Casus Belli (A Status Report)

Well, I think the RPM challenge is going to be a success, but not exactly the way we'd hoped. We're discussing now whether to take what we have and turn it in (which really buys us little more than a little publicity), or whether to work on it an extra two weeks to get it just right before releasing it. Frankly, we're probably better off trying to improve the quality of the work than rushing it to press, as it were, but we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, however, be sure to check out our MySpace (lower quality due to file size constraints) and Facebook (higher quality) pages for our new song from the previously mentioned album, Casus Belli. It's an odd choice for a single (at 14 minutes long), but it really is a powerful piece for us that we're really proud of, as well as indicative of what we are trying to accomplish with The Experiment. The subject matter is uncomfortable and hopefully controversial. Have an open mind.

To quote a liner note from a favorite album of mine, "Listen to it loud, with the lights off."

No. I mean it.

-Nick

Revolutions (The RPM Album)

We're about halfway through the RPM album (tentatively titled, Revolutions) which is both good news and bad news given that the "rules" of the challenge require us to have it done and sent before the end of the month. Nevertheless, we also have a tentative track listing, though not necessarily in the following order.

1. The New Frontier
2. Lost
3. Good Knights
4. Halfway There
5. Casus Belli

Should be just over 35 minutes worth of material when all is said and done, and we'll direct supporters to where it can be purchased. If you just want to download it without paying for it, you're on your own.

Well, you could ask us really, really nicely...so long as you promise to share it with all your other friends.

-Nick

New Cosmic Theory Unites Dark Forces

I know it's not that simple, but even this article comments on certain similarities between this united "dark fluid" and aether. We're not talking about luminous aether here, of course, but you must admit, aether is far more fun a term than "dark matter" and "dark energy."

-Nick

Dark Matter

Mathematics says there is such a thing as "Dark Matter", but Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity suggests (or perhaps demands) that there is no such thing as luminous aether.

I'm all for everything lining up beautifully in the realm of mathematics, particularly when it comes to physics (which may as well be the study of everything), but it seems counterproductive to so quickly dismiss some of the more peculiar claims in physics without considering how a couple of scientists who set out to quantify and understand a certain property of the universe discovered instead that it didn't exist.

So say some people, anyway.

Then again, even Einstein wasn't happy with spooky action at a distance.

-Nick

Coolest Gadgets Ever

Okay you steampunk kids. Here is an incomplete but still fascinating list of some of the coolest gadgets ever invented...before the 20th century.

The article, of course, is typical Wired fare. Not so much informative most of the time as intriguing, but a little research via Wikipedia or other sources reveals some of the more interesting facts about these devices.

I know what you're thinking. "What does this have to do with the band?"

Uh...everything.

Enjoy.

-Nick