Live Performance of "The Condensed Matter Song" (Lyrics by Me)

Several years ago, I wrote a parody of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Matter-Patter Trio" called The Condensed Matter Song. This year, it was performed at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting as part of the
Rock 'n' Roll Physics Sing-Along. Thanks to Walter Smith for contacting me about doing this after he found my blog entry with my lyrics. Take a look at his physics-song webpage.

Live performance of "The Condensed Matter Song" (my parody of Gilbert & Sullivan) at 2017 @APSphysics March Meeting!https://t.co/ByzJGc1cQ2

— Mason Porter (@masonporter) April 2, 2017

Ig Nobel Show from Friday

Stevyn Colgan has written a wrap up of the Ig Nobel show two days ago. I was one of the performers. Alas, despite the description, I have not actually won an Ig Nobel prize. :(

If a video shows up later, I'll post it. In the meantime, go to 39:00 in this video of the entire 2012 Ig Nobel show at Imperial College if you want to see me give my 5-minute comedic presentation on cow synchronization.

A Tom Lehrer Recording from 1997!

How awesome! Here is a Tom Lehrer performance from 1997. It includes some songs I have never heard him sing before! (I had never even heard of a couple of these songs before.) Big win!

(The penultimate song takes a really low shot at sociology and the attempt to mathematize it. It's really funny, though, perhaps because I can think of specific examples that it fits very well. Still, the assessment is not even close to fair.)

(Tip of the cap to Marina Chugunova.)

Update: I forgot to mention that I am wearing my "Let ε < 0" shirt today. How appropriate!