back home. I was also startled to recognize a few celebrities, especially once someone over in the Tesla Tent ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/17/festival-diary-grant/ A few shots from before the Bristol Live launch, courtesy of Liz at Molehill Media. Look out for video coming soon... Jim chats with Bert Miller Jonny Berliner sound checks Geek cakes!! Artists enjoy tea and cakes pre-gig. Mmmm. http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/16/music-science-but-most-importantly-cake/ Being a comedy act at one of the newly established festivals is never easy. You have to accept the fact that people aren't there for you - the comedy tent is usually just somewhere to go when they get a headache from too much time at the music tents. It's ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/16/festival-diary-dean/ *YAWN!* Good morning, and how was everyone's weekend? Geek Pop is in full swing now (and by swing, clearly we mean pendulums and moments, not the form of jazz), we’ve had a great weekend, and certain songs are going round and round and round in my head. Bert Miller & the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/15/festival-diary-jim/ Heya! So, it's Sunday morning at Geek Pop and all is peaceful and serene on the campsite... until the crew wakes up and starts, unsuccessfully, trying to play a bit of 10,000 Maniacs round the embers of last night's (well, this morning's, actually) campfire. Man, it's been a heck of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/14/festival-diary-hayley/ Well hello there fellow Geek Popper! I'm Jim, one of the crew members responsible for all the virtual festival shenanigans going on this week. And here I am in my virtual tent writing the first entry in this year's festival diary (obviously this is a wireless-enabled virtual tent, ahem...) for ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/festival-diary-welcome-to-geek-pop-10/ It's time to celebrate the launch of Geek Pop '10, our third annual geek music festival! Hooray! These are our highlights, bursting with an eclectic mix of science-inspired songs, from rationalist raps to blues about Brownian motion. But it doesn't stop there - we have over 30 acts this year, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/geek-pop-10-festival-highlights/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/the-new-campaign-for-more-sound-robot-disaster/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/the-grand-tour-the-sound-of-the-ladies/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/brownian-motion-blues-karmadillo/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/neutron-star-johnny-the-chemists/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/level-up-sci-fried/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/bake-sale-for-nasa-craftlass/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/statistically-i-love-you-helen-arney/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/3-monkeys-aidy/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/off-that-rationalist-anthem-baba-brinkman/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/biology-lamar-holley/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/laika-intercontinental-music-lab/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/a-glorious-dawn-cosmos-remix-symphony-of-science/ http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/12/peltier-cooling-fourwave-mixing/ Right, so, to celebrate the launch of the Geek Pop '10 festival we're planning a virtual treasure hunt on Friday at 3pm. It's in collaboration with Newcastle Science Festival and 7digital, who are contributing to the treasure trove. All you need to do is turn up promptly at 3, at ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/03/09/synchronise-watches-virtual-treasure-hunt-starts-on-friday-at-3pm/ Tickets for both our live launch week gigs - in Bristol and London - are now on sale and we've assimilated a scintillating selection of science-inspired stars. So don't dilly-dally... get yours before they're all gone! Details below. Geek Pop '10 Live Launch gig Cube Microplex (map), Bristol 11th March, doors 7pm With Jonny Berliner, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/02/16/tickets-for-live-gigs-on-sale-now/ Yikes! There are only 35 days till Geek Pop '10 launches! So this month, it's a preview podcast, with special guest Chris Dunsford, who will be hosting our Bristol and London live gigs, sneaky snippets from 2010 artists, and a WHOLE SONG from Helen Arney, who you can see live ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/02/04/geek-pop-playlist-february-festival-preview/ Geek Pop '10 is almost upon us and we expect you're just as excited as we are. This year, we're all singing, all dancing, cross-media, multi-reality, bla bla bla... but what that basically means is there are plenty of ways you can experience the 2010 festival. So here are some of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/02/01/get-ready-for-launch/ Happy New Year geeks! So this is the first podcast of the new decade (or of The Future, according to Jim). This month, we take a chemistry lesson from Jurassic Five and make our pitch for sponsorship from tanning tablet companies. And, as promised on the pod, here's a link ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2010/01/06/geek-pop-playlist-january/ Hoorah! So the second live date of our Geek Pop '10 mini-tour - the London gig - has finally been confirmed! Hopes of securing a venue for the gig before Christmas had