bookmark_borderConsequences Smunch-sequences

Man: massive object
Man: massive destruction
Plight at the speed of light

[Verse 1]
How far do you think we are
From the nearest star
(Other than the sun,
Can we make the run?)

[Bridge]
Four slightly more
Light years…
But, I have my fears
So, before we sojourn
We’d better learn

[Chorus]
Consequences
Under those circumstances
As I get fatter…
Will my matter matter?

Quick!
[Break]
How fast can I last?

[Instrumental, Flute Solo]

[Verse 2]
Too far that we are
From the nearest star
(Other than the sun,
Can’t make that run)

[Bridge]
Light years…
Caught in the gears
Relative to relativity
I see, I see
(I see the light)

[Chorus]
Consequences
Under those circumstances
As I get fatter…
My matter will splatter

Quick!
[Break]
Slow down
(Down, down, down, down)

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 3]
That far, we’ll mare
From star to the nearest star
(Other than the sun,
We’d come undone)

[Bridge]
Light years…
Caught in the gears
Relative to relativity
I see, I see
(I see the light)

[Chorus]
Consequences
Under those circumstances
As I get fatter…
My matter will splatter

Quick!
[Break]
Slow down
(Down, down, down, down)

A SCIENCE NOTE
What would the consequences of a human reaching the speed of light be?
The energy required to accelerate a massive object to the speed of light would likely have catastrophic effects on the surrounding environment, potentially causing massive destruction.

The closest star, Proxima Centauri, is approximately 4.2 to 4.4 light years away. Therefore, we do not recommend making a run there at the speed of light.

From the album “Nowadays” by The Beatless Sense Mongers

MegaEpix Enormous

bookmark_borderSat on Saturn

 

If you were to somehow sit on Saturn…
What would you learn?

[Verse]
Lately, I’ve been spacing out (far out)
Thinking about spacing out (far out)
Sitting on Saturn, what would I learn?

[Bridge]
I’m just sayin’
Would you like to weigh in

[Instrumental, Synthesizer Solo, Drum Fills]

[Chorus]
Dying trying to sit on Saturn
Would I start to notice
Some sort-of pattern
Dying, trying to have sat (on Saturn)
[Break]
Will I ever learn?

[Vocal Rap]
If I were to somehow sit on Saturn…
What would I learn?

[Instrumental, Sub-bass, Bass Solo]

[Verse]
I fear
Descending through the thick atmosphere
Under pressure, for sure
Can’t measure the temperature
I mean soooo extreme

[Bridge]
Crushed (Hushed)
Incinerated
That hurts
And they don’t even offer me a seat
That’s beat

Dying trying to sit on Saturn
[Break]
Will I ever learn?

[Outro]
Sat, learned

[End]

A NOTE ON SCIENCE
What would happen to me if I sat on Saturn?

If you were to somehow sit on Saturn, you’d experience a rather surreal and potentially deadly environment. Saturn is a gas giant, so it doesn’t have a solid surface like Earth. Instead, it’s composed mainly of hydrogen and helium gas, with swirling bands of clouds and intense storms.

If you were able to descend through Saturn’s thick atmosphere, you’d encounter increasing pressure and temperatures as you descended deeper. Eventually, the pressure and temperature would become so extreme that any human or spacecraft would be crushed and incinerated long before reaching any hypothetical solid core (if one exists).

So, while Saturn’s mesmerizing appearance from afar might seem inviting, getting too close would be a perilous endeavor indeed.

From the album “Nowadays” by The Beatless Sense Mongers

MegaEpix Enormous

bookmark_borderCholesteatoma

Are you in a coma
Or do you have Cholesteatoma?

[Verse 1]
Jeez
Do you have some kind of disease
Please
It’s a detriment, seek treatment

[Chorus]
A smelly discharge from your ear
I’m not sure that you can hear
When ever the truth gets near
You’re gripped by fear and jeer
[Break]
What?
But, but butt

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Are you feeling sick
Or just thick
Are you feeling ill
Or just shrill swill

[Chorus]
A smelly discharge from your ear
I’m not sure that you can hear
When ever the truth gets near
You’re gripped by fear and jeer
[Break]
What?
But, but butt

[Outro]
What did you say
I’m not O.K.

A SCIENCE NOTE
This song uses medical metaphors to convey the idea of being in denial or oblivious to a problem, which can be applied to climate change denial. The reference to “coma” and “Cholesteatoma” suggests a state of being unaware or unresponsive to a serious issue.

