Spirit of Play

And to celebrate, I thought I'd post this picture of a chicken:

A chicken watching a cricket match, that is. Or even a man or woman dressed as a giant chicken who's developed a sudden and overwhelming interest in cricket. 10 points if you can name the cricket ground. 10,000,000,000 points if you can tell me who's playing and what the score is.

Geekpop is a wonderful thing – an online festival of music, science and comedy, only all jumbled up so the science is funny, the music is comical and the comedy is in C-sharp minor with a side order of F. It involves a virtual treasure hunt. And a science oratorio. And a band who admirably insist on using pre-1985 electronics.

And, in case you hadn't guessed already, two new SOP songs, "chromosome" and "M", after last year's geekpop offerings, "wave or particle" and "geek of the week". You can still visit the 2009 geekpop site and hear those earlier songs here.

This picture has nothing to do with geekpop. The moment just seemed right.

What? Did I say something wrong?