faded following the realisation that the planned date would clash with St Patrick's Day celebrations. But thanks to co-organiser ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/12/23/second-live-date-confirmed-for-2010/ The December Playlist is our Christmas bonanza! Not only do we have an interview with a legend of geek music from BRITISH SEA POWER (latest album Man of Aran on iTunes here), there's a Christmas quiz and a purpose made Christmas carol. Happy Christmas one and all! Oh, and most ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/12/04/geek-pop-playlist-december-xmas-spesh/ Check it out: the first Geek Pop pin to reach alien shores (okay, Australia). Anyway, don't ask us - ask @AstroMeg, who is doing astronomy type stuff down under. AstroMeg won our first Friday pin badge competition a couple of weeks ago. (Follow @geekpop on Twitter to play.) Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/11/19/geek-pop-pin-reaches-alien-shores/ Everyone loves a bargain, right? Especially when it's nearly Christmas. So, to buy gifts for your geek friends and relatives, use the voucher code "NOVEMBERSALE" for any Geek Chic purchase before 29 November and you'll get 15% off. Hooray! And by the way, we've added whole bunch of new geek products, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/11/09/geek-chic-going-cheap/ The November Playlist has a loose time travel theme - if you ignore half of it, that is... Hayley and Jim get to grips with loneliness, flux capacitors and warp drives. And Jim still isn't done with his aluminum/aluminIUM rant... Just don't encourage him. You can find the tracks from ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/11/04/geek-pop-playlist-november/ Our live launch event sponsor Computer Geeks offers local IT support, as well as remote PC tune-ups anywhere in the world (despite being based in Bristol - clever eh?). They can even organise a tune-up while you're out of the house, working, jogging, trainspotting or whatever you like to do. In ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/10/17/something-from-our-lovely-sponsors/ This month, our Playlist prompts discussion of a random collection of weird and wonderful things, including spaghettification, strangeness, supernovas... and pagophagia. (Yet again, Hayley is unable to read her own writing and calls it "papophagia"). You can also find this Playlist on Spotify (sorry, no Black Hole on Spotify, apparently). Electron ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/10/10/geek-pop-playlist-october/ Hey hey! Sorry for the silence. Twitter is taking up so much of our time these days we've barely had a moment to blog - proof, though, that we are in fact uber-geeks... Anyway, we've been up to all sorts: revamping the website (which now looks AWE-some, even if we do ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/09/29/new-newsletters/ @revoltingross asked us if we had a promo for the Playlist podcast. We didn't... but we do now! And here it is. Feel free to use it on your show/blog/website. If you do upload it anywhere else, please thank Intercontinental Music Lab for the awesome Playlist theme, taken from Probe II’s ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/09/13/playlist-promo/ This month it's all drugs and rock and roll (and space), as we discuss cocaine and Betelgeuse. Listen to the Playlist picks, then follow the links from the blog to find your favourite sci-pop tunes. You can also find this Playlist on Spotify. Rest My Chemistry - Interpol Girl, You Have No ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/09/11/geek-pop-playlist-september/ You can now choose any colour of Geek Pop Square t-shirt your heart desires. Yay! Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/08/29/now-in-every-colour/ If you've been keeping up, you'll know that we're planning a series of live events across the UK for Geek Pop launch week in 2010. One of these will take place in Bristol - home of Geek Pop HQ, hooray! We can now confirm the sponsors of this event as Computer ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/08/24/computer-geeks-confirmed-as-sponsors/ Just a quick post, folks.  We're announcing our official call for artists for Geek Pop '10 today.  You can download a press release here or read more about how to apply here.  So.  If you know anyone who is in a band, knows how to play a penny whistle or ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/08/17/official-call-for-artists/ Listen to this month's playlist picks, then follow the links from the blog to find your favourite sci-pop tunes: Our Velocity - Maximo Park In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans [check out their awesome sixties fashions] Oh, Larsen B - British Sea Power Ecology - Anni Rossi Blister in the Sun - Violent ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/08/12/geek-pop-playlist-august/ Geek Pop: be there *and* be square. Get your own here. Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/08/07/hooray-we-made-a-new-t-shirt/ Once you've listened to us rambling about this month's playlist picks, follow the links from the blog to find music tracks from the podcast. You can also listen to the tracks from this playlist on Spotify (but there's no 'Laika' on Spotify, sadly). Race for the Prize - Flaming Lips She Blinded ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/07/22/geek-pop-playlist-july/ Geek Pop would like to pay tribute to Richard Ayoade - "Moss" of IT Crowd fame - by asking its listeners to post love poems dedicated to this talented actor. This is not at all a desperate and possibly ill-advised attempt to attract Richard's attention in order that we might ask ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/07/15/we-love-you-richard/ Guess what? Geek Pop is going live. Or non-virtual. Or physical. However you want to look at it. Yep, in 2010, the Geek Pop crew will be touring the UK, playing host to some real-life geeky music events. So far, we have plans for Bristol, Cambridge and London during Geek Pop ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/07/14/geek-pop-10-geek-pop-gets-physical/ Clearly visible in the image below - the Geek Pop pin badge! Image courtesy of Conor Cahill - thanks Conor. Become as stylish as Rob and get your own. Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/07/03/snapped-robert-winston-geeking-it-up/ Awesome. Be as cool as Dave. Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/06/09/david-attenborough-now-owns-a-geek-pop-pin-badge/ Geek Pop artists Intercontintental Music Lab, fondly known to us as IML, have released a new album - Superheroes of Space. It's available to download for free on their blog. Download it now, now, now! Our favourite tracks so far are Russian Man Outside (beautiful floaty music) and Step Aside Roger ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/06/02/new-album-from-geek-pop-artists/ Thanks to everyone who contributed to the last discussion thread (Let's Talk). This is just a brief update to announce that we'll be at the Cheltenham Science Festival from Wednesday to Sunday next week. So if want to talk in a physical, as opposed to a virtual, sense (be careful ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/05/28/lets-talk-the-real-life-version/ Let's cut to the chase: we're afraid Geek Pop may die this year without your help.  What we need is your ideas, advice and support to make sure next year's festival 1) takes place and 2) gets bigger and better.  You can add your thoughts below or email us at ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/05/22/lets-talk/ We're not the only ones mad enough to make music about science! As proof, we present music and chat from University of Wisconsin-Madison social scientists Andy Isham and Bret Shaw, who are on a mission to stop the spread of fish disease. Excuse the dodgy phone link up to the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/05/14/songs-for-fishermen/ Of late, the Geek Pop/Sounds of Science crew has been ploughing all of its efforts into securing some dosh - as you can imagine, being a not-for-profit event doesn't do wonders for your bank balance. We've applied for arts funding for Geek Pop '10 and are awaiting the decision of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/05/08/a-princely-sum-geek-pop-mini-mix-tape/ Tell us your real position in our virtual world by sticking a pin in this map. All you have to do is click on the link at the bottom, then "Save to my Maps", log into your Google account and edit it with a pin of your very own.  Off you ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/04/09/stick-your-pin-in-our-map/ We'd just like to share with you a few of the lovely things that bands and fans have said about Geek Pop since the launch - and give them a shout out for their support.  It's warmed the cockles of our big, emotional, geeky hearts at Geek HQ . "I would ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/04/09/just-spreading-the-love/ Having launched our virtual festival this year, we geeks thought we would head off to a real world festival and find out what was going down.  So on Saturday we set off (before dawn) for the Cambridge Science Festival in... er... Cambridge.  Check out the podcast, which includes an interview ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/18/geeks-at-the-cambridge-science-festival/ It's the last round! You'll have to be a super-geek to get these... 1. If you start with amoeba, the natural end point is what? 2. What song did Let's Tea Party play at last year's Geek Pop festival? 3. What colour were Jim's wellies? 4. How many geeks does it take to change ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/13/geek-pop-pop-quiz-round-five/ Well, I can't quite believe it but launch week for Geek Pop '09 is nearly at an end. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't tune in and rock out for the rest of the year. I know we do keep banging on about it, but that IS the benefit ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/13/festival-diary-hayley/ We're starting to weed out the geeks from the chaff now. Get your brain cells round this lot... 1. What on earth is the song "11 Dimensions" actually about? 2. What's you favourite Geek Pop ‘09 stage and why? 3. What does Dr. Stu reckon neutron stars are heavier than? 4. Which member of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/12/geek-pop-pop-quiz-round-four/ For Spirit of Play, this is Day Seven in the wonderful world of geek pop - and the amazing thing is, we still have our tent, we still have our passes to the VIP area, and all that's been lost is the keyboard player's innocence. To compensate, we did stumble ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/12/festival-diary-michael/ You'll need to pay a visit to the Green Room for a few of these. Off you trot then... 1. Does alatinpunkcircle think that nanobots are nasty or nice? 2. What phrase is "Eben" a shortened version of? 3. Where was Thor Heyerdahl going? 