Today I came across one of my long lost and most prized albums of all time. Incubus’s S.C.I.E.N.C.E LP. And inevitably there is one question that pops in my mind every time I see the cover. Who the hell is the dude with the mustache? The picture, for some reason, has always struck me as somewhat intriguing and mysterious which only ads to the conundrum of this remarkable album. After years of wonderment, I finally took the time to do a little research on just who is Chuck, and found this page which still, unfortunately, leaves question however, it does shed some light on the subject.
Apparently no one really knows who this guy actually is. Many rumors over the years have suggested things such as that he was a figure in some of the ol’ Miller beer commercials, a porn star, and best of all, a girls cheerleading coach. Some have even speculated that he is former Marlboro Man “Chuck Boyd”, father of lead singer Brandon Boyd. In a reported interview with Brandon, he states that the picture is from 1974 and the only thing he is certain on is that “Chuck” is in fact Charles Mulholland, a Salem cigarette model in 1976. He claims to have met Chuck during the filming of the “Pardon Me” video in which Brandon states that Chuck plays an older version of himself. According to the interview, Brandon thought it was a really cool picture so the band decided to throw it up on the album covers and then spread a bunch of ridiculous rumors about who he is. Brandon states that he was “the coolest guy I ever met”. But we still can only speculate the truth, I mean, Brandon admits to spreading rumors of his Identity and whats to say the band has ever stopped? I even dug up this MySpace Profile in which the user claims to be THE Charles Mulholland himself. Check out the links and decide for yourself. As for getting down to the bottom of the matter, there is really no way to be absolutely certain but one thing I am sure of is that this may very well be one of the best hooks/gimmicks of all time for probably one of the best rock bands of all time. Rock on Incubus and Long Live Chuck!!!!
Now that’s a big magnet! Below is a gigantic magnet which is part of an end cap to the ATLAS particle detector in the Large Hadron Collider, set to begin tests early this month. To help marvel at its beauty, Boston.com has published an article with an awesome set of pictures of the LHC to show you just how massive and glorious this thing truly is. Link to article and photos.
If you are not familiar with the LHC, check out the wiki here.
Here are a couple of videos which, if you have not seen before, are guaranteed to blow your mind. If you have never ventured into the world of physics and quantum mechanics, then forget everything you thought you knew about reality. As humans, we tend to simply accept our reality as we hear, touch, feel, taste, and see it, however there is a whole underlying world that is much more exotic and much more complicated than the illusions generated by our perceptions.
The first video is a BBC special called “The Illusion of Reality” in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s takes you on a journey by exploring the building blocks of our universe, Atoms. In this 58min documentary, he will guide you down a path of science and discovery that will most likely end with you re-evaluating your philosophy of what is real.
The second video is a short clip called “The Double Slit Experiment” which is a simplified, animated, re-creation of the experiment which sheds a little more light on the “Measurement Problem” which is brought up briefly in the first video.
Imagine having the ability to produce a flash of light that lasts only billionths of billionth of a second and then taking a photograph of that flash. What would that photograph look like? Imagine no more. Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany have recently done just that by creating the Fastest Ever Flashgun which can produce a laser beam pulse that is only 2.5 femtoseconds (billionths of billionth of a second). Now that’s fast! More @ NewScientist.com…
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Scientists at NASA believe that the phoenix lander’s descent engine may have blown away a layer of dirt, exposing what appears to be frozen water. “This suggests we have an ice table under a thin layer of loose soil,” said Horst Uwe Keller, the lead scientist for the Robotic Arm Camera.
Apparently researchers at NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have found a way to visualize magnetic fields through a process of sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing. I am not sure of the details behind this science however this video demonstrating these visualizations is absolutely incredible. A must see for all geeks.
Today I came across one of my long lost and most prized albums of all time. Incubus’s S.C.I.E.N.C.E LP. And inevitably there is one question that pops in my mind every time I see the cover. Who the hell is the dude with the mustache? The picture, for some reason, has always struck me as somewhat intriguing and mysterious which only ads to the conundrum of this remarkable album. After years of wonderment, I finally took the time to do a little research on just who is Chuck, and found this page which still, unfortunately, leaves question however, it does shed some light on the subject.
Salem cigarette model in 1976. He claims to have met Chuck during the filming of the “Pardon Me” video in which Brandon states that Chuck plays an older version of himself. According to the interview, Brandon thought it was a really cool picture so the band decided to throw it up on the album covers and then spread a bunch of ridiculous rumors about who he is. Brandon states that he was “the coolest guy I ever met”. But we still can only speculate the truth, I mean, Brandon admits to spreading rumors of his Identity and whats to say the band has ever stopped? I even dug up this MySpace Profile in which the user claims to be THE Charles Mulholland himself. Check out the links and decide for yourself. As for getting down to the bottom of the matter, there is really no way to be absolutely certain but one thing I am sure of is that this may very well be one of the best hooks/gimmicks of all time for probably one of the best rock bands of all time. Rock on Incubus and Long Live Chuck!!!!
