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Putting on weight
Here’s another album (their first) from the ex-street band from New Orleans, Tuba Skinny. You can read all about them here. After You’ve Gone is the standout track for me. … Read entire article »
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Harrowing
…possibly, could be a rotary harrow though. Click on the title to see what you think. … Read entire article »
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Graffito or graphoto?
Not quite, it just feels like it sometimes. It was a bit strange to see my initials carved above the date. It definitely wasn’t me; I wouldn’t have left off the final full-stop. … Read entire article »
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The Scottish lawyer
The Salvation Army in Edingburgh realised that it had never received a donation from one of the city’s most successful lawyers. So a Salvation Army volunteer made an appointment to see the lawyer in his lavish office. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humour
Tuba Skinny
Tuba Skinny is a band that takes its listeners back in time to the traditional dixieland jazz and old blues music of the nineteen twenties and thirties. The members have been playing together since meeting on the streets of New Orleans and officially became Tuba Skinny during the spring of 2009. This is their second album. Erika Lewis – Vocals Todd Burdick – Tuba Kiowa Wells- Guitar Shaye Cohn – Trumpet Barnabus Jones – Trombone Alynda Lee – Banjo Robin Rapuzzi – Washboard … Read entire article »
Pauli’s proposal
“A neutrino!” Knock knock. “Who’s there?” … Read entire article »
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6 Feet of Flesh Around a Pair of Vocal Cords
The vocal chords belong to Megan Lynch and, judging from the photo on her website, I’d be foolish to argue with her self-description! However, they are fully-functional and put to good use on this unusual but strangely compelling album. According to the sleeve-notes: Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies were originally created to popularize songs from Warner Bros. musicals and songs that Warner Bros. owned the publishing rights to. So music and song has always been integral to them. Like many of my generation, my first exposure to classical music and jazz standards was via Warner Bros. cartoons. However, we usually only hear 5 seconds or less of the lyrics. Now you can hear these songs in context, as they were written. … Read entire article »
Ararat
Ararat Sit back. Close your eyes. Click on the link. Click on the link then close your eyes quickly. Heaven. Courtesy of the Cathedral Choir Of Holy Etchmadzin, Armenia. … Read entire article »
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Already Beat
Raquel Rodriguez, born and raised in Los Angeles, was a student at USC’s Thornton School of Music and loves the key of Bb. Whatever, she sounds great and that’s all that matters. … Read entire article »
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Tea glass
A beautiful tea glass on display in the Emine Gögüs Cuisine Museum in Gaziantep, south-eastern Turkey. Tea, Turkish, Chinese, Indian, builders’, whatever, definitely tastes better drunk from the right vessel. … Read entire article »
Pretty Polly
A lovely bunch of Parrot Tulips taken with a sheepskin rug as the background. If you want to see them you’re going to have to … Read entire article »
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