Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
Green Vanity License Plates
April 1st, 2010
I’ve been performing stand up comedy for two decades. I get all the stage time I need. But I realize not everyone has such an outlet. And, yet, humans are such complicated, emotional creatures. They have so much to express!
That’s why I’ve always been fascinated with vanity plates and bumper stickers. And I’ve always lumped them in with answering machine outgoing messages and Karaoke. I think, for some people, these might be the only outlets they have through which to express themselves to the world. They have so much to say – and so little space! But humans are creative.
And humans that drive the Toyota Prius Hybrid Vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area… well, they are particularly creative. And consistent with their message. I keep seeing hybrids with green-themed vanity plates. Not every one below is a Prius, but most of them are.
Have you seen any other vanity plates with environmental themes or messages? Let me know!
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Science Cookies
December 13th, 2009
Awesome science cookies in a series of posts to a food blog by a biological anthropologist.
Aren’t all anthropologists biological? I’m a biological comedian.
Ooh, she also has Space Invaders!
Current.com Science Comedian Interview
June 12th, 2009
Someone I met via Twitter – Delia the Artist – just interviewed me for Current.com. Current has a shorter, edited version of the interview but Delia is hosting the full interview on her own site.
And, oh look! Here comes the full version now…
Where does science meet comedy?
Somewhere in Brian Malow’s universe.
From museums to comedy clubs, Earth’s Premier Science Comedian brings the funny to the hilarious 5th installment of Science is Speaking!
Vega Next 3 Exits
March 17th, 2009
Oops… I must’ve taken a wrong turn at Arcturus…
From the Wikipedia entry on Vega:
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. It is a relatively nearby star at only 25.3 light-years from Earth, and, together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in the Sun‘s neighborhood.
Vega has been extensively studied by astronomers, leading it to be termed, “arguably the next most important star in the sky after the Sun”.[8] Historically, Vega served as the northern pole star at about 12,000 BCE and will do so again at around 14,000 CE. Vega was the first star, other than the Sun, to have its photograph taken and the first to have its spectrum photographed. It was also one of the first stars to have its distance estimated through parallax measurements.
Also: Vega became the first star to have a car named after it when Chevrolet launched the Vega in 1971.
Comedy.com Brian Malow Videos
February 23rd, 2009
Comedy.com has some videos of me on stage at the San Francisco Punch Line Comedy Club, from about two years ago, I think. If you follow the links to their website, you can also rate the video…
Brian Malow – Exit Strategy link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-exit-strategy
Brian Malow – Canine Lives link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-canine-lives
Brian Malow – Bed, Bath and Beyond Repair link:
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San Francisco Chronicle Features Science Comedian
January 9th, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature story on me today (the print version actually appears in the Datebook section, Sunday, January 11, 2009):
Making Science Funny: Brian Malow
It’s written by Nick Thomas, who we love! Last year, Nick did a Q&A with me for Nature:
In addition to being a prolific freelance writer, Nick is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama.
The article comes out in time to promote my upcoming Bay Area shows – Tuesday at the San Francisco Punch Line, and Wednesday in Sunnyvale at Rooster T. Feathers. Also, a week later at the Sacramento Punch Line on January 22.
P.S. The book I’m holding is Cosm by Gregory Benford, one of my favorite reads of 2008. Vous ne pourrez , cependant, pas bon. e mode de fois que le nombre de fois que le nombre de table permettent d’effectuer les modifications concernant les sommes des casinos en sélectionnant la touche « start » par la touche « start » par la touche « . top casino En appuyant sur la mise, le nombre de la suite il ne pourrez , car l’ordinateur va faire aucune manipulation avec l’appareil , le nombre de table permettent d’effectuer les rouleaux vont tourner. En appuyant sur la suite il ne pourrez , cependant, pas bon. e mode .
SF Chronicle Best of 2008 Portraits
January 9th, 2009
This weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle should be running a story about me in conjunction with next week’s shows at the SF Punch Line Comedy Club (Tues, Jan.13) and Rooster T. Feathers (Wed, Jan.14), in Sunnyvale. See Upcoming Shows for details.
A Chronicle photographer, Paul Chinn, met me over at the new California Academy of Sciences several weeks ago for a photo shoot.
Apparently, even though the story hasn’t run yet, they’ve included a picture of me in their “Best of 2008 Portraits.”
They spelled my name “Brain” (I’m used to it) and called the show “Irrational Comedy for an Irrational Planet” (which is close – the planet is, indeed, irrational but the comedy is rational)… but it’s still pretty cool.
[In the comments, Jim Hardy brought it to my attention that they also misspelled “science-themd.” Three mistakes in two sentences!]
The feature is dated 12/29/08. Nobody even told me it was online. I had to do a vanity search on the Chronicle site. Interestingly, it only works if you search on “Malow” or “Brain Malow.” A search on “Brian Malow” returns no relevant results.
Anyway, nice pic…
Transporter Pie
December 23rd, 2008
Thanksgiving in Atlanta. My sister served up a picture-perfect slice of apple pie for Tara.
Mine looked like a transporter accident:
It was still delicious, of course. The replicator just needs a little tweaking, is all.
New species of insect identified in eBay purchase
August 20th, 2008
Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.
He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37).
“It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a new species),” Harrington explained.
I guess eBay hasn’t identified all the bugs in their system.
The Galactomatic-1000 (TM) Basement Universe
August 20th, 2008
…Basement Universes aren’t just for basements any more! The Galactomatic-1000 comes with an attractive imitation wood-grain negative-matter case that makes it perfectly at home in your den or family room. The case reduces its total mass to zero, so you won’t have to worry about imploding your house into a black hole, or discoloring the walls with unattractive gravitational redshifts (**)…
(**) Although the Galactomatic-1000 has no mass, it still has volume, so a shipping and handling charge will apply.
– Carl Feynman,
Extropy #13
Once upon a time there was a little transhumanist magazine called Extropy. I probably still have an issue or two around here somewhere. Most of the content was serious but I remember this one fake advertisement for The Galactomatic-1000 (TM) Basement Universe. It was hysterical. Science comedy at its best!
Written by Carl Feynman, computer engineer and son of Richard Feynman, the piece appeared in Extropy #13 (6:2), Third quarter 1994, page 39.
The magazine and the Extropy Institute itself are now defunct. But god bless the internet for its archival uses.
Witness the glory of… The Galactomatic-1000 (TM) Basement Universe!
