Weather and Water
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From The Greencards, a great band.

Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions
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Photo of Botryllus schlosseri from the Swalla Lab website Yep, that’s right. They get it on with any male gamete that passes their way. They just don’t give a [rhymes with duck]. Boom chaka-laka-boom. These loose lizzies are all about increasing genetic diversity if you know what I mean. OH, I know you know . . . → Read More: Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions

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Flippy-floppies take PRI’s The World
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I'm On A Boat poster by Tatsumi67 Public Radio International’s The World Science podcast has a regular series featuring Music in Science, and they asked me what music we listened to last August on SEAPLEX. When I squealed “I’M ON A BOAT!” they were a bit confused at first, but then they boldly went for . . . → Read More: Flippy-floppies take PRI’s The World

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Ballad of a Modern Graduate Student
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This just might be the best thing ever. Graduate school, shanty style! It’s basically Piled Higher and Deeper, in ballad form. Check out hultonclint’s traditional shanties, too – he has a fine voice. Thanks, JEByrnes!

Every Whale Has Its Bone
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This one goes out to David from my lab who just got back from 2 months down under in Antarctica and deployed whale bones for part of his experiments. You can read up on all his updates while he was at sea. Every Whale Has A Bone (with apologies to Brett Michael) We both . . . → Read More: Every Whale Has Its Bone

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The Queen of the Grand Banks Schooners
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This is where I’d like to be this Monday morning.

Tiny Tuna for Japan
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What. The. Fuck?!?1?11?11!!? (pardon my language) A proposal by Monaco to extend the highest level of U.N. protection to the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin, a fish prized by sushi lovers for its fatty belly flesh, failed by a lopsided vote of 20-68, with 30 abstentions, Juan Carlos Vasquez, a spokesman for the U.N. . . . → Read More: Tiny Tuna for Japan

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The Original “On a Boat” Song
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Craig is the hipster around here, always keeping up on the latest trends and knows exactly what the kids are doing these days. Me, I more of a laid back folkie. Give me a can of Dale’s Pale Ale, an acoustic guitar and a summer night sky filled with fireflies. Now I know all the . . . → Read More: The Original “On a Boat” Song

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I’m On A Boat A Cappella
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Kevin and I are big fans of I’m On A Boat and the internets are full of parodies of this parody (Bert and Ernie ver., Office ver., English Channel ver., I’m On A Bus ver., I’m In A Tux ver., Hard Rock ver., and so on). Those are find and dandy, but they pale . . . → Read More: I’m On A Boat A Cappella

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Kiss of a Cold Ocean
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Lumber ships under tow at Grays Harbor, 1890s. Courtesy UW Special Collections. Its been a long time since I put up any original music. Here is one I got around to finishing tonight. Its a bit rough around the edges, especially the acoustic guitar dub over, but I was too lazy to redo it after . . . → Read More: Kiss of a Cold Ocean

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