Ra Ra Riot - the rhumb line

Ra Ra Riot is a Syracuse, NY band that recently released an album called "The Rhumb Line." For those of you who forget, a rhumb line is "(or loxodrome) is a line crossing all meridians at the same angle, i.e. a path of constant bearing. Unlike a great circle route (for which bearing is not constant), following a rhumb line requires turning the vehicle more and more sharply while approaching the poles. At lower latitudes, however, a loxodrome may be easier to follow than a great circle. The effect of following a rhumb line course on the surface of a globe was first discussed by the Portuguese mathematician Pedro Nunes in the 1530s, with further mathematical development by Thomas Harriot in the 1590s." - wikipedia.org


The NY Times reviewed the album here. Sadly, last year their drummer died tragically.