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Rae,

We actually contracted They Might Be Giants to write a song for our new 
heart exhibit.  It was the only way that we could think of to teach 
people about everything that your blood does for you.  We sent a list of 
content items to them and in a few days they sent back an MP3 demo 
recording of the song.  I will say that gettiing to play record producer 
for a little while was pretty darn fun.  We then took the song and gave 
it to our AV contractor and they made it into a School House Rock style 
cartoon.  Here is a link to the song on our web page.

http://www.fi.edu/giantheart/bloodmobile.html

The Giants released the song on their web page and a teenager made his 
own version of the video before our video was even on-line.  They are 
both very interesting but very different interpretations of the same 
material.  Here is the other link.

http://www.dave-logan.com/animation/bloodmobile/bloodmobile.swf

By the way The Giants were not cheap but we thought that the name 
recognition would help with some PR and that we knew that they would be 
able to make a great song.  A fair warning before you click on any of 
the links.  The song is a bit of a mind worm and will not go away once 
it is in your head.

Mike



Rae Alexander wrote:

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>They Might Be Giants have several science based songs, in fact much of
>their music references science terms and concepts.  One of my
>favorites is, "Why does the sun shine?" (The sun is a mass of
>incadescent gas), other interesting selections include "Mammal" and
>"Spider".
>
>Rae Alexander
>North Coast Nature Center
>www.northcoastnaturecenter.org
>707.464.3633
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The Franklin Institute
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