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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12 2005 8:00 AM

Aint no dub like anthropological dub. Or biological dub.

The Genomic Dub Collective is the brainchild of poet Benjamin Zephaniah and professor Mark Pallen. They came together after the professor saw the poet read anti-slave poetry by Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwins grandfather.

"After that, I was wondering what to do for [Darwin Day]," Prof Pallen said.

"I happened to meet a Jamaican scientist.

"We just got together and thought, why don't we do this and take it one step further and realise it in reggae form?"

Jamaican-born [PhD student Dom White], a geneticist, puts the vocals to Prof Pallen's computer-generated music.

The duo's work, which they will be performing for the first time, includes adapted readings from the Origin of Species to a roots reggae beat and an exploration of human evolution in Africa.

Other events in the Darwin Day birthday celebration include a lecture on the hunt for the remains of HMS Beagle, which is now believed to be buried in the Essex marshes.

Darwin Day is celebrated around the world to mark the life of the evolutionary scientist, who was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury.

There is nothing more awesome than a PhD professors music dub, a PhD students flow, and the kind words of Darwin.

I cant wait for them to open for M.C. Hawking.

Comments

llouys

Brazil

August 2003

FEB 12, 2005 08:26 AM

Cool idea.

Also, that's so cool that the Beagle is out there somewhere.

Sebilrazen

Minneapolis, MN

November 2004

FEB 12, 2005 10:02 AM

braincuild => brainchild ?

theseeman

Asheville, NC

December 2002

FEB 12, 2005 11:36 AM

Cool. This might push that crazy unproven theory of evolution into the public consciouness.(jokeing don't worry)

that would be a good show.
http://www.mchawking.com/
are you down with entropy?

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added from site
song Fuck the Creationists
" Fuck the damn creationists I say it with authority,
because kicking their punk asses be me paramount priority.
Them wack-ass bitches say, "evolution's just a theory",
they best step off, them brainless fools, I'll give them cause to fear me.
The cosmos is expanding every second, every day,
but their minds are shrinking as they close their eyes and pray.
They call their bullshit science like the word could give them cred,
if them bitches be scientists then cap me in the head.
"

[Edited on Feb 12, 2005 2:40PM]