Bob Larson, a Christian minister and former rock musician, remembers that in the 70’s teens would bring raw eggs to a rock concert and put them on the front of the stage. The eggs would be hard boiled by the music before the end of the concert and could be eaten. Dr. Earl W. Flosdorf and Dr. Leslie A. Chambers showed that proteins in a liquid medium were coagulated when subjected to piercing high-pitched sounds."
can this really happen? if so, how and how loud would the music have to be? do the eggs tast normal?
And I dunno about that site, I think I saw a sweeping generality or two. (“Hey dudes, lets get some eggs and go to the concert!!” … “Bummer, man!! They’re frisking at the door! How will we ever get our eggs in now?”)
We note that the content of that page was taken from a paper of a guy who plays the bassoon. Not a lot of calls for rock bassoon players. A strange coincidence, no?
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My feeling, although proteins may well be coagulated by sound waves, is that Bob Larson (a Christian minister and former rock musician) may remember all sorts of things that never really happened during the 1970s; I can’t imagine why.
Dunno 'bout the egg thing, but I have it from a reliable, infallible source (i.e. Christian fundies & their ilk) that heavy metal bands routinely throw live puppies into the audience and demand that everyone KILL THE PUPPIES before they continue with the show.
Of course, they’ve never done that at any show I ever went to. Dammit. I wanna stomp some puppies!
Some of the things religous zealots say about rock music is absurd. The ridiculous church I was raised in actually insisted that “scientific studies” proved that the “beat” of rock and disco music could actually affect ones heart rhythm. I actually knew some kids who would not listen to some popular songs because they were afraid it would give them a heart attack!
I think Bob Larson had wrote a book about how bad rock music was and such. That was back in the 70’s/early 80’s. Some of the stuff my kids listen to today would probably give him a fit!
I was talking abut that withmy son the other day (sorry about the hi-jack) but Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” was considered risque. Wonder what they would all think of Eminem?
Gypsymoth3, I’m beginning to have concerns about you. When a bright young chap such as you starts to find out how much nonsense is spread around in the name of Christianity, there’s the risk that you’ll trash your faith altogether. That you’ll throw out the Baby Jesus with the bathwater, so to speak. Since you’ve joined this message board, you’re learning pretty fast. It’s good to question authority, but it usually doesn’t happen this quickly.
I’m kidding a bit, here, but only partly. I hope you are building a keen skeptic’s eye. As you raise an eyebrow:dubious: over something a preacher tells you, I hope you won’t decide to reject everything he ever told you. Just learn to separate the wheat from the chaff. In some cases, it will be “the chaff from the dung.”
I’m kidding a bit, here, but only partly. I hope you are building a keen skeptic’s eye. As you raise an eyebrow:dubious: over something a preacher tells you, I hope you won’t decide to reject everything he ever told you. Just learn to separate the wheat from the chaff. In some cases, it will be “the chaff from the dung.”