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Strange native species
Quimi Portet and Albert Pla’s surreal contributions on TV3’s Natura sàvia (Wise nature) program, filmed in some sort of tinkerer’s workshop, where they expounded theories about weird behaviours of indigenous Catalan animals, has reopened the age-old debate about why musicians, when they appear on TV, always do so in order to do anything but what they are, in principle, better at: music. OK, some might wet themselves hearing them describe the eccentricities of a reptile. And there are musicians with lucid opinions on politics or great recipes for stew. But maybe, just maybe, they might also be good at talking about music and, dare I say, playing some. One day, thousands of TV viewers might realise this.