We Are Scientists
January 21st, 2006 • live
We Are Scientists
January 12, 2006
Bowery Ballroom
These guys. One (or two) good songs, dance beats, lead singer Keith Murray sounds like the dude from Midnight Oil, bassist has a mustache (funny!). Major label money. Live in Brooklyn. So many reasons to hate We Are Scientists, so I’m angry at them and myself for their sliding by on pure charm. I can’t help it, I really wanted to hate these guys (and I kind of do hate them). But the lead singer’s mom was in the balcony waving and blowing kisses to her son. They made a video that looks exactly like a Stella short. They had a guy from The Lonely Island directing their other videos. They named their album after a Salinger short story. Their charm is in these details, their goofy sense of humor and their complete unaware-ness at how dangerously close they are to being complete pricks. The kickers were, of course, that at the afterparty they told Michael Showalter they were big fans, and instead of talking with the babes and bros that so wanted to hit on them, the lead singer mostly talked to his mom and pops. I went up and said, “Hey good show,” and Keith Murray said the most genuine “Thanks” I’ve ever heard from a guy that good looking. I’m sold.
Edit: I also just made this out of this for no reason.
(Double!) Edit (March 6): I guess people think I’m being sarcastic above–when I’m not. Since most of you are in high school, let me spell it out. I like We Are Scientists. And I think any guy that good looking who spends more time talking to his mom than to groupies is probably superhuman. But superhuman or not, that photoshop picture is funny. Come on.
57 Responses (Add Your Comment)
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katherine March 6, 2006at 3:58 pm
WOW!!! You know what sir…I think your just jealous of Chris’s swell mustache…and the fact that you’ll never be able to use “lapel” correctly in a sentence…that picture was really mean…and I hope you rot in your lonely room…since no one will want you to write to them….
P.S. Scientists are not only wordy…but have lethal tongues…dont mess with US man….we have science on our side…
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you are a tool. an embittered failed musician probably who has to resort to making snide remarks about good bands. loser
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Come on, you guys…that’s some quality photoshop!
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shitface=you March 6, 2006at 4:42 pm
you cut me deep. the prick is you and you’re so dangerously close that you already pricked yourself on your stupid, enflated ego. i, along with john, have met keith murray, 1 of the nicest men in rock and you deface his picture with a quite frankly appauling fallic image. how old are you? people dont even do that at my school any more. and you went up to him and lied? oh my god- your worse than i thought. and wtf is wrong with talkin to parents? maybe u shud talk to your parents more often. if it werent for them you wouldnt be around to abuse other bands childishly like you do. adios enemigo
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Dead or alive March 6, 2006at 4:51 pm
if your dick looks like that then you should be seriously worried. herpes? go see a doctor
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Aw stop the abuse guys March 6, 2006at 5:00 pm
Well I found it funny. And I LOVE We Are Scientists (too much some say)
I even bookmarked it and showed it to some friends when I found it ages ago
I think the penis picture really topped it off.
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Aw stop the abuse guys March 6, 2006at 5:02 pm
Also, how endearing is it that Keiths mum blew kisses to him onstage. How cute!
Don’t abuse people who give us nuggets of information like that.
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Jordan March 6, 2006at 7:22 pm
That’s hysterical, the comments moreso.
The penis picture really did top it all off.Still, I’m not surprised that a few people were offended, humor requires intelligence after all.
Hilarious quotes from infuriated idiots:
‘ur an asshole’ - so simple, yet so terribly obnoxious.
‘you cut me deep. the prick is you and you’re so dangerously close that you already pricked yourself on your stupid, enflated ego’ - you’re SO xcore (read: Emo). Seriously. Hot Topic? Ya rly.
‘…we have science on our side…’ - GRAVITY WILL KILL US ALL! -
SKilly March 6, 2006at 9:06 pm
I like your honesty about you’re hate for them, but then you’re LOVE (teehee) for them. And yes, Keith is one good looking fella and it IS truly amazing at his keep-off-the-chicks skillz, yo.
Still don’t like the picture. Not because it’s “mean” or whatever (because “mean” is a baby’s word). But I don’t like the picture because that penis is gnarly, dude. But I like the concept, funny. Need better cock, though, Johnson. -
i like we are scientists. you like we are scientists. the review was well written.
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Brittney March 7, 2006at 11:35 am
nice penis.
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yo im amazed right now
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I hate Jessica March 7, 2006at 11:20 pm
Jessica, you’re such a silly slut!
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Timmons March 8, 2006at 1:14 pm
I think I am the only one who understood your sarcasm. It’s a pity that the majority of these people are too stupid to understand subtleties. Actually it’s kinda funny that We Are Scientists didn’t understand it either. Apparently people don’t get the fact that when you suggest a nearness to imperfections and infectious jealousy, that you are offering the idea that the band is good on a new level. Subtleties people… subtleties.
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naboo March 8, 2006at 3:51 pm
you slagggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!! lovin the pics lyykkkkk
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jessi March 8, 2006at 4:55 pm
i heart we are scientists. you coulda used a real cock or something.
