2011
Press covering show’s expansion to an hour weekly, as well as the 2011 Talking Animals Festival.
- Tampa Tribune’s Curtis Ross Blog Post About Show Going Weekly –Jan. 5, 2011
- Tampa Tribune’s Curtis Ross Blog Post About Festival’s Band Line-Up Announced –Feb. 24, 2011
- “Up Close”– On Tampa’s PBS Station, WEDU –30-Minute Program On The Radio Show, The Festival, etc.
- St. Petersburg Times’ Stephanie Hayes Feature On Tampa Pet Events/Talking Animals –March 31, 2011
- Creative Loafing spotlighted the Festival in its Do It Section –March 31, 2011-But There’s No Active Link To That Piece
- St. Petersburg Times’ Carole Liporato’s Blog Post About The Festival Bands And Music –March 31, 2011
- Tampa Tribune’s Staff Report About 2011 Talking Animals Festival –April 1, 2011
2010
Press covering recent guest Joan Jett as well as the Talking Animals Festival.
- Tampa Tribune’s Curtis Ross’ Blog Post about Joan Jett: [pdf]
- Mitch Perry’s Creative Loafing cover story that included “Talking Animals” and the Festival: [pdf]
- Dalia Colon’s feature on The Talking Animals Festival & the radio show, which ran in The St. Petersburg Times: [pdf]
- Curtis Ross’ advance in The Tampa Tribune’s about The Talking Animals Festival and “Talking Animals”: [pdf]
2009
October 2009
Want to talk to Nellie McKay about animals? (From the Tampa Bay Times “SOUNDCHECK” Tampa local music guide)
Ah, Nellie McKay. How can you not love an over-the-top quirky jazz-pop-cabaret pianist who sings songs about having her very own clone?
McKay releases her latest album, Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day, this week. And sadly, as expected, she’s not touring anywhere near Tampa Bay in support of it.
But she WILL be checking in with a Tampa Bay institution this week.
On Wednesday morning, McKay will return as a guest on Talking Animals, the pet show on WMNF-88.5. Apparently she’s a friend of the show — and she’s not the only prominent musician who is.
Longtime host Duncan Strauss has interviewed a number of cool musicians on the program to talk about their animal causes — Chrissie Hynde, Moby, Kinky Friedman, Emmylou Harris, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and John Doe of X, to name a few.
Talking Animals: Connecting Tampa Bay music fans with their heroes since 2005. Who knew?
Click here for details. And click here to listen to the show from 11:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday.
— Jay Cridlin, tbt*
Original story: Want to talk about animals with Nellie McKay?
September 2009
2008
December 2008
Duncan on Media Talk
April 2008
TNT’s Ringling Reality Series: Sickest Show On Earth?
I read with great interest — and greater horror — that one component of TNT’s new plan to expand the network’s slate of original programming is an unscripted series set aboard the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train that transports the performers and animals from show to show.
That sound you’re hearing may be the bottom of the barrel scraping — or it could be the moaning of an elephant being abused. MORE->
You can read Duncan’s commentary in Huffington Post (posted on April 11, 2008) on TNT’s plans for a reality series on Ringling Bros and the circus train here!
January 2008
Special to the Palm Beach Post
Here’s Duncan’s Op-Ed piece on Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that The Palm Beach Post published on December 23, 2007 on the front page of their Opinion section — For the love of animals, avoid the circus – Read editorial here.
2007
