I found some interesting news about Neil Young: 

Finally, a spider named for Neil Young!

This one:

East Carolina University biologist Jason Bond named a newly discovered trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.

“There are rather strict rules about how you name new species,” Bond said in a university release. “As long as these rules are followed you can give a new species just about any name you please. With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have had a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice.”

Bond discovered the new species last year in Jefferson Co., Ala.

Bond received $750,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation in 2005 and 2006 to classify the trapdoor spider species and contribute to the foundation’s Tree of Life project.

Now if only someone would name a bird after David Gray.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/

Recently Neil Young announced at the JavaOne conference that he will issue a chronological greatest hits/archive package on a 10 disc Blu-ray set:

Neil Young releases archive collection on Blu-ray

Writer: Nikki King
News, Published online on 08 May 2008

Curious how Neil Young looked while writing “Cinnamon Girl”? Want to see images of his early records? How about listening to his entire collection while reading news clips and viewing pictures that fit chronologically?

Young has announced that he will release his oft-rumored archival collection on Blu-ray disc. When we say complete archival collection, we mean complete archival collection. The timeline begins in 1963 with his first days of making music, moving along into the Buffalo Springfield era and beyond.

“I only give the record company what I want people to hear at the time,” Young told CNet. “So I have a lot of unreleased material. Putting it all together tells a much different story than just what has been produced (for public consumption).”

If somehow five years from now they discover something that they missed, fans can download it online and add it to the disc because of Blu-ray’s impeccable digital capabilities. Young seemed especially pleased with the ease of use with the PlayStation 3 for this function. Shakey Pictures produced the project in addition to Young’s other films.

Viewers get to listen as they thumb through a digital filing cabinet (which is not a metaphor—it really looks like a filing cabinet), selecting tracks with the ability to then continue to page through images and newspaper articles. Reportedly, Young has wanted to produce a project like this for over 15 years. He was waiting on a medium that could provide a superior quality of both sound and interactive capabilities.

No word yet on what rock legend will be next to follow suit, though it is reported that the Criterion Collection will be available via Blu-ray soon.

Watch Neil Young hang out with the guys from Sun: http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/7398/news/music/neil_young_releases_archive_collection_on_bluray

 

Related links:
Neil Young on MySpace
Blu-rayDisc.com

 

Spider and I sit watching the sky
On a world without sound
We knit a web to catch one tiny fly
For our world without sound
We sleep in the mornings
We dream of a ship that sails away
A thousand miles away.

not sure if I would like a spider named after me

but if, like you suggest NM, someone names a bird after David then Will Oldham has given our David a few to think about?

  One with the birds.

Rena:

Spider and I sit watching the sky
On a world without sound
We knit a web to catch one tiny fly
For our world without sound
We sleep in the mornings
We dream of a ship that sails away
A thousand miles away.

Wow Rena! You posted excactly the lyrics of the song I had in mind as I wrote the words Spider M. neilyoungi and Neil sit watching 'Archives' on Blu-ray!

Its the awesome Spider And I  by Brian (...Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle...) Eno from his album Before and After Science! I'm happy that I'm not the only one here who knows about this beautiful tune!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TzYg-WqznVQ