4. What type of waves do On Rails make music ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/11/geek-pop-pop-quiz-round-three/ Well, this is unheard of – I’m sat here in the press office at a festival, and the computers all work, the WiFi’s quick, and there’s even a man in a t-shirt that says “technical support” (the t-shirt, not the man). I’m Adam by the way; I’m half of Amateur Transplants ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/11/festival-diary-adam/ They're a bit harder today, but you will find all the answers on the site (except for question 5). 1. What is the name of Amateur Transplants' new album? 2. What is Dr. Stu's day job? 3. According to Professor Science, what's better, sandstone or obsidian? 4. Who has "slender legs like Red Rum" ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/10/geek-pop-pop-quiz-round-two/ Greetings geekpoppers. So, what better way to spend National Science & Engineering Week than conducting my own investigation into the effects of virtual scrumpy? Especially when combined with a constant barrage of geekrock soundwaves (or are they particles? Best ask Spirit of Play). My conclusions thus far have been somewhat hazy, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/10/festival-diary-steve/ And so the search for the biggest geek - the geek to rule them all - begins. We'll start you off with some easy ones, but they'll get harder... 1. Is the name of this year's festival: a) Geek Pop ‘09 b) Greek Pop ‘09 c) Chic Pop ‘09? 2. Name a ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/09/geek-pop-pop-quiz-round-one/ Hello! I'm back after a hectic weekend. Well, how is everyone? It's Monday morning, which is nobody's favourite time of week, but here at Geek Pop the sun is shining and we are looking forward to a whole week's worth of Geek Pop fun. First off, we are launching our daily Geek ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/09/festival-diary-jim/ Thanks to Molehill Media and Keir Moffat for this little gem. Spread it around... Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/geek-pop-promo-video/ Welcome everybody to Geek Pop '09! I'm Jim, one of a team of self-confessed geeks who have been putting together a celebration of science, music and creativity, free for everybody to enjoy for the next year. For those new to the Geek Pop experience, then yes, this is a music festival ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/hello-and-welcome-to-geek-pop-09/ Well, here it is. It's what you've all been waiting for... all your favourite sci-pop bands in one virtual field, ahem. And these are our highlights. Your host for the festival podcast is Vicky, who is joined at Geek Pop by roving reporters Hayley and Jim, bringing you all the fun ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/geek-pop-09-festival-highlights/ Everybody tells me I'll pass easily I've been working hard for oh so long But they don't realise my exam technique Guarantees that something will go wrong I can name you forty types of hernia I know the innervations of the spleen I know the incidence of pemphigus I even know ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/amateur-transplants-finals-fantasy/ Say hi to the Professor, I'm your new House Officer And I've heard the rumour that you're no good at removing tumours You've got no ability, you're a liability And you can't deny that all you patients seem to die. But what you don't see is it comes down to me ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/amateur-transplants-dept-of-surgery/ There's Aspirin, Adrenaline & also Aminophylline, Amphetamine, Adenosine, Augmentin & Rifampicin, Amoxicillin, Penicillin, Heparin & Warfarin & Oestrogen, Progestagen & Canesten & Chloroquine There's Bendroflumethiazide & also Cyclophosphamide & Metoclopramide, Acetazolomide Tropicamide, Loperamide, Amiloride & Cyclizine & Frusemide & if you're up the duff then you had best avoid Thalidomide. There's Lithium, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/amateur-transplants-the-drugs-song/ She said she loved me She said she loved my big ideas She said she'd help me With my creativity And I said greater, greater things And greater, greater things And greater things are yet to come And I said greater, greater things And greater, greater things And greater things are yet ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/let%e2%80%99s-tea-party-walter-benjamin/ There's 11 dimensions, in the heart of you. There's 11 dimensions, and I've got the proof. No more clever pretentions, I hasten to mention. There's 11 inside of me too. There's 11 dimensions and we make 22. There's a level of tension. A like that's rarely seen. There's a level of ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/the-standards-11-dimensions/ Music: Dr Stu Lyrics: Dr Stu and James Urquhart Too small for human eyes to see Squeezed into a stellar pea The neutron stars do not burn bright But hide away inside the night A hundred billion shining stars Flung across the heavens far But neutron stars do not burn bright Crushed ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dr-stu-and-the-neutron-stars-neutron-stars/ It's always been a problem, right from the very start Do I go with the flow or take a stand apart? Follow my head or listen to my heart, Am I a wave or a particle, wave or a particle, A wave or a particle - ooh, what do I ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/spirit-of-play-wave-or-particle/ I'm geek of the week And I'm so proud to be me Got a first-class degree From university I'm geek of the week Oh why can't you see that We should be Together But you say... go... away