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Yeah I'm A Rock Star

By cmcclain on May 8, 2007.

Let's face it Marine Biologists are the rock stars of science not gene jocks , chem nerds, math geeks* but marine biologist. Finally, someone is going to give us our due credit.

*all who I rely on weekly

Marine biologist footage needed for rock video

Are you a marine biologist? Do you want to be in a rock video?

Hello all, this is Toren Atkinson, science lover and lead singer for the Lovecraftian rock band, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. You may, at http://www.thickets.net/toren/darkestofthehillsidethickets.mp3 or http://www.myspace.com/darkestofthehillsidethickets listen to/download the mp3 for "A Marine Biologist," a fun little number about bathyscaphes, benthic trawlers, giant squid, etc.

I would like to create a music video for this track that essentially features marine biologists from across the globe. The idea would simply be a series of video clips of marine biologists doing what they (you?) do, with text at the bottom of the screen detailing who it is we're looking at, their location and specialty. So, for example, if we got a clip of Dr O'Shea, it would something to the effect of:

DR. STEVE O'SHEA

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (and/or specific institution)

SPECIALTY: THE GIANT SQUID

The footage doesn't need to be created from scratch just for the video - I'm perfectly happy with any video of any quality where it's clear who the marine biologist is, and that he/she/you are in their element doing marine biology stuff - whether that be in the lab, on site recording courtship sounds...whatever.

So the entire video would be like a profile of worldwide marine biologists set to our song. Hopefully the video would appear on various music/TV shows--MTV, Muchmusic, and their equivalents, but at the very least it would go out throughout the internet, youtube, on our site, and into your hands as well to do with as you wish.

To make this happen - I need your cooperation!

If you are a marine biologist and want to help out would you:

a) contact me at thickets@uniserve.com or via contact info below and we can work out how to get video footage from you.

b) provide a statement that you give permission for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets to use the footage and your likeness strictly for the purpose of this music video

c) see also (d) below!

If you are not a marine biologist, can you please

d) spread this around to any marine biologists you know, or anyone you think might know a marine biologist!

THANKS SO MUCH - if we can get this done I think it would be really fun!

Toren Atkinson

302-1015 West 13th Ave

Vancouver BC Canada

V6H 1N1

604-737-4283

thickets@uniserve.com

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Eh, you marine biologists are some of the worst 'math-is-hard' dolphin counting hippy-ecologists. Maybe they can do a song about conservation of mass and difference equations, and then the rest of us can get some groupies.

I have a B.Sc. degree in Marine Biology, and I used to deploy my light traps in the sea for my Final Year Research. But I'm now working with freshwater turtles (I'm head-starting them), am I eligible?? :)

As a mairne biologist by training, in an area of the country with hundreds of marine biologists in one loction, I think I'll be able to fill his marine bio quota.

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