AnodosVideos

Skydiving (at light speed)

2009-05-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

Attempting to convert my skydiving video produced this glitch filled (but amusing-in-its-own-right) 8-second video.

Chacma Baboon

2008-11-19T13:11:00.000-08:00

To kick off animal presentations in biology class, I wrote a song about the chacma baboon. Here's a clip from when I played it for the class.

Ali in the City

2008-03-01T08:46:00.000-08:00

A happy birthday song for Ali: "Ali, Ali, Ali in the city, spreading hugs and health and a love for bicycles. Ali, Ali, Ali in the city. With love, gray streets turn to something beautiful."

TFA Rap

2007-11-09T08:43:00.000-08:00

"It's the TFA class of 2008, dispellin' the myths, settin' the record straight. It's time to define the kind of things that we do, the life that we live, what we believe to be true."

I'll Fly Away

2007-11-09T08:41:00.000-08:00

TFA performs "I'll Fly Away" at a retreat in Charlottesville.

Ballad of San Francisco

2007-04-21T15:24:00.000-07:00

Since coming to Stanford, I had talked about taking my guitar and walking the streets of San Francisco playing this song, a favorite of mine by Caedmon's Call. With time running down, we finally decided to do it. I took up the train up to the city one Saturday morning with my friends Eric and Grace, and we spent the day making a music video for the song. There's a line in the song about a carrot dangling, and I think the most amazing moment of the day was seeing Grace hand the cashier a $100 bill for a 17 cent carrot - that'll be $99.83 in change, please. Needless to say, we got a good reaction from the cashier. Here is a first draft of the music video, put together by Eric.

The Best Baja Class Ever (A Song for Aaron E. Hirsh)

2007-03-10T10:59:00.000-08:00

Written to commemorate the 2006 Stanford seminar at Bahia de Los Angeles, which was undoubtedly the best Baja class ever.

Why Coral Bleaching Is Important To You

2006-03-29T15:21:00.000-08:00

During a long day of presentations for the Targeted Research Projects, we decided to spice things up a bit. To inspire passionate interest in our research on the physiology of coral bleaching, we composed this informative song.

Island Fever (Paradise Found?)

2006-03-14T23:03:00.000-08:00

A satire of our amazing weeks spent on Heron Island at the Great Barrier Reef.

Mangrove Love Song (When Your Branch Broke)

2006-02-25T10:50:00.000-08:00

A country dirge about a mangrove love affair turned sour, performed by Group Brokenesky of Stanford in Oz as part of a presentation on mangrove research in the Daintree in Australia.

Lamington (The Leech Kingdom)

2006-02-23T00:41:00.000-08:00

A song celebrating our adventures in Lamington Rainforest with Mike Pole.

Dascyllus Aruanus (Humbug of the Sea)

2006-02-12T15:18:00.000-08:00

A presentation of the species Dascyllus Aruanus in song form. First performed at Heron Island off the eastern Australia coast. This is the only song you'll hear using the word "Actinopterygii."

Dungong Harmonica Duet

2006-01-21T21:23:00.000-08:00

Sitting around and playing "The Dugong Song" on Straddie, we are treated to an amazing harmonica duet by Matt and Ryan.

Charismatic Megafauna (The Dugong Song)

2006-01-19T22:59:00.000-08:00

The song that started the songwriting Australian adventure. As the green activist group for a mock-town meeting on Stradbroke Island, we felt it would be appropriate to write a ballad lamenting the dugong fatalities that would result from a (hypothetically) proposed resort.