You're biggest geek I know As if you're not keen On giving lab rats codeine As if you're the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/spirit-of-play-geek-of-the-week/ I think its great that you've got eight wobbly arms I can never see you with your crazy camouflage I think your bostin! you are surreal! Better than the fish the sharks and even the conger eel Because I love You Octopus x 2 I wish I was as rich as the English ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dalmatian-rex-and-the-eigentones-octopus-i-love-you/ I'm quite sure when this happened It was the day Jimmy Saville got his KBE A UFO descended from the sky And landed on Wessenden Head Moor At first everybody was excited As they gathered around the glowing space craft And through a little window on the side The aliens ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dalmatian-rex-and-the-eigentones-everybody-is-a-robot/ the first day that's ever been how many camp fires rest before me the first day i ever dreamed the full moon rise and fall above the trees the first day that's ever been crossfire separates me the first day i ever known the doors have opened answers have been shown the ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/eben-first-day/ hold over the glass parade we got soul solution that cannot fade old lady interstate we got time delusion going out on rate hold over the river lean we got second delight on a fountain stream old lady mother the star we got rolling connections to the other part here we ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/eben-glass-parade/ Baby, wake up. Yeah, I'm sorry, I know it's the middle of the night, It's just sometimes at night I wonder, And I wake up in a state of fright. Honey, I really need to ask you, Even though it's three o'clock, I need to know, yes, I need to know ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/professor-science-the-one-about-rocks/ Hey there, little lady, how're ya' feelin' tonight? I don't know you so well, but you're lookin' all right. I think we got some chemistry, but maybe not, But if you're interested, I know a nice little spot, Where I like to go when things get awfully chaotic, And I ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/professor-science-sweet-home-apparatus/ Meanwhile, back in the seas a strange creature lies half-buried in the sea bed. Part worm, yet able to swim like an eel, this bizarre animal guides passing morcels into its mouth with tentacle-like strands. It's hard to imagine, but this little beast is our earliest discernable ancestor. For inside ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/being-747-shake-your-backbone/ Many years ago - About 65 million There came to an end the tyranny reptilian. Hiding in their burrows under ground Down there the families safe and sound Drink up, Drink your milk! Drink up, Drink your milk! Warm blooded killers with a fiery reputation With fur covered bodies for perfect insulation. ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/being-747-milk/ It's probably true that I'm stuck in a state, in a little square well classically oscillate. So tell me your problems and I'll do my best, depending on time let the maths do the rest. Atoms and molecules dull on their own, but with so much potential results are unknown. Quantum ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/jon-hamshaw-atomic/ Music by Joseph Ashley Smith Lyrics and vocals by Rob Fisher mother, you had to tango with my teacher i couldn't keep your secret any longer father, beat you till you drank down the poison i pushed the domino now he's lost, alone and broken so down into the lonely lake ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/intercontinental-music-lab-take-me-home-to-orgonon/ Music by Richard Yates and Nick Osbourne Lyrics by Julian Peters Vocals by Julian Peters and Aya Saito So another day has passed you've done the same old things, You've been bouncing off springs and collecting gold rings, Rolling over bridges that crumble away, But Christ Between here and level 5 ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/intercontinental-music-lab-dr-robotnik/ On April the 28th 1947, Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl made a breathtaking journey across the Pacific on a raft. The raft was built from Inca design and made from balsa logs and bamboo. Thor and his crew were carried over 4000 miles by incessant trade winds and ocean currents from ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/intercontinental-music-lab-how-to-prove-a-point/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/radium88-only-science-can-tell-us-the-truth/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/radium88-the-sound-of-light/ I am a Nanobot I know that may not seem a lot to you in your macroscopic world I, the fancy of Sci-fi dreams travel through your blood streams exploring the secrets, the self that you don't know Yes, I may only be of a size comparable to the atoms that line ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/alatinpunkcircle-nanobot/ I'm normally just a nobody but today I've gained access to the stage, a P.A. and a microphone for a moment I'm a messenger of divine right I'm a prophet going to shine the proverbial light I've got a message that I intend to pass on through my favourite modern medium: ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/alatinpunkcircle-message-from-the-cosmos/ I was inspired to write this rhyme at a time When Mercury, Saturn and Venus were all aligned Not seen here on earth