Space Migration + Intelligence Squared = Life Extension (SMILE).

Note: all tracks recorded under the names Academy 23 or UNIT are the property of DNA Records and protected by copyright, regardless of who wrote the works concerned. This is a track from our 52nd album ‘Science & Sanity’. The ballad includes a couple of quotes from the Concerto In D (1740) by Georg Philipp Telemann.

I don’t care if God loves me or not or if he is a she.
You’ll talk sociology and Marxist views of history.
You can quote psychology (but not at me, preferably).
You can blether all bloody day but I would rather sooner say the square root of minus one is j.
While governments whine and wail, the Fourier Series will not fail, regardless of whoever rules the land.
While sociologists fear compunction, Cartesian Co-ordinates function in any language you can understand.
While politicians always fight, Olbers Paradox shines each night on any nation that you care to choose.
While every language is only national, the square root of two is irrational in any dialect you decide to use.
So let me remind you that I have no time for idle chat,
despite all your procrastinations on how to govern nations,
despite your ceaseless chatter on things that do not matter,
all your talk of righteous causes and debate on rules and laws is perfectly irrelevant to me.

Andy Martin – Vocals, Mini Moog, Tenor Saxophone, Birds.
Keilan Knight – 5 String Bass Guitar.
Colin Murrell – Vibraphone, Alto Saxophone.

Birds – Blackcap (left) and Bluethroat (right).

Text & Music – Andy Martin.

You may be interested in these other tracks by UNIT.

The Earth Is Finite.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes.
Osaka Boy.
Barbara’s Bridge.
A Study Of Alkaline Metals.
The 613 Mitzvot.
The Unwanted.
A Song For Eric Cooper.
Amery Hill School.
Realise Your Potential.
1985.
Resonance Rocks Out.
Yom Kippur.
The Noahide Laws.
Hup Soon Heng.
Eagle.
When We Were Friends.

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In addition we have 7 books available in PDF format free on request.

Not In Front Of The Children: A Study Of Grange Hill 1978 – 1993
Fast – Clean – Cheap (A Compendium)
Civil Disobedience – A Collection Of Short Stories For Children
Behind The Bike Shed – A Novel For Children
Grange Hill 1994 – 2008
The No Nation Interview
Birds, Bridges & Boys – Short Stories For Adults