Jim Ocean Music

In our continuing saga of singing for astronauts, Kathy and I had the honor of staging a surprise musical tribute to astronaut Story Musgrave.  Dr. Story's list of  accomplishments read on and on like the exploits of a superman. This is the guy who repaired the Hubble Telescope. Try doing that extremely technical work in a space suit with the earth wheeling over your head at 17,000 mph. Screw up once and it's "Game over man!".

The city of Petaluma had made a formal declaration that Saturday, May 17,…Read more

On May 10th, Kathy and I opened for renowned scientist and author Dr. Timothy Ferris at the Santa Rosa Junior College in Petaluma. He was given an award for all his achievements, and Saturday, May 10th, 2014 was declared Timothy Ferris Day in Petaluma.

What a thrill to sing to him the song we wrote that was inspired by his book 'Coming of Age in the Milky Way'. We sang the chorus with the audience waving their books to the rhythm of the song. I'll always remember that!
So here's a guy who worked on one… Read more

Check out this music video reminder to "stay in the moment" by hip-hop, rapper Aaron Young shared with us by our friend Theris Coats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6TJoMOLQFU&feature=youtu.be 

More on Aaron Young at https://www.reverbnation.com/aaronyoung

Hope you enjoy our satirical musical gift to you that was written by Jim and performed by his former band Celtic Elvis. (By the way this little ditty went #2 nationally on Dr. Demento when it was released in the early 90's.)
Listen to "Kill a Tree for Christ"















Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season!
Kathy & Jim

Hi Folks,   Just a quick note to let you know that Jim and I will be on Teresa Tudury's radio show, "Live from the Doublewide" on KOWS Radio out of Occidental starting at about 8:30 tonight (Nov 21st).  Teresa is a remarkably talented singer-songwriter & performer.  Her long-running radio show features music and wry chat with a focus on singer-songwriters.  Click here to stream the show live.
And then on Sunday from 4pm to 6pm, we're taking the MetaQuizzical Cafe to the Occidental Center for the Arts.  … Read more

Jim and I had the pleasure of spending some time with the wonderfully warm folks at KRCB radio in Rhonert Park this past Tuesday.  We were there to be interviewed by Roland Jacopetti for the "Sonoma Spotlight" program in advance of our upcoming gig at Occidental Center for the Arts on Sunday November 24th.  While we were there, FM program director Robin Pressman was curious about the CD we had in our hands--the pre-release of "Math2Metaphor"--our new collection of science songs.  She asked if we'd stick…Read more

The MetaQuizzical Cafe served up its mysterious entrees--which included "Plastilla", the "First to go Under", and the "Alien Immigrant Song"--our parody of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" about alien invasion--to a full house at Armando's in Martinez last Sunday afternoon. With Lou Esposito on electronic percussion and David Correa on guitar--along with Kathy & myself, we were rockin' those science songs.   We tried our first multi-media presentation in conjunction with the songs and had some fascinating… Read more

Calling all people who enjoy satire, science, politics--and song-writing subjects--that are intentionally and savagely anti-commercial. If you avoid the main stream like a salmon turning away from a sewage line, then we have a couple of shows for you.

We're presenting two "MetaQuizzical Cafe's"--stimulating, folk-rocking romps through science, politics, satire and spirit--which feature the two of us, plus a host of our overly talented friends. The first show will be at Armando's in Martinez on Sunday,…Read more

Hi Folks!
 
We just finished our busiest summer concert season ever--which had our heads spinning like plates on sticks. What a summer! We appreciate all the good folks who worked and attended the shows. Lots of stories to tell on that front, but instead we'll share a couple of recent tasty morsels from our performing life. (So many hats, too few heads.)

We recently opened for the History Connection's  tribute to Shuttle Astronaut Rex Walheim on the occasion of City of Petaluma's proclamation of Rex…Read more

LET'S "SING ABOUT SCIENCE" A conversation with research scientist Greg Crowther The MetaQuizzical Radio Show June 6, 2012
About Greg Crowther Biography Greg Crowther received his B.A. in Biology from Williams College and his Ph.D. in Physiology & Biophysics from the University of Washington.  In his current laboratory research he works on biochemical aspects of early-stage drug discovery for malaria and other neglected diseases.  Greg started writing songs about science as a graduate student, and has since… Read more