Tona Walt Ohama - “Of Whales“ 80s Techno - video by Eva Everything 2009 footage from 90s

“Of Whales“ is from the 1984 vinyl album “i fear what i might hear“ nominated for a U-KNOW (now CASBY) award in Toronto Canada 1985 This song got more airplay than any of my recordings except “Where Do You Call Home?“ and the album was #1 on dozens of campus radio stations in North America in 1984 (**update, album was just #1 on CJSR radio for week of April 7, 2009 - 25 years later!) I wrote the song after news reports of whales beaching themselves to commit theory at the time was that we had polluted the oceans with so much noise (boats) that their communications were disrupted and drove them , it’s a thought. This video was sent to me by Eva Everything in October 2008 which she cut using footage from the early 90’s. Eva was awarded the Canadian Science Writer’s Award and the ceremony happened to be in Calgary, Alberta - from her visit are some rare images of my studio and home (and me) at that time. Thanks Eva for getting this tog