From the album “Fingers in My Ears” by Listening Deficit

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderIndifferent

Who cares
About theirs?

[Verse 1]
So the sky is falling
So nature is calling
So kids are bawling
Who cares about theirs?

[Bridge]
I don’t care I’m unaware
I don’t care I don’t share

[Chorus]
A selfish pig
Ignorant and arrogant
I’m a bigwig
An animal based experiment

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
So the Earth is warming
So Man is falling
So kids are bawling
Who cares about theirs?

[Bridge]
I don’t care I’m unaware
I don’t care I don’t share

[Chorus]
A selfish pig
Ignorant and arrogant
I’m a bigwig
An animal based experiment

[Outro]
Who cares
About theirs?

[End]

From the album “Fingers in My Ears” by Listening Deficit

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFalling on Deaf Ears

Science
And evidence

[Verse 1]
Science and evidence
Makes no difference
All of your fears
Falling on deaf ears

[Bridge]
Not going to listen to what you say
I’ve got problems, so I’m on my way

[Chorus]
Every day
Slipping away
All our years
Falling on deaf ears

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Truth and justice
Make no difference
All of our fears
Falling on deaf ears

[Bridge]
Not going to listen to what you say
I’ve got problems, so I’m on my way

[Chorus]
Every day
Slipping away
All our years
Falling on deaf ears

[Break]

[End]

From the album “Fingers in My Ears” by Listening Deficit

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderA Blind I

Who turned off the lights?

[Verse 1]
Turning a blind eye
To you
Turning a blind I
I’m through

[Bridge]
Not concerned with your point-of-view
I’m going to do what I want to do

[Chorus]
Morally corrupt
Abrupt about the truth
Ethically inept
You bet, without couth

[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]

[Verse 2]
Turning a blind eye
To true
Turning a blind I
Is what I do

[Bridge]
Not concerned with your point-of-view
I’m going to do what I want to do

[Chorus]
Morally corrupt
Abrupt about the truth
Ethically inept
You bet, without couth

[End]

From the album “Fingers in My Ears” by Listening Deficit

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWeather or Not

Crisis?
What crisis?

[Verse 1]
Whether or not I can hear you
Makes no difference
For your reference
I’m going to do what I do

[Bridge]
In a perilous fight
Should be taking flight

[Chorus]
Deaf, dumb, and blind
That’s my kind
Don’t want to hear
If it involves fear
[Break]
Crisis… what crisis?

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
I choose not to listen
Prefer my ignorance
Rather be fishin’
Have no tolerance

[Bridge]
In a perilous fight
Should be taking flight

[Chorus]
Deaf, dumb, and blind
That’s my kind
Don’t want to hear
If it involves fear
[Break]
Crisis… what crisis?

From the album “Fingers in My Ears” by Listening Deficit

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre… Out of Body Experience

Looking down
Looking around
I see our reality
Really?

[Verse 1]
Whitecaps on the water
(The winds begin to blow)
Does it really matter
(What the people know?)

[Bridge 1]
Bizarre… out of body experience
Realizing the relevance

[Chorus]
Looking down below (low, low)
It’s easy to see (easy)
Looking down below (low, low)
Not hard to know (no, no)
[Break}
Reality

[Bridge 2]
The signs of the times
In the wind chimes
Chimin’
Chime in

[Instrumental, Flute Solo]

[Verse 2]
Rain on the window
(A fatter splatter)
Strain on the “now know”
(Riddled the Hatter)

[Bridge 1]
Bizarre… out of body experience
Realizing the relevance

[Chorus]
Looking down below (low, low)
It’s easy to see (easy)
Looking down below (low, low)
Not hard to know (no, no)
[Break}
Reality

[Bridge 2]
The signs of the times
In the wind chimes
Chimin’
Chime in

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 3]
No bugs on the windshield
(The Man won’t yield)
You’d think such extinct
(Would make him think?)

[Bridge 1]
Bizarre… out of body experience
Realizing the relevance

[Chorus]
Looking down below (low, low)
It’s easy to see (easy)
Looking down below (low, low)
Not hard to know (no, no)
[Break}
Reality

[Bridge 2]
The signs of the times
In the wind chimes
Chimin’
Chime in

If you were to go into space and look down on the humans, would you find the destruction of their planet dumbfounding?

