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There was a thread a while back about science songs.  They Might Be  
Giants is coming out with a record this Fall called "Here Comes  
Science."  I worked with them on it, so I feel a little pride in  
participation.  Here's an article in Billboard.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/they-might-be-giants-to-release-third-kids-1003995064.story

"As evidenced by song titles like "Meet the Elements,"  
"Photosynthesis," and "I Am a Paleontologist," "Here Comes Science"  
covers a wide spectrum of scientific fields. Flansburgh and his  
bandmates -- co-founder John Linell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller and  
Danny Weinkauf -- recruited Eric Siegel from New York Hall of Science,  
a children's museum in Queens, N.Y. to ensure that all the material  
was factually accurate. "We've never had to really fact check anything  
before; it's not an impulse that I think anybody in a rock band meets  
with open arms," Flansburgh admits.

In the process of making sure everything rang true, one of They Might  
Be Giants' longtime fan favorite song, "The Sun Is a Mass of  
Incandescent Gas," had to be reworked for the release. " We were so  
sure we were on solid ground with the first song that we not only did  
a new recording of it, we had animated the entire thing," recalls  
Flansburgh. "Eric looked at it and was like, "Guys, this is just so  
wrong, I can't even explain.' So we actually constructed an answer  
song to ourselves called 'The Sun Is A Miasma of Incandescent Plasma.' "

Thanks to others at the Hall who helped me sort out some of the  
factual info without knowing why I was asking stupid questions (TMBG  
didn't want me to talk about the record until now).

I think the CD is really quite good, quirky and catchy in that  
trademark They Might Be Giants way.

Eric Siegel
esiegel at nyscience dot org

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