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….. i like WAS but that is funny!
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rarefied run March 8, 2006at 9:45 pm
Okay, you got a few things right… their witty and cute but that picture… I mean what are you in grade 10? If you’re going to do immature humour go big or go home, that picture just makes you look incompetent. It either comes naturally or it doesn’t.
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bojangles March 9, 2006at 5:55 pm
Hey you aren’t a bad drawer…
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Mike V March 10, 2006at 9:06 am
I’m not going to comment on the piece as it isn’t really amusing at all. You couldn’t call it a review as it isn’t one neither. It’s just someone writing something just for the sake of it. It’s one or two of the responses that amuse me. I mean “I think I’m the only one who understood your sarcasm!” what a prick. get a life and remove your head from your asshole. Dumbass. There’s nothing subtle about it at all. “Humor requires intelligence”.. not really but then humor is also meant to be funny and there’s nothing funny about it!! You can be intelligent and still be offended. Twat.
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I hate Jessica March 10, 2006at 11:14 am
A thousand thank yous to Mike V. Jessica and Timmons, since when is sarcasm a form of flattery? Although WAS did manage to charm miss Jessica on some levels, she insists that WAS have a “complete unawareness of how dangerously close they are to being complete pricks.” Noone appreciates a backhanded compliment. In sum, Jessica, you’re such a silly slut and along with Mike V., a twat to the nth degree.
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i appreciate sarcasm, even if it is supposedly the lowest form of wit, but its sounds like you, rather than “being sarcastic” are slightly, embarresed, if that’s the right word, to like we are scientists. inbetween repeatedly reasuring us that you “like we are scientists (honest!)” your petty insults and claiming they have only “one (or two) good songs” infer, that you would rather have us belive you don’t like them at all. I suggest that next time you decide to review a band, or anything for that matter, you form an oppinion.
oh, and after patronizing the majority of your readers, it seems a bit juvenile to have made that picture. toilet humor is so out.
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As we all know the internet is serious business and at no time should sarcasm be implimented on or within it.
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Yo Bill! March 11, 2006at 10:29 am
That’s a good one Bill (heckle), but I think you’ve missed the point entirely.
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a 6th grader March 11, 2006at 2:46 pm
Wow. Is being a near prick that cool and charming? If so, then the previous comments shouldn’t in the least bother you. After all, the “young and tender” readers here have only armed themselves with the same tools you’ve deployed to quasi compliment our heavily favored tWAS. I mean come on, you should of at least seen this coming. But since you obstensibly happen to be enjoying the sophomoric and scathing remarks, here’s some more:
1) My grandma looks better in hipster undies than you (check out J.
Suarez in her half-naked polaroid photo stream).2) You could benefit from the occasional treadmill workout. No need to
challenge Madonna’s boggling exercise regimen, but an occasional
workout- be it a treadmill or a Jane Fonda workout tape, might
prove beneficial for both body and mind.3) A remake of The Jungle Book is currently casting. Casting agents
are desperately seeking a Mowgli type. You might wanna check it
out.4) Can I interest you in a fried SPAM sandwich?
5) …
Uh oh! A pornographic pop-up has randomly appeared on my computer screen while discoursing on this blog. My mom is wildly upset. Gotta go. So be it, I’ve got to finish this book report on the Chronicles of Narnia anyway.
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Haw de haw haw. I rather enjoyed the “review” or whatever anyone wants to call it. And the photoshop. Most excellent.
Me loves teh scientists. Uber sexy. -
a 6th grader March 12, 2006at 10:00 am
As a fellow Flip, the racist intonation was a complete oversight. Yuck. It’s terrible. And a crass resolve at the initial offense. All of it. You have my most sincere apology, not that you owe me the favor of accepting it, but it stands nevertheless. Apologies to everyone as well who were offended and potentially so.
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Wow, let it never be said that blog comments are not the single most fecund ground for incisive meta-criticism available today. Everybody here gets a big thumbs up for their wonderful bon mots (”good words” in the language of the French [i.e. "French"])! I hereby renounce all form of cultural and literary commentary, save for blog comments. Well, off to Bookslut … which is as good as it sounds, right?
Shalom,
Harry
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To the writer of this article;
Excuse, who are
you? Dont patronise the reader nor talk about personal likes and tastes, of course incorporate opinions but dont just produce an article of your opinion. Very amature read, but that wouldnt bother me, its just that you seem to be writing from a rather high place, as if you are better? Reference to “high school” was unecessary and just makes you look like an early graduate with something to prove. -
English person March 15, 2006at 2:00 pm
erm if u liked we are scientists then y would u randomly put that pic (above) on???? hm sorry i just diden’t think fans would do that kind of thing. erm…….. i think your backround is cool. see u around
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Omg! u perve! what the fuck? y would u do that???? I thought u were a fan u dickhead!?!?! sorry but fans never do anything like that? maybe u just r weird and u think its funny and might make people with very little intelagence laught for about 5 seconds untill they forget what they were laughing at. I think most people will agree with me that u r sad and stupid. GET A LIFE SADDO!
