{"id":1849,"date":"2012-01-03T00:25:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T05:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2012-01-03T00:25:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T05:25:47","slug":"tuesday-tunes-alien-ant-farm-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/03\/tuesday-tunes-alien-ant-farm-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tunes &#8211; Alien Ant Farm edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ryan-fleacrest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-951\" title=\"Ryan Fleacrest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ryan-fleacrest-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Fleacrest\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ryan-fleacrest-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ryan-fleacrest.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>Well here we are, a full year after I started this little musical column. Turns out there are a lot more artists who have brought in the funk with insect content than I could have imagined, making quite a diverse playlist (which I&#8217;m going to curate in one place and post soon, don&#8217;t worry). My goal was to feature a new song every week, and I almost made it, having only forgotten last week! So close! Oh well, I&#8217;ve covered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/category\/tuesday-tunes\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 52 songs<\/a> throughout the year, so I suppose I&#8217;m still ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed writing these pieces each week, and often surprised myself with where the final product ended up. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/tuesday-tunes-outdoor-miner-wire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Some were silly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/tuesday-tunes-trends-bed-bug-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\">some I tried to deliver a message<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/tuesday-tunes-entomologist-heather-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\">some were intimately personal<\/a>. It goes to show just how a song can impact a person and inspire a full range of emotions.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, this may be the last Tuesday Tunes for a bit. No fear, I still have plenty of insect music to share and write about, but there are some other weekly projects I want to try and do, and I&#8217;m ready to turn this into an occasional feature, coming around maybe once a month or so.<\/p>\n<p>Today is as good a time as any for another multi-song version of Tuesday Tunes, with another band I listened to through high school; Alien Ant Farm.<\/p>\n<p>When you hear about Alien Ant Farm, you probably think of their biggest hit (and Michael Jackson cover), Smooth Criminal. Other than the band&#8217;s ant-head logo on the canvas of the boxing ring, there&#8217;s not much entomological about this song, but it&#8217;s still a fun song, so enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDl9ZMfj6aE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their logo isn&#8217;t their only entomological expression however, as they also penned and performed the songs <em>Crickets<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Beehive<\/em>\u00a0on their 2006 album Up in the Attic:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7q1JLJ_ewA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oI_2LU1veaE?start=245&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And to top it all off, Alien Ant Farm wrote a special song for the 2002 movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0145487\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spider-Man<\/a>, <em>Bug Bytes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D11e8TMvuh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s it for Tuesday Tunes for awhile! Thanks to those of you who joined me on this journey through music history, and keep an eye out for more songs in the future!<\/p>\n<p>These songs are available on iTunes (except for Beehive, which was a bonus song):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/smooth-criminal\/id3446432?i=3446428&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\">Smooth Criminal &#8211; ANThology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/crickets\/id161058081?i=161058107&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\">Crickets &#8211; Up In the Attic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/bug-bytes\/id219080728?i=219081058&amp;uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\">Bug Bytes &#8211; Spider-Man (Music from and Inspired By)<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well here we are, a full year after I started this little musical column. Turns out there are a lot more artists who have brought in the funk with insect content than I could have imagined, making quite a diverse playlist (which I&#8217;m going to curate in one place and post soon, don&#8217;t worry). 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