The Infomatic EP has arrived! Click here to stream or download it. This album began during our one-month songwriters-in-residency position at NIMBioS in Knoxville, Tennesee back in April/May of this year, and took shape over the course of the Summer. It features five tracks of auditory goodness produced by Mr. Simmonds, exploring allo-parenting, prosimians, oxytocin homologues, cladistics, population modelling, climate change, pseudo-science accommodationism, the homophobic paradox, and the applicability of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad references to science rap. Another key theme is the bizarre effects of this level of intellectual voraciousness on one’s love life, which can be complicated.I’ve read a lot of evolutionary psychology over the past few years working on the Rap Guide to Evolution, and in this new play (which contains songs from The Rap Guide to Human Nature as well as a lot of new material) I explore the applicability of those theories to one basic challenge: finding your perfect match. Is such a thing even possible? And if it is, does a rich understanding of evolution help or hinder that quest? These and other questions will be boldly confronted on stage throughout Ingenious Nature, which I hope will be at least as entertaining as embarrassing. One alternative title I considered was: “Evolution: This Time It’s Personal.”
Finally, I’ve got some gigs coming up on the West Coast this week. If you know anyone in Victoria, we’ll be performing the full theatrical productions of both Canterbury Tales Remixed and Rap Guide to Evolution at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium on Wednesday October 24th. Other up-coming tours include Saskatoon, SK in November, and then NH, MA, RI, and FL in February 2013. After that my schedule is pretty open, so if you want to set up a gig for 2013, holler at me!
