The power outage in part of Arcata this morning (including the Journal office) was caused by a pair of crows shorting out a transformer according to PG&E spokesperson Jana Morris, who called KHUM in response to an inquiry from DJ Mike Dronkers.
Since there were two crows, Dronkers surmised that the electrocution was perhaps related to the notion that
crows mate for life
. He invited listeners to write a song about the crow lovers and, remarkably, had two songs submitted within hours.
The winner of his crow contest was Arcata songwriter
Chris Parreira
with his short but sweet number,
“The Tragic Tale of Heather and Marc (The Crow Song)”
complete with a Shakespearean reference.
Incidentally, Parreira played a gig at
Six Rivers Brewery
last night, ironically, opening for a Texas songwriter who calls himself
Matt the Electrician
.
(Thanks to failed mayoral candidate Larry Trask for the info.)
This article appears in Dog Fight.
The Matt The Electrician show was actually last night.
Would you be so kind as to post the other audio recordings of the two crows songs? Especially Johanna’s…
Nice song, considering.
Parts of Arcata? Us Macktowners would appreciate PG&E spokesfolk recognizing our inherent right to have our plight recognized when the company falters in providing the sparkly stuff to our homes.
Then there was the bird poop that took down the CERN facility.
Those darn birds!
Maybe we need to put up giant windmill farms everywhere to thin them out!
peace
d