Songs for Unusual Creatures: The Easter Bilby?
In this week’s episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures, host Michael Hearst introduces us to the bilby, a small marsupial that is a popular alternative to the Easter bunny in Australia.
Continue ReadingIn this week’s episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures, host Michael Hearst introduces us to the bilby, a small marsupial that is a popular alternative to the Easter bunny in Australia.
Continue ReadingThe Chinese Giant Salamander is the world’s largest amphibian and is, well, really big. In this episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures, host Michael Hearst teaches us a bit more about this very unusual creature and plays some very unusual instruments in unusual places.
Continue ReadingToday’s episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures features what is probably the most unusual creature of all: the tardigrade.
Continue ReadingWhat’s a sea pig? Watch this episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures to find out. The Kronos Quartet performs a song inspired by this deep sea creature.
Continue ReadingThe Blobfish was recently declared WORLD’S UGLIEST ANIMAL! But is that really fair? And even if the Blobfish is less attractive that some of its fishy cohorts, does that make it any less lovable?
Continue ReadingThis week’s episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures is about the glass frog, a tiny frog whose skin is so translucent that you can see its internal organs.
Continue ReadingThis week’s episode of Songs for Unusual Creatures features the giant anteater. So what’s so unusual about the anteater? Aside from its two-foot-long tongue, of course. Watch the video to find out!
Continue ReadingThe second episode of Michael Hearst’s Songs for Unusual Creatures was released this week, and this time it focuses on the elephant shrew—a tiny animal which, as it turns out, is not actually related to the shrew. Find out what it is related to in this video!
Continue ReadingMichael Hearst’s Songs for Unusual Creatures is now a series on PBS Digital Studios. The first episode, about the Jesus Christ Lizard, was just posted on Thursday last week. There are 10 episodes in all and they’ll be posted every other week.
Continue ReadingWell, the Wordstock Book Festival is now over, and I had a fun (and exhausting) time. I was often bouncing back and forth between two or three panels because there were simply so many authors and cartoonists and books that I was curious about. Here’s a whirlwind recap of some of my favorite things from the weekend.
Continue ReadingMichael Hearst is a modern composer (and obviously a bit of a geek) who has worked on a plethora of interesting projects over the years, including compositions to the words of Neil Gaiman, and a re-envisioning of The Planets. His …
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