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre Banter

Blah, blah, blah
Ya, ya, ya

[Verse 1]
Bizarre banter
Divides wide
Bizarre banter
Can’t seem to hide

[Bridge]
A grantor granter
Can dish but can’t take
Such bizarre banter
What a fool it’ll make

[Chorus]
Beyond bizarre banter
A runaway ranter
Gawk and talk (Avoid the walk)
Words in bulk (Incredible Hulk)

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]

[Break]
Blah, blah, blah
Real big blab
Gift for gab

[Break]

[Verse 2]
Bizarre banter
All one side
Bizarre banter
All others cried

[Bridge]
A grantor granter
Can dish but can’t take
Such bizarre banter
What a fool it’ll make

[Chorus]
Beyond bizarre banter
A runaway ranter
Gawk and talk (Avoid the walk)
Words in bulk (Incredible Hulk)

[Instrumental, Flute Solo, Sub-Bass]

[Break]
Blah, blah, blah
Ya, ya, ya
Real big blab
Gift for gab

[Break]

[Verse 3[
Bizarre banter
Ethical slide
Bizarre banter
One side lied

[Bridge]
A grantor granter
Can dish but can’t take
Such bizarre banter
What a fool it’ll make

[Chorus]
Beyond bizarre banter
A runaway ranter
Gawk and talk (Avoid the walk)
Words in bulk (Incredible Hulk)

[Outro]
Blah, blah, blah
Ya, ya, ya
Real big blab
Gift for gab

[End]

Since I’ve been conducting climate change experiments for over 30 years, I find it amazing to have a discussion with a climate change denier.

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre Sky

Such a bizarre sky…
I wonder why?

[Verse 1]
Such a bizarre sky
I wonder why
Clouds casting a foreshadow
Out my window (Here we go)

[Bridge]
Better hold on tight
We’re going for a ride
Tight, with all your might
Till our troubles subside

[Chorus]
Bizarre sky (All day)
Bizarre sky (All night)
Overcast in a way
That doesn’t feel right

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]

[Break]
Such a bizarre sky…
I wonder why?

[Verse 2]
Such a bizarre sky
Raining, but dry
A dark cloud’s shroud
Screaming out-loud

[Bridge]
Better hold on tight
We’re going for a ride
Tight, with all your might
Till our troubles subside

[Chorus]
Bizarre sky (All day)
Bizarre sky (All night)
Overcast in a way
That doesn’t feel right

[Instrumental, Claves, Sub-bass]

[Break]
Such a bizarre sky…
I wonder why?

[Verse 3]
Such a bizarre sky
It’s reigning, It’s pooring
Out my window foreshadow
Raging and roaring

[Bridge]
Better hold on tight
We’re going for a ride
Tight, with all your might
Till our troubles subside

[Chorus]
Bizarre sky (All day)
Bizarre sky (All night)
Overcast in a way
That doesn’t feel right (not quite right)

[End]

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre Outcome

Garbage in
Garbage out
That’s what Man’s become about

[Verse 1]
Wow, that’s not what I expected
A bizarre outcome
Man, am I being affected
And then some

[Bridge]
Can we retract that?
Did we wait
Until it’s too late

[Chorus]
Our die is cast
Makes it hard to last
Our cast is die
Can anyone tell me why?

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 2]
Wow, not what I anticipated
A bizarre outcome
Man, was sure overrated
And then some

[Bridge]
Can we retract that?
Did we wait
Until it’s too late

[Chorus]
Our die is cast
Makes it hard to last
Our cast is die
Can anyone tell me why?

[Instrumental, Bass Solo, Bass Drum]

[Break]
Garbage in
Garbage out
That’s what Man’s become about

[Instrumental, Bass Drum, Sub-Bass]

[Verse 3]
Wow, that’s not what I expected
A bizarre outcome
Man, am I being affected
And then some

[Bridge]
Can we retract that?
Did we wait
Until it’s too late

[Chorus]
Our die is cast
Makes it hard to last
Our cast is die
Can anyone tell me why?

[Outro]
Garbage in
Garbage out
Man’s about

[End]

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre Shade of Blue

I’m about to tell you
About a bizarre shade of blue

[Verse]
I’m telling you, blue
The hue, blue
I’m asking why, the sky….
[Bridge]
Blue
[Break]
Is such a bizarre shade of blue?
Tell me true

[Chorus]
The sun shines down
Reflects all around
Depending on the sky (you view)
The hue of blue (“sky blue”)
Comes by… why…
[Break]
Sky blue
(More than one or two)
Sky blue
Why do you come through
In the wide variety of hue
Why do you

A SCIENCE LESSON
Why are there so many shades of sky blue?

