Mar 16, 2010 11:58 AM

Live at the Barbicon! Zebra finches play some Jimi

it doesn’t get better than this. The part at about 1.45 where he gets the stick stuck in the strings: Really takes off there. © Extracts from Ariane Michel’s film, Les Oiseaux de Céleste.

it doesn’t get better than this. The part at about 1.45 where he gets the stick stuck in the strings: Really takes off there.

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David Dobbs, author of the Kindle Single bestseller My Mother's Lover, writes features and essays for publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, and other publications. He is working on his fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion. You also follow his wider wanderings on ... Read More

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