Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, a man named Charles Kenneth Johnson became a minor celebrity for his refusal to believe the Earth is round, Cheryl Eddy writes for iO9. But this wasn't the first resurgance of the idea. So many were surprised to hear the flat Earth concept still kicked around. People have known that the Earth is round since at least the sixth century B.C.E. Since then, the rapper has drawn the ire of all sorts of incredulous people, including astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. took to Twitter and proclaimed that the Earth is flat. Or at least, it's half of it.Īnyways, what do you all think? I adore Bad Religion but it doesn't get any better than this.This week, a particularly odd little bit of pseudoscience reared its head again when rapper B.o.B. My favorite song on the whole thing is probably "Get Off." I don't care what Greg says, this song is about jacking off. I just didn't realize it until I really analyzed the lyrics. "Misery and Famine", referencing the works of Copernicus and the music of the spheres, is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. This is not to say Greg's songs aren't up to snuff either. "Flat Earth Society" and "Anesthesia" boast some of the most poetic lyrics ever penned in punk songs about religion and heroin, respectively. Lyrically, I believe this is Brett as his peak. The slower songs, "21st Century Digital Boy" and "Faith Alone" are perhaps some of the best of their entire career. As soon as "Modern Man" kicks off, the album pummels the listener almost non-stop until the poignant closing track "Walk Away". Bad Religion's fifth album is the third album and the, in my opinion, climax of their Holy Trilogy.
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