Here is a song about my rock collection! It is a tune you probably recognize. Lyrics under the cut!
Permit me to parade my petrological anthology
Collected in my quest for comprehensive mineralogy.
Their shininess is second to their science and lithology.
This song’s about my rock collection! Man, I love geology.
Oh, amethyst is purple ‘cause of iron, isn’t that real neat?
And citrine is just amethyst plus lots of geothermal heat.
And smoky quartz is brown from radiation and aluminum…
Inclusions such as chlorite, rutile, goethite can bloom in ‘em!
(Inclusions such as chlorite, rutile, goethite can bloom in ‘em!)
(Inclusions such as chlorite, rutile, goethite can bloom in ‘em!)
(Inclusions such as chlorite, rutile, goethite can bloom in bloom in ‘em!)
Oh, sapphire and ruby, well, they’re both corundum chemically
And emerald, aquamarine, and morganite are beryl. See,
Historically each color had a different etymology
And now they’re in my rock collection! Man, I love geology.
(Historically each color had a different etymology)
(And now they’re in my rock collection! Man, I love geology.)
My fluorite is a favorite when it’s glowing under UV light.
But should it be from Rogerley it changes when the sun is bright.
And if you like fluorescence, put this fact inside your cranium:
Chalcedony glows green because of ions of uranium!
When making porcelain vases, you need kyanite that’s powdered fine
And celestine’s in fireworks and toothpaste such as Sensodyne.
There’s mica in your drywall, and the litterbox has zeolites…
Your bones and teeth and kidney stones are all hydroxylapatites!
(Your bones and teeth and kidney stones are all hydroxylapatite!)
(Your bones and teeth and kidney stones are all hydroxylapatite!)
(Your bones and teeth and kidney stones are all hydroxyl-apple-apa-tite!)
When dating strata layers ammonites can be real helpful guys.
The sutures in their shell can tell how long ago they fossilized!
And artifacts obsidian track trade in archeology.
Those ancient folks had rock collections, man I love geology!
(And artifacts obsidian track trade in archeology.)
(Those ancient folks had rock collections, man I love geology!)
Oh, did you know that peridot, as super hot peridotite
Makes up the planet’s mantle and is also found in meteorites?
Which make lechatelierite when it’s sandy soil that they strike.
Another form of that is made by lightning, that’s called fulgurite!
Well, garnet makes the best dodecahedrons that you’ve ever seen.
Prismatic crystals with three sides are quite unique to tourmaline.
A certain mine in Spain produces pyrite that is cubical…
Lepidolite can be botryoidal, but that’s quite unusual.
(Lepidolite can be botryoidal, but that’s quite unusual!)
(Lepidolite can be botryoidal, but that’s quite unusual!)
(Lepidolite can be botryoidal, but that’s quite unusu-usu-al!)
My knowledge of earth sciences is only as an amateur.
But hounding and collecting rocks ain’t only for a connoisseur.
And for my love of minerals I’m making no apology.
Cause rocks are fun for everyone and man, I love geology!
(And for my love of minerals I’m making no apology.)
(Cause rocks are fun for everyone and man, I love geology!)
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What's your favorite sneaking around music (e.g., Pink Panther theme, Mission: Impossible theme)?
Great question!
I'd say Mission: Impossible is not sneaking around music, it's heist music, and mmmaybe taking itself a bit too seriously. Too much competence implied for my tastes, too much action and epicness, and way too much (and fully underserved, since this is some Cold War bullshit) self-righteousness. A great and iconic theme, just not for our purposes.
Meanwhile, The Pink Panther Theme is 100% trickster music. I don't think there's even been another melody that captures so perfectly the concept of sneaking, but who's doing the sneaking? A trickster, for sure! So the music is all sleight, playful and light-footed and irreverent, and at no point is it remotely tempted to take itself seriously. And if you hear it and expect the graceful and precise balancing act of the most elegant jewel thief in the world to be immediately followed by a fucking piano falling on the hapless Inspector Clouseau's head like some Looney Tunes shit, well the theme did its job, because that's what it's supposed to evoke. 10/10, insurpassable.
I've always said that Henry Mancini was a genius (also notable for the Peter Gunn theme and Victor/Victoria). That said, Lalo Schifrin is also brilliant (he scored Cook Hand Luke! and Bullitt! and Enter the Dragon!), so yay for both of them.
Finally, I think we should give an honourable mention to The Pirates of Penzance where WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL *keeps singing at the top of her lungs*
With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal
In silence dread our cautious way we feel
No sound at all, we never speak a word
A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard
So stealthily the pirate creeps
While all the household soundly sleeps
Come friends who plough the sea
Truce to navigation, take another station
Let's vary piracy with a little burglary
Here's your crowbar and your centre bit
Your life preserver, you may want to hit
Your silent matches, your dark lantern seize
Take your file and your skeletonic keys
With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal
In silence dread our cautious way we feel
No sound at all, we never speak a word
A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard
Come friends who plough the sea
Truce to navigation, take another station
Let's vary piracy with a little burglary
WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL
IN SILENCE DREAD OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL
COME FRIENDS WHO PLOUGH THE SEA
TRUCE TO NAVIGATION, TAKE ANOTHER STATION
LET'S VARY PIRACY WITH A LITTLE BURGLARY
WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD
UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL
IN SILENCE DREAD
OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL
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It's the 29th of February! Which means.....
🎉🎂 🍰 🎊
Happy 42nd birthday to Frederick from The Pirates of Penzance! Born in 1852, he would chronologically be 172 years old, but if you go by birthdays he's a lovely 42
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