Yeah, I seem to be going though a bit of a Natalie Weiss phase, but this one had me in hysterical laughter when I listened to it. Also, we have to celebrate our freedom from grant applications – this is the music of a people who can finally get back into the lab and do some real science!
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I especially love I dreamed a dream, and Castle on a Cloud, but honestly, the whole thing is brilliant. Though, judging by Andrew’s puzzled expression, one really does have to know the original musical for it to be funny. The other thing I love about this is the jazz aesthetic of it – both the instrumentation and key changes, but also the syncopation and other changes in rhythm. So clever. Happy Friday!
Did you read the article in The Age yesterday about the lack of productivity in grant writing? Trying to find an electronic copy…
Found it!
http://www.theage.com.au/national/scientists-spent-500-years-grant-chasing-20130322-2gjpe.html
Indeed I did! I think I did about a century of those hours last year.
Also, I have the Nature letter it’s based on – if you email me, I can send it to you. It’s doing the rounds here in a big way, not least because the authors got funding to do a study of more efficient ways to review grants, so we’re all madly sending them copies of our grants, too…