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well, you seem to be 8 or something like that, cause you find that funny. it ISN’T funny. and no fan [or someone who just likes that band] would do that. even if you don’t like the band it’s not funny, just childish - and NOT an intelligent, sarcastic joke or something like that. NO, really not! it just sucks. keith murray is attractive and talks to his parents - what’s wrong with that? i think you’re jealous, because you are ugly and no one ever listens to you. but i don’t care, cause you are simply dumb and get on my nerves.
[by the way] i think removing that picture from your website would save you from a lot of anger.
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lily are scientists March 18, 2006at 4:52 pm
hey wots this then? wel somehow u’v got it onto the WAS page - gotta big you up there, but u’v made me sad now - how could you do that to keith
why is everyone arguing over something so unimportant? though i gotta say that ‘review’ and alot of ur comments are pretty entertaining. i don’t even understand what half of them are trying to say. i may sound thick so i’ll just state the obvious: keith is friggin fit! -
Jessica, that’s a nice little article you wrote. You know who else is pretty genuinely nice? Chris Walla from “Death Cab For Cutie.”
Maybe he and Keith could have a “nice off.”
And because you were talking about how attractive Keith was I wondered how attractive you are.
You’re cute. Not that that sort of thing matters to clever, hip writers like you…but still, I felt like mentioning it. -
#*&$!& March 19, 2006at 1:32 pm
your pathetic.
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Spefal March 20, 2006at 4:00 pm
Everything you said in that article is so true! They are really close to being pricks, but they’re not quite. I really like them, but at the same time sometimes want not to. And Keith Murray is a very nice man. So if it was ok to review a reviewer, I would give you 10/10. And the photo is quite funny. No matter how old you are there’s never anything not funny about drawing a dick. Especially if it’s near someone’s face.
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wow, is that how you get your kicks, by drawing dicks into peoples mouths….. preety gay jessica or whatever youur name is……. pretty gay……. an alright review though, i obviously could not expect anything better from some sad lonely woman who like adding dicks to photos for her own amusement…. seriously, whats that about……
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I see where you were going with the sarcasm, and I think it went over most people’s heads. Not that it’s your fault, I just think it’s too biting and bitter to be a “good” review. You try to hate them, but obviosuly don’t, yet you might as well, you just come off sounding like a total bitch. No offence.
And that photoshop’d picture, not in the best of taste. Like if here was a chance that I may take you seriously, it was totally eradicated by that.
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she.is March 22, 2006at 1:37 am
your review is funny
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charlie March 22, 2006at 2:43 pm
people do have a sence of humour , this is just noy funny
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just get over yourself woman… jeez!
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I dont think people quite get the humour behind this article. Ive written reviews like this before, except they actually get published, and ive been completely assraped for like not boning the arctic monkeys, and saying despite the fact they suck live, i still like them and i dont know why.
ITS NOT A FUCKING CRIME TO NOT LOVE A BAND, GET OVER IT YOU FREAKS!“just get over yourself woman… jeez!” - Joe, you are an ass!
“wow, is that how you get your kicks, by drawing dicks into peoples mouths….. preety gay jessica or whatever youur name is……. pretty gay……. an alright review though, i obviously could not expect anything better from some sad lonely woman who like adding dicks to photos for her own amusement…. seriously, whats that about…… ” - Aimee, you are an ass!
i cant be bothered to carry on copy and pasting, so everyone that didnt see the humour in the review is a dick. Everyone should burn.
FOR THE RECORD IVE SEEN WE ARE SCIENTISTS TIMES AND LOVE THEM, YOU DONT HAVE TO HUNT ME DOWN AND KILL ME!
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Margaux March 24, 2006at 1:40 pm
Hey guys!
I found this cool clip from Best Week Ever- SxSW. Featuring The Go! Team.http://bestweekever.blogs.com/best_week_ever_blog/2006/03/sxsw_hardhittin.html
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Margaux March 24, 2006at 1:41 pm
…and we are scientists, tapes n’ tapes, rhett miller
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charlie March 24, 2006at 2:58 pm
rich your a asshole
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charlie March 24, 2006at 2:59 pm
and i dont care if i was gramatically incorrect in my last meesage before anyone comments
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Haha, for a start you should be using the subject form of You (you’re) not the possesive (your), and it’s “an” asshole, not “a” asshole.
“rich your a asshole”
I know you said you didn’t care about your lack of basic Grammatical knowledge, but until you rectify your mistake i don’t think i can take your comment seriously.
Just for the record, i don’t even know you, but i think you’re an asshole.
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asshole March 28, 2006at 8:54 am
no. you’re definately the asshole richy rich….
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this article is pretty perfect IMO.
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Can you not read? She pointed out the bad points of WAS, but then went on to say she still loves them regardless. And that’s honest. No one, not even your most favourite band in the whole world is without faults. At least she’s accepting those faults, and moving on, unlike you people who are ignoring them completely. To have a fair, unbiased article you have to present both sides of the argument, before stating your opinion. You guys are just retards, go back to school.
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