iPod iChing
catdynamics | February 13, 2015We haven't done an iPod iChing prognostication in a very long time, and needs must!
So, Oh Mighty iPod One! What say you?
Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Woosh.
The Covering: The Secret Marriage - Sting
The Crossing: I Will Not Be Denied - Bonnie Raitt
The Crown: Away in a Manger - Kenny G
The Root: Last Christmas - Wham
The Past: All At Once - Bonnie Raitt
The Future: Rock Steady - Sting
The Questioner: Circle Dance - Bonnie Raitt
The House: History Will Teach Us Nothing - Sting
The Inside: Centuries - Fall Out Boy
The Outcome: She's a Rebel - Green Day
The Covering: well, that was tres…
catdynamics | December 13, 2013Although many moons have passed, we once again approach The Mighty iPod One, and we once again ask the impossible:
Oh, Mighty iPod, is there indeed invasive terrestrial scum on Europa, transmitted through the mystery of lithopanspermia?
Woosh goes the Mighty iPod.
Woosh.
The Covering: Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bowie and Crosby
The Crossing: One of Us - Joan Osbourne
The Crown: The Space Race is Over - Billy Bragg
The Root: Trúir Þú Á Engla - Bubbi
The Past: Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
The Future: "Hi hi hi hi hi" - Die Zauberfloete, Mozart
The Questioner: Set Fire to the Rain…
catdynamics | June 29, 2012It is another hot and sultry friday, and that means it is time for the iPod iChing!
Oh, Mighty iPod One, what may come in the near term of our endless quest to seek Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
Woosh goes the randomizer.
Woosh.
The Covering: Peter and Wolf: The Story Begins - Prokoviev
The Crossing: Take It All - Adele
The Crown: Girlfriend is Better (Live) - Talking Heads
The Root: Vertigo - U2
The Past: Shadow Play - Joy Division
The Future: Downbound Train - Raul Malo
The Questioner: Crosseyed and Painless - Talking Heads
The House: Nú Er Glatt Í Hverjum Hól - Trad.
The Inside: I…
catdynamics | May 25, 2012It is friday!
On fridays, we have an occasional tradition to invoke the ever omniscient iPod One, Mighty is the iPod One, and do our own divination, a musical haruspicy if you like, where the diverse and assorted cards of our harmonies are cast upon the net to reveal our destinies, or permit us to project our pareidoliac tendencies upon the anthropic aspects of our anthems.
It is also a great excuse to load up some old tunes and fill up blog space as we settle into our new digs.
So, oh Mighty iPod, what does the future hold as the ScienceBrethren settle into the embrace of our new Overlords?…
catdynamics | November 4, 2011It is a beautiful sunny day in the neighbourhood,
so we skip joyfully to the iPod and ask:
Oh, Mighty iPod One, what will the grim fates bring us as the appropriations for Science (and Commerce and Justice) go to the mysteries of the Conference Committee?
Whoosh goes the iPod.
Whoosh.
The Covering: Móðir - Ego
The Crossing: Scherzo a la Russe (Firebird) - Stravinsky
The Crown: Let it Snow - Dean Martin
The Root: Buckeye Jim - Burl Ives
The Past: Estampe - Pagodes - Claudio Arrau
The Future: Pull the Wires From the Walls - the Delgados
The Questioner: Don't Try This at Home - Billy Bragg…
catdynamics | September 30, 2011Fateful day, as the fed fiscal year closes and a new year begins...
As so often before, we skip and jump to the Mighty iPod One, and ask, what prospects for the new Fiscal Year?
Woosh goes the randomier.
Woosh.
The Covering: Rudi, A Message to You - Specials
The Crossing: God Bless Africa - Alpha Blondy
The Crown: Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
The Root: Toy Symphony 3 - Mozart
The Past: Fearless - Pink Flo
The Future: Silent Legacy - Melissa Etheridge
The Questioner: Reggae on the Move - Yellowman
The House: Lost in the Supermarket - Clash
The Inside: Woodstock - Joni…
catdynamics | August 26, 2011A calm cool friday, as await the storm
So, oh Mighty iPod One: Irene - a fizzle or da bomb?
Woosh goes the randomizer.
Woosh.
The Covering: Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
The Crossing: The Price I Pay - Billy Bragg
The Crown: Mountains O'Things - Tracy Chapman
The Root: Dr Gradus ad Parnassum
The Past: The Captain - Biffy Clyro
The Future: Heart Like a Wheel - Billy Bragg
The Questioner: Questing, Not Coasting - Maximo Park
The House: Sumarkveðja
The Inside: Carol of the Bells/Deck the Halls
The Outcome: Paradise Lost (You're the Reason Why) - Half Man Half Biscuit
The…
catdynamics | August 19, 2011stormy friday as portends gather and it is move-in day!
Yes, They Are Back.
So, we probe a puzzle dujour: the Definitely Not NASA ponderings on Scenarios for SETI Success - aka Alien Ecoterrorists Attack!!!.
So, oh mighty iPod One: any Thennanin out There Threatening to Thwart Us?
Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Whoosh.
The Covering: Serenade for the Doll
The Crossing: Some Days You Gotta Dance - Dixie Chicks
The Crown: Það er Jólasveinninn Minn
The Root: Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
The Past: Menuett F-Dur - Mozart
The Future: This War is Over - Melissa Etheridge
The Questioner:…
catdynamics | April 8, 2011It is friday, and we prepare to close down for the weekend.
So we splish over to the iPod and we ask...
Oh, mighty iPod: what writing will we see on the wall when the slate is clean?
Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Whoosh.
The Covering: The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Crossing: Skyttan (live) - MX-21
The Crown: Just the two of us - Bill Withers
The Root: One of These Days - Pink Floyd
The Past: Towers of London - XTC
The Future: The Boy Done Good - Billy Bragg
The Questioner: Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
The House: She's So High - Tal Bachman
The Inside: The Boy in the…
catdynamics | March 18, 2011The weekend is almost here, and wot a week it was.
So, we go to the local topical issue at hand: what prospects, eh?
Woosh goes the iPod.
Woosh.
The Covering: Oh Well - Fiona Apple
The Crossing: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
The Crown: Losing Sleep - Edwyn Collins
The Root: VCR - The XX
The Past: On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz
The Future: Wake Up Nation - Paul Weller
The Questioner: My Perfect Cousin - Undertones
The House: Ó Blessuð Vertu Sumarsól - Íslandstónar
The Inside: Deportees - Billy Bragg
The Outcome: Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"What you did to me made me…
catdynamics | February 11, 2011Yes, it is friday again, and once more we go to the Mighty iPod to seek guidance on dark matters...
Oh, Mighty iPod, we ask, topically, is the apparent seasonal modulation in DAMA really truly due to some sort of Light Cold Dark Matter, possibly with substructure?
Whoosh goes the iPod.
Whoosh.
The Covering: Another Nail in My Heart - Squeeze
The Crossing: Ghost Town (12" version) - Specials
The Crown: Dýravísur - various
The Root: Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti (from La Traviata)
The Past: Ruder Than You - Bodysnatchers
The Future: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
The Questioner:…