Geek Pop
Encyclopedia
Geek Pop is a free online music event featuring songs about science
. It was established in 2008 and returned for a second year to coinicde with the National Science and Engineering Week. In the first festival attendees were able to download a free podcast full of sci-pop songs as part of a radio-style festival report.
was used to bring them to the UK. By virtue of it being an online festival site, Geek Pop does not fill a field
with discarded plastic, cans and flyers, in 2008 the Null Hypothesis website played host, this year Geek Pop has its own website. Additionally, no tickets are printed and the entire marketing campaign is carried out via the web and with very small flyers in an attempt to save paper.
and Nature
, receiving positive reviews from both – “There were many highlights, but [our] pick of the bunch [is] Dark Matter by science troubadour Johnny Berliner”, said Nature. Laboratory Talk said that, “this virtual festival has much to commend it… My personal highpoint was the aching rendition of Hotel Mauna Kea by the Photomixers, demonstrating simultaneously pathos, humour, and even a little musical talent.” They also said that Geek Pop 2009, “promises to be something of a hoot.”
Since March 2008 it has also been featured on Australia’s Diffusion Science Radio’s 2008 Christmas Special as well as the Mr Science Show
.
tent, the festival will introduce a new main stage which will be called the Tetrahedron
stage (in homage to Glastonbury’s
Pyramid
stage).
There was also be a green room, VIP area and videos as well as audio of the acts available.
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
. It was established in 2008 and returned for a second year to coinicde with the National Science and Engineering Week. In the first festival attendees were able to download a free podcast full of sci-pop songs as part of a radio-style festival report.
Virtual festival
Geek Pop is billed as a totally eco-friendly concept. Half of the acts playing in 2008 were from overseas, but no carbonCarbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...
was used to bring them to the UK. By virtue of it being an online festival site, Geek Pop does not fill a field
Field (agriculture)
In agriculture, the word field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as:* Cultivating crops* Usage as a paddock or, generally, an enclosure of livestock...
with discarded plastic, cans and flyers, in 2008 the Null Hypothesis website played host, this year Geek Pop has its own website. Additionally, no tickets are printed and the entire marketing campaign is carried out via the web and with very small flyers in an attempt to save paper.
Song List
- Amateur TransplantsAmateur TransplantsAmateur Transplants are a London based, British parody musical duo consisting of medical professionals, Dr. Adam Kay and Dr. Suman Biswas , who came to prominence in 2005 with a song about the London Underground, parodying the Jam song "Going Underground"...
– Anaesthetist’s Hymn - Jonny Berliner – Dark MatterDark matterIn astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is matter that neither emits nor scatters light or other electromagnetic radiation, and so cannot be directly detected via optical or radio astronomy...
- Let’s Tea Party – Reptiles
- Down with Gender – The RobotRobotA robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
Island - Tales from the Birdbath – The ScientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
- Logan Wright - Zero
- Photomixers – Hotel Mauna KeaMauna KeaMauna Kea is a volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is under water; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over tall—significantly taller than Mount Everest...
- Professor Science featuring Athena Currier – Sweet Home ApparatusApparatusApparatus may refer to:*Technical term for body of the Soviet and post-Soviet governments *Machine*Equipment*Critical apparatus, the critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text-See also:*Fire apparatus...
- Emily SchulmanEmily SchulmanEmily Hope Schulman is a former child actress and commercial agent, and current acting instructor...
– DinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
Extinction
Critical reception
Geek Pop ’08 was mentioned during podcasts from the GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
, receiving positive reviews from both – “There were many highlights, but [our] pick of the bunch [is] Dark Matter by science troubadour Johnny Berliner”, said Nature. Laboratory Talk said that, “this virtual festival has much to commend it… My personal highpoint was the aching rendition of Hotel Mauna Kea by the Photomixers, demonstrating simultaneously pathos, humour, and even a little musical talent.” They also said that Geek Pop 2009, “promises to be something of a hoot.”
Since March 2008 it has also been featured on Australia’s Diffusion Science Radio’s 2008 Christmas Special as well as the Mr Science Show
Mr Science Show
Mr Science Show is an Australian science podcast. The show originated on China Radio International in 2006, and was broadcast on China Drive until 2008, at which point it became a podcast. The show in China was broadcast in English and produced in Beijing, with creator Marc West interviewed down...
.
Geek Pop ‘09
Geek Pop ’09 took place between 6–15 March 2009 and was sponsored by 7digital. Along side the two virtual stages from the previous year, the reproductive stage and the TeslaNikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
tent, the festival will introduce a new main stage which will be called the Tetrahedron
Tetrahedron
In geometry, a tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. A regular tetrahedron is one in which the four triangles are regular, or "equilateral", and is one of the Platonic solids...
stage (in homage to Glastonbury’s
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
Pyramid
Pyramid (geometry)
In geometry, a pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex. Each base edge and apex form a triangle. It is a conic solid with polygonal base....
stage).
There was also be a green room, VIP area and videos as well as audio of the acts available.