since nineteen sixty five But visible here today with the naked eye With Saturn and Venus giving me creative drive And the clarity of mind that Mercury ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/science-is-fiction-the-universe-as-seen-from-earth/ When you are by my side I feel thermodynamic Our connections so deep it must be subatomic I have spent so long suspended in stasis My over analysis once caused me paralysis Asking "how to make our potential kinetic" Seeking why you make me feel so energetic But now I ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/science-is-fiction-free-energy/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/on-rails-sine-language/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dr-clandestino-ode-to-monads/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dr-clandestino-fractal-sensations-05/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/dalmatian-rex-and-the-eigentones-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/eben-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/being-747-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/professor-science-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/intercontinental-music-lab-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/alatinpunkcircle-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/radium88-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/on-rails-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/the-standards-in-the-green-room/ Share | http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/06/lets-tea-party-in-the-green-room/ Word on the street is that Geek Pop '09 is going to be c-raaaaazy, not to mention awesome. We've just added a new '2009'  page which guides you through the various stages and gives you a feel for what Geek Pop '09 is going to be like. Go on, get ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/03/01/pre-festival-gossip/ Want to help us promote Geek Pop '09 online? We've uploaded an image file for you here that you can resize to fit your own blog or website. Remember: Geek Pop is not-for-profit, so you're practically making a charitable donation by advertising for us! Just click on the image below, wait ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/02/26/help-us-advertise-geek-pop-09/ So it looks like the Geek Pop crew will be heading to Cambridge on 14th March to attend, and report on, the annual science festival in that fair town. Look out for us sporting our Geek Pop tshirts and pin badges.  We'll be at the Intercontinental Music Lab's gig... Do come ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/02/23/geek-pop-crew-in-cambridge/ Hello all newcomers to Geek Pop! There's been a sudden influx of you this morning... Do tell us how you got here - our stats are a bit rubbish and we can't work out for the life of us where you're all coming from. Did you get here on the Information ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/02/04/where-the-devil-are-you-coming-from/ As you know, Geek Pop is a completely eco-friendly festival concept. We don't want litter on our virtual festival site and we don't believe in flying our artists to the gig - that's why we do it like we do. But, of course, we do want everyone to know about Geek ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/01/19/nano-flyering/ Check out the shiny curves of our new GEEK POP PIN BADGE! Is it not the most splendid thing you ever saw? Oh, indeed it is. And where can one get one's hands on such a thing? Well, if you scurry along to our new GEEK POP SHOP you can pick ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/01/06/ooh-shiny-shiny/ Happy New Year to all the geeks out there and many thanks for all your support.  And thanks especially to the lovely people at 7digital, who are now sponsoring the Tesla Tent at Geek Pop '09.  Which means... you'll be able to get your hands (ears, actually) on some great ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2009/01/05/our-lovely-sponsors-7digital/ Thanks to Marc West in Australia for featuring Geek Pop on the Mr Science Show and Diffusion Radio. And hello to all our Southern Hemisphere fans, who should be arriving right about now! (The Mr Science Show is quite good too.  Go and have a listen, but make sure you come ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2008/12/22/some-shameless-self-promotion/ Following an extremely fruitful Geek Pop meeting this morning, the name of the main stage has been decided. So to add to the Reproductive Stage and Tesla Tent, we have... drum roll... The Tetrahedron Stage.  Huzzah! (In case you haven't worked it out yet, this is in homage to a certain ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2008/12/12/the-stages/ Following on from the success of Geek Pop '08, Geek Pop '09 is on its way. TO FIND OUT MORE, CLICK HERE. TO REGISTER FOR GEEK POP UPDATES, CLICK HERE. ***NEW*** JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP/EVENT. http://geekpop.podbean.com/2008/11/18/geek-pop-09/ Geek Pop audio is hosted here. You'll find the '08 festival site at Null Hypothesis, but you can click on the media player below to hear full performances. (Or click on individual performances in the posts below). Geek Pop '08 is a celebration of sci-pop music, featuring songs from Amateur Transplants, ... http://geekpop.podbean.com/2008/02/27/geek-pop-08-festival-highlights/ 04/03/09 We have reloaded this file, so you can now download and listen without the nasty buzzing!  Oops! 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