Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma: Astonishing News from Haverford, Pennsylvania

[beamjockey]

Last night I received stupefying news.

Professor Walter F. Smith of Haverford College has long curated an online collection of songs about physics. Because someone should, right

Comments

[billroper]

Congratulations!

[austin_dern]

Fantastic! I'd be floating for weeks after something like that.

[brotherguy]

And the record label -- where did that come from? Wee!

[beamjockey]

Have I never shown you that record?

Steve Salaba took an MP3 of "Fusion Girl," played it into his record-cutting machine, designed a logo for a fictitious record label, and presented me with a 78 RPM record of my own singing.

It was the weirdest gift I've ever received. I treasure it.

Here's the flip side, a Jeff Duntemann song, issued by a different imaginary record label:

[coyotegoth]

YAY!

[kathythorne]

This guy needed backup singers!

[beamjockey]

I couldn't agree more!