SONG: “Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: Squid Pro Crow.

SOURCE: Based on “Exotic creatures discovered living at deep-sea vent in Indian Ocean”, Guardian, 28 Dec 2011, as used in the post “Creatures of the Dragon Vent”.

ABSTRACT: This song was a result of a thing that I found [...]

SONG: “Rocket Africa.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “One man’s mission to put Ugandans in space”, CNN, 4 Oct 2011, as used in the post “From your back yard to outer space. (With you on board!)”.

ABSTRACT: I thought the African Space Research Program really needed an anthem. So [...]

SONG: “Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Magical Viking stone may be real”, The Telegraph, 2 Nov 2011, as used in the post “How Vikings found the sun”.

ABSTRACT: Viking navigators. I wanted to make a song that sounded like a saga. Like an ancestral [...]

SONG: “Move It Close to You.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Mind-guided robotic arm lets paralyzed man touch girlfriend”, CBS News, 10 Oct 2011, as used in the post “Touching robot fingers”.

ABSTRACT: It’s funny – whenever I play this song with just an acoustic guitar, it kind of [...]

SONG: “Turn Me Inside Out.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Gut instinct: Tantalising evidence that intestinal bacteria can influence mood”, The Economist, 3 Sep 2011, and “Antibiotics: Killing Off Beneficial Bacteria … for Good?”, Wired, 26 Aug 11,as used in the posts “Antibiotics: not so good for you” [...]

Watasenia Scintillans Addresses the New Graduates by Squid Pro Crow

So.

If you’ve noticed me referring obliquely to a “special project” lately, or to “having a thing” that’s taking up my time since April or so, this is it. The thing.

This is what I’ve been working on for the past few months. Just a taste. There’s more to come. [...]

SONG: “One In Ten.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas”, ScienceBlog, 25 July 2011, as used in the post “The math of the madness of crowds”.

ABSTRACT: This seemed to be the story that I told people about the [...]

SONG: “Evert 1 Pipkin”.

ARTIST: grant. Originally by Man or Astro-Man?

SOURCE: This is a penitential cover. It’s not from any specific scientific study… although the original may have come from space. You can hear it here, or just buy the Made From Technetium album and be happy.

ABSTRACT: This song is brilliant and deserves [...]

SONG: “The Shape of Your Words.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Kiki or bouba? In search of language’s missing link”, New Scientist, 19 July 2011, as used in the post “Sounds curvy”.

ABSTRACT: I’ve been listening to mid-90s twee again. And something about words having shapes seems like something [...]