Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must sing, badly 12 Dec 2009 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57PWqFowq-4] Humor
Evolution A prehumous Darwin Award for Michelle Bachmann 2 May 2009 One of the things I don’t like about the Darwin Awards is that it presumes the only way to gain one is to remove yourself from the gene pool directly by dying. But that would be a Wallace Award. Darwin knew, as do we, that there are many ways one… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Researchers teach gorilla existential angst 31 Mar 2010 I love The Onion. They even get the species right. Read More
Humor Terminological exaptitude 19 May 201119 May 2011 Lately, advocates of experimental philosophy have been calling it X-Phi. What with connotations of Mulder and Scully, that’s rather cool. Then, I saw a site on mathematical philosophy call itself M-Phi. So it follows that what I do, the philosophy of science, has to be called Sci-Phi… What do we… Read More
Elizabeth Lutyens set parts of the Tractatus for choir, and it was recorded commercially. Sadly no longer available.
Who said German philosophers don’t have a sense of humour, eh? Numminen is a Finnish jazz musician and Wittgenstein was an Austrian so what’s with the German?
MA Numminen is legend here in Finland. Sings humour, and is famous for childrenprogram, “Gommi & Pommi”. Before he had some problems becouse there are (in couple decades ago) strict attitude. And Numminen sing a song which is only a long quote on sexual healthbook. Polices were involved. Numminen songs other quotesongs too, like “Jenkka hevosenpuhdistamisesta”. That was army’s book from the times we still have “riding soldiers”. In there polices are not involvede.
Numinnen’s ‘Tractatus Suite’ was composed in 1966 and released on record in 1989. It was re-released on CD in 2003 on the German ‘2001’ mail order record label as “M.A. Numinnen Sings Wittgenstein” and is currently available from ‘2001’ for €3.99!
In 60’s Numminen song (also made record) of Finnish law (1928 version), dirtiest parts of it (about sexual crimes). Finnish public radio censored it. How do we know law if we are not allowed to even hear it? He succeeded to show hypocrite of our society. I didn’t know this myself but he told it in tv-show couple year ago. Immediately I got and idea.. Someone should sing dirtiest parts of Bible and Wedge in ahead of either church or ID-creationist conference 😉