A couple of cats made significant individual contributions, and also proved remarkable collaborators on a tremendous variety of subjects.
The "couple of cats" to whom this puzzle refers are musical collaborators Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) and Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). In this case each "journal article" title refers to an idea expressed in the lyrics of a song that one or both of them professionally recorded. (Most of these songs were not originally composed by either of the two and often predate their collaboration.)
... though we might have jazzed up the way they originally discussed their ideas ...
The "couple of cats" to whom this puzzle refers are musical collaborators Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) and Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). In this case each "journal article" title refers to an idea expressed in the lyrics of a song that one or both of them professionally recorded. (Most of these songs were not originally composed by either of the two and often predate their collaboration.)
- Ultra–Nonbasiatory Practices as Indicia of Excellence in Attachment Outcomes (Psych. of Attachment, vi, 9)
- Reduced Enthusiasm for Viewing the Standard of Ur, Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, and Other Artifacts Under High-Humidity Atmospheric Conditions (Bull. Curatorship & Meteorol., xxii, 7)
- Reproductive Structures of Castanea Specimens in the Île-de-France Region (Rev. Botany of Edible Nuts & Seeds, xix, 11)
- Lunar Albedo and Lyric–Melodic Expression of Erotic Attachment Exhibit Substantial Diachronic Relevance (J. Anthropol. of Astro., iv, 11)
- Orographic Expeditions Produced Subjective Parasympathetic Nervous System Excitation Levels <0.5× as Intense as Those Occasioned by Buccal–Contact Choreography (J. Exercise Physiol., ii, 6)
- A Role for Lacrimal Gland Secretions in Fluvial Hydrology? (Hydrologic Cycle Anomalies, i, 8)
- Longitudinal Actuarial Models of Expected Per Capita Incidence of Precipitation: Maximum Likelihood Estimate is Nonzero for All Members of a Population (Meteorol. & Risk, xii, 4)
- On the Modal Logic of Scriptural Narratives: Reassessing Historicity in 1 Samuel, Jonah, and Exodus (Old Test. Archaeol. Rev., vii, 7)
- “Too Crotchety”: Hyper–Conscientious Adherence to Notated Durations Is a Risk Factor for Absolute Cenemia in Performance (J. Mus. & Perf. Studies, xviii, 3)
- Cultivated Indifference to Extreme Hiemal Conditions and Glaciological Formations: Metabolic Alternatives to Low–k Circumpectoral and Dorsopalmar Garments to Postpone Thermodynamic Equilibrium (Rev. of Climate and Human Cult., ix, 10)
- Investigating Individual Ophthalmic Maturation and Oculesic Capability: Development of Gross Anatomy and External Luminosity Under Ambient Illumination (Anat. Trans. in Optom. & Ophthamol., xiv, 6)
- Is Atrial Proximity a Factor in Accelerated Maturation of R. Glauca? An Experimental Proposal (Horticul. Weekly, v, 1)
- “Solanum By Any Other Name”: Interpersonal Consequences from Foregrounding Sociolectal Variation in Phoneme Realizations (Socioling. Trans., xxi, 21)
- Geomorphological Estimates for Far–Future Relative Chronology (> 10 Ma): Erosion–Dominated Reversal of Laramide Orogeny, Subsidence of Baetic System, Cessation of Reciprocal Predilection (Geophys. & Stratigraphic Trans., iii, 6)
- Broad Optical Spectra Noted in Evident Dentition of Selachimorpha (Obs. J. Marine Biol., viii, 4)
- Nocturnal Observations of Communications and Transportation Infrastructure in Regions Where Acer Saccharum is Endemic (Économie de l'Acériculture, xx, 4)
- An Account of a Recent Incidence of a Meteor Shower on the United States Gulf Coast (Obs. Astro., x, 11)
- Extrapelagic Ichthyological Locomotion and Gossypeum Maturation Indicate Survival–Facilitating Aestival Conditions (J. Meteorol. & Evol. Biol., xvi, 10)
- Express and Local Service in Public Transit Routing Optimizations: A Case Study of Simulated Journeys on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (J. Urban Mobility, xxiii, 8)
- Ineradicability of Neuropsychological Records of Distinctive Minutia in the Habitual Use of Millinery and C. Sinensis Products (Neuropsych. Today, xi, 20)
- Cerulean and Nephological Observations and Hierophany of Diurnal Cycle in Subjective Axiological Assessment of Cosmology (Phil. Trans. on Meteorol., xvii, 19)
- Convolvulaceae as Recipients of Epistolary Correspondence (Experimental Botany Letters, xiii, 8)
- Positive Affect is Susceptible of Universal Contagion, While Lachrymal Displays Facilitate Sympathetic Nucleation in Clouds (J. Ecol. of Soc. Psych., xv, 1)
- On a cnfsat Instance Containing One Clause Predicating Despondency and Another Clause Predicating Lachrymal Display (Optimization & Relationship Dysfunction, xxiv, 1)
You won't be satisfied until you break my heart,
You're never satisfied until the teardrops start!
(YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED)
A fine romance with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend, this is
(A FINE ROMANCE)
A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with such alarm
British Museum had lost its charm
(A FOGGY DAY)
Till April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom
(APRIL IN PARIS)
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
(AS TIME GOES BY)
Oh, I love to climb a mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek!
(CHEEK TO CHEEK)
Now you say you're lonely
You cry the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Cry me a river
(CRY ME A RIVER)
Into each life some rain must fall
(INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL)
It ain't necessarily so
The things that yo' liable to read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so
Little David was small, but, oh my
Little David was small, but, oh my
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth
Little David was small, but, oh my
Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale
Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale
For he made his home in that fish's abdomen
Oh, Jonah he lived in the whale
Little Moses was found in a stream
Little Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water till old Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him she says from that stream
(IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO)
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
(IT DON'T MEAN A THING)
I can't remember
A worse December
Look at those icicles form!
[...]
Off with my overcoat,
Off with my glove,
I need no overcoat,
I'm burning with love!
I've got my love to keep me warm.
(I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM)
Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?
Gosh all git up, how'd they get so lit up?
Gosh all git up, how'd they get that size?
Golly gee! When you turn those heaters on, woe is me
Got to get my cheaters on, Jeepers Creepers
Where'd ya get those peepers? On, those weepers
How they hypnotize, where'd ya get those eyes?
(JEEPERS CREEPERS)
When you pull me to your heart
I'm in a world apart
A world where roses bloom
(LA VIE EN ROSE)
You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto,
Let's call the whole thing off.
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
(LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF)
In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble,
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
(LOVE IS HERE TO STAY)
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them, a-pearly white
(MACK THE KNIFE)
Snowlight in Vermont
Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road
(MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT)
And stars fell on Alabama
Last night
(STARS FELL ON ALABAMA)
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
(SUMMERTIME)
If you miss the "A" train
You'll find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem
(TAKE THE "A" TRAIN)
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, they can't take that away from me!
(THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME)
I see skies of blue,
Clouds of white,
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
(WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD)
What is your story, morning glory?
You've got me worried too
The postman came this morning
And left a note for you
(WHAT'S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY?)
Oh when you're smilin' keep on smilin'
The whole world smiles with you
[...]
Now when you're cryin' you bring on the rain
So stop that sighin' be happy again
(WHEN YOU'RE SMILING)
For each "journal article" the Roman numeral journal "volume" indicates the order in which each clue should be used, while the "page" number indicates which letter from the song title should be extracted. (The journal title is just a confirmatory hint about the broad subject area of the lyrics, at least if it were the object of study of some academic field.) For example, in the final clue, the song "You Won't Be Satisfied" purportedly appears in Optimization & Relationship Dysfunction, xxiv, 1, which means that the song title's first letter (Y) will be placed in position 24 of the clue phrase.
This will fill in the clue blanks with
IT'S BLANK ON YOUR WEDDING DAYa lyric from Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" which is completed with the answer LIKE RAIN.
This puzzle was directly inspired by the puzzle "Nobel Laureate" by Guy Jacobson and Tanis O’Connor from the 2019 MIT Mystery Hunt (which follows a similar approach with a different musician's lyrics).