The vast array of shades of sky blue arises from various factors such as atmospheric conditions, sunlight scattering, and the observer’s location and perspective. These factors interact with the Earth’s atmosphere, which consists of gases, particles, and other elements that can affect the way sunlight is scattered and absorbed. Different times of the day, weather conditions, and geographical locations can contribute to the diversity of hues observed in the sky, ranging from pale baby blue to deep azure. Additionally, human perception and cultural interpretations also influence how we perceive and categorize different shades of sky blue.

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

bookmark_borderBizarre (As in Weird)

 

Definitely geared…
… for weird

[Verse 1]
Like a lady with a beard
Weird
Some sort-of sideshow…
Hmmm… I don’t know

[Bridge]
Bizarre as in weird
The hurdle cleared
In the range
Of more than strange

[Chorus]
In the proximity
Of Proxima Centauri
About 4.4 light-years away
Primate change foray

[Instrumental, Steel Drum, Xylophone]

[Verse 2]
Is it worse than feared
Weird
A freak-show circus
Clowns amongst us

[Bridge]
Bizarre as in weird
The hurdle cleared
In the range
Of more than strange

[Chorus]
In the proximity
Of Proxima Centauri
About 4.4 light-years away
Primate change foray

[Instrumental, Vibraphone, Bass Drum]

[Break]
Definitely geared…
… for weird

[Bridge]
Bizarre as in weird
The hurdle cleared
In the range
Of more than strange

[Chorus]
In the proximity
Of Proxima Centauri
About 4.4 light-years away
Primate change foray

[Break]
Definitely geared…
… for weird

[End]

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBizarre Situation

Wow…
That’s bizarre…
So far

[Verse 1]
I find myself in a bizarre situation
Realization
That I’m trapped on Mother Earth
With the ungrateful for birth

[Bridge]
So far bizarre
Not loving where you are
So bizarre

[Chorus]
Bizarre situation
Space-time navigation
A situation so bizarre
Raising the strange bar

[Instrumental, Xylophone, Upright Bass]

[Break]
Wow…
That’s so far bizarre…
Par’s no longer par

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Upright Bass]

[Verse 2]
Do you find yourself in a bizarre situation
Realization
That your fellow citizen
Has gone off the rail again

[Bridge]
So far bizarre
Not loving where you are
So bizarre

[Chorus]
Bizarre situation
Space-time navigation
A situation so bizarre
Raising the strange bar

[Instrumental, Piano, Sub-Bass]

[Break]
Wow…
That’s so far bizarre…
Par’s no longer par

[End]

From the album A Bizarre Situation by A Bizarre Bazaar

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWhy Say Goodbye?

Why…
Say goodbye?

[Verse 1]
Why say goodbye
And let the day go by
Why say goodbye
Let’s give ‘er another try

[Chorus]
Hello, why say goodbye?
Do you know
It’s come to do or die
Hello, why say goodbye?

[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]

[Verse 2]
Why say goodbye
No sense going off to die
Why say goodbye
Let’s take the opportunity to fly

[Chorus]
Hello, why say goodbye?
Do you know
It’s come to do or die
Hello, why say goodbye?

[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]

[Bridge]
Don’t you know
I hate long goodbyes
So why go
I hate drawn out cries
Why say goodbye
When we could fly so high

[Verse 3]
Why say goodbye
Morph to butterfly
Why say goodbye
When we could take to the sky

[Chorus]
Hello, why say goodbye?
Do you know
It’s come to do or die
Hello, why say goodbye?

[Outro]
Do you know hello?
So….

[End]

A SCIENCE LESSON
The Social-Ecological Systems: While biogeophysical factors can be studied using math, physics, and historical records, socio-economic systems pose greater challenges due to the unintended consequences of human behavior and inexplicable consumer choices.

* Our climate model employs chaos theory to comprehensively consider human impacts and projects a potential global average temperature increase of 9℃ above pre-industrial levels.

What Can I Do?
There are numerous actions you can take to contribute to saving the planet. Each person bears the responsibility to minimize pollution, discontinue the use of fossil fuels, reduce consumption, and foster a culture of love and care. Be a butterfly and affect the world. The Butterfly Effect illustrates that a small change in one area can lead to significant alterations in conditions anywhere on the globe. Hence, the frequently heard statement that a butterfly in China can cause a hurricane in the Atlantic.
Here is a list of additional actions you can take.

From the Sir Vent album Why?

MegaEpix Enormous

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment