AI: Skeptical Boy Bands
This week’s Afternoon Inquistion comes courtesy of last week’s COTW winner, AmateurScientist, who writes:
Looking at my faded New Kids on the Block tattoo, I realized two
things: 1) I should never have gotten drunk at that elementary school
sleepover and 2) all boy bands follow a formula. There’s the cute one, the mysterious one, the dangerous one, the goofy one, and the one with the rattail.
If you had to cast a boy [ED: or girl!] band composed only of notable figures from the skeptical community, who would you cast in which roles? And what would you call the band?
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George Hrab as all of the above.
@ChaoSkeptic: You stole everyone’s answer. Except, of course, that he doesn’t have a rat-tail.
Ani DiFranco as the dangerous one, Maynard James Keenan as the mysterious one, Marilyn Manson as the goofy one, Henry Rollins as the cute one, and Penn Jillette as the one with the rattail.
And as per Penn, I’d call the band Mandatory False Dichotomy
@Vengeful Harridan (Elexina): That’s what hair plugs are for.
@ChaoSkeptic:
I love me some George Hrab!
My favorite of his podcast episodes is when he discusses the penis of Jesus for atleast ten minutes. Unfortunately, I was running in a very public place when listening to it and laughed hysterically for 30 additional minutes. Oh the looks I received.
I loves the Hrab too, but that’s kind of an easy call!
Richard Wiseman and Phil Plait would co-write the song
Penn Jillette would play bass
Christopher Hitchens would play (angry) piano
Dawkins would be some sophisticated violin or something prissy and English ;)
PZ would play reliable, constant rhythm guitar
Randi would shred lead guitar solos with a flying-V
Rebecca would play uncomfortable sounds on the Keytar.
@Some Canadian Skeptic:
Oh, and the band would be called “A little Funk in the Trunk”
Andre Mayne at a TAM had a slide of his skeptic boy band go up on the big screen. He also had Phil Plaitt going out on his own with a CD called “Space Cowboy”. It was HILARIOUS. I wonder if Andrew or Phil still have the photos?
Au contraire,@ChaoSkeptic and
@Vengeful Harridan.
No, no rattail, but Monseiur Hrab at one time in his life had a full-fledged Samson-like ponytail.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgehrab/1295216388/in/set-72157601804515003/
@gobleugirl: I have heard tell of such things, long ago and far away, but had never seen it with my own eyes. Now I believe! After all, it’s on Flickr. It must be true! ;-)
The Novella Brothers.
oh, and @Some Canadian Skeptic: I thought it was supposed to be a boyband/girlband… what are all those musical instruments doing in your post?
addendum: Can’t decide on which rolls they’d be they’re all the cute one to me! *swoons*
Just Rebecca. No instruments or vocals.
It would be called Wet Dream.
Adam Savage lead singer
Phil Plait bass
PZ Meyers drums
Rebecca Watson tamborine
the skepchickette dancers
It already exists and is called 98backsync, “Hawaii’s premier boyband experience” [astronomers from Hawaii].
and 2 youTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=98backsync&aq=f
To answer my own question…
The cute one: Randi. I mean, look at that beard.
The mysterious one: Derren Brown. What’s his deal, anyway?
The dangerous one: Penn Jillette. No one is more dangerous around a china cabinet.
The goofy one: Richard Dawkins. Just because being called “the goofy one” is bound to make that sourpuss squirm.
The one with the rattail: Donnie Wahlberg. Obviously.
The name: Logical Fantasy.
A visual representation of my skeptical boyband idea: M’Probable.
What a minute. Which Backstreet Boy has a rattail? Geez, I feel young.
@Eliza: I was thinking of M’Probable too but with Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Planck and Einstein.
Adam Savage: Dangerous one
Phil Plait: Goofy one
George Hrab: Sexy leader
Randi: Older sophisticated one
Richard Saunders: Mysterious one with the sexy accent
@Steve: That’s clearly more well thought out — but not nearly as fun to ‘shop. :D
Dan Barker: the straight laced one, and piano player
Randi: the one that kinda looks like Jerry Garcia
Roy Zimmerman: the goofy guitarist
PZ: the bad boy
Einstein: the crazy frontman
Taking a cue from Karen’s post about the Scientology museum, I’d make Wiseman start a one-man outfit and call it “Industry of Death.” His songs could be about all the therapy that Trent Reznor should have gotten.
Coincidence! (Or cosmic conspiracy, your choice). In that there has just been organised a Skeptic Mix tape with lots of skeptic songs by skeptic performers to choose from:
http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/mixtape2009/
Has anyone noticed that George Hrab has a REALLY nice body?
How about the Skepchicks as a music group. Lets call them Spyrogyra-it rolls so much better than skepchick.
I have maintained for two years that Hemant, the Friendly Atheist, is the Jordan Knight of atheism.
@infinitemonkey,
Um, oh yeah. You’ve seen the cover of his last album, Interrobang (?!)
http://www.geologicrecords.net/geoInterrobang.asp
@Vengeful Harridan That is the only physical evidence I have seen, but I hear there is also some video footage floating about, but have not confirmed this with my own eyes.
@gobleugirl: Yeah, I’ll take all the, aherm, “physical evidence” I can get of George Hrab.
@infinitemonkey:
In regards to George’s body:
Um yes.. Yes I have noticed.
@tmarie: The Body of Christ? Of which we are all…dare I say it…?– “MEMBERS….”