No Ordinary Music Festival: Moogfest Ropes in Google, 'Futurama'

Moogfest, a decade-old music festival named after Moog synthesizer creator Robert Moog, is continuing to expand far beyond its electronic-music roots.

For this year's shindig, attendees can jam out to headliners Pet Shop Boys, M.I.A. and Kraftwerk 3D at night but also enjoy a robust infusion of daytime programming to learn about new technologies, art, math, science and future concepts — all timely topics that jibe with Moog's creative spirit. Moogfest takes place from April 23 to 27 in Asheville, N.C.

Among the sessions is "The Math and Science of The Simpsons and Futurama."

"Futurama and electronic music are both subjects where super nerdy and marginally cool meet," David X. Cohen, Futurama's executive producer, told Mashable. Though Cohen has an bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in computer science, he said his panel's goal is to entertain, but "if they get some education then that's an added bonus." Read more...