Musical Notes and the Tragedy of Math

What 5 Artists or Albums are you listening to right now?  A New Weekly Installment, inspired by my brother Andrew Rothbard.    I am no guru of one sound, and my eclectic tastes at times need refinement. (week of 10-11-2012)

Wowzer: Spiders (Rock and Rolled Me)

1.   Black Francis - Frank Black (off of Spotify)
2. Spiders: A band from Sweden that sound like they come out of the 1970's and great bands like Aeorosmith (Toys in the Attic), Blue Oyster Cult, and The MC 5.  Wowzer!  I am a fan of Southern Rock and Bluesy Chunky Music.  
3. Septembers Mojo collection.
4. The Digital Underground 
   (Italic means off of Spotify). 
5. Digster's Awesome Seven Hour Playlist for October and Rock and Roll.  

Check out the Cool Guys at Amoeba Records and their interviews with stars who shop there, and what lies within their bag.

Geek Equations: Value of Food

So how do you figure out the value of something: Taste (T) divided by cost (C) equals value (V).   So if the taste is excellent but the cost is high the value for the customer is less. 

Geek Equations: Lorentz Factors Fueled by Coffee Stains

Illustration by Gregory D. Rothbard

Scientist: "Curved space-time tells matter how to move, and matter tells space-time how to curve." 
Student: "So dude its like a dance... only bigger."

Nahin, Paul J., and Ben Bova. Time Travel : a Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest, 1997. Print. pg 53