Broadside
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We went to the Broadside Electric concert last night. Much fun, intimate venue. (I thought Milkboy was a coffee place first, but apparently it was music first, then coffee.) With a year since their last gig, the band was a bit rusty—often hilariously so—but the energy was high. This is the third time we’ve seen them live. (Which is twice more than I’ve seen any other band, not counting dance musicians, and probably a sign that I should get out more.)
Picking up on this blog’s recent Oddball Instruments theme, check out the list of instruments the band’s used in the past eighteen years. I get a kick out of the Chapman Stick, in part because it’s the only instrument name I can think of that’s a registered trademark.
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Those wacky Swedes
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Last night was the semi-annual ceilidh, filled with the standard sketches, auction, songs, and other performances. I found the nyckelharpa performance most interesting, by virtue of the fact that I had not previously known the nyckelharpa existed.
It is a rather ridiculous looking Swedish instrument, but it has a great sound. (Here’s some Bach.) If I had a musical bone in my body, I would teach myself to play the nyckelharpa. Largely, I confess, because of the entertainment value of the “What is that thing?” looks one would get.
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Miscellaneous thoughts
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I’ve had “Still Alive” stuck in my head for several days. Oddly, I do not find this fact particularly irritating.
I have not gotten around to actually playing Portal. I’m not a big FPS fan—in no small part because I’m not very good—but I’ll give this one a whirl.
Went skiing Thursday night, got the misery of the first run out of the way. I misused my legs, and my calves were very unhappy with me yesterday afternoon and evening. They’re beginning to forgive me.
I really, really hate bobbles.
A couple Christmas songs
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“Holiday Schmedley” - Sixteen Feet
“Chiron Beta Prime” - Jonathan Coulton
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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Since college, I haven’t really paid much attention to They Might Be Giants; I buy so much less music than I used to (not that I ever had a gigantic CD collection). But at a housewarming this weekend somebody clicked on the link to the video for “The Mesopotamians.” It’s burrowed deep into my head.
“I use the passive voice to show how gentle I’ll be”
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Over the Labor Day weekend several of our friends kept singing the full lyrics to “Code Monkey” (I was previously only familiar with the chorus, which is the theme song for, appropriately enough, Code Monkeys). We had previously heard good things about Jonathan Coulton, but not being quick on the uptake when it comes to singer/songwriters, we didn’t seek out any of his stuff.
Until the rest of “Code Monkey” (which is, by the way, brilliant) got stuck in our heads. Larry downloaded a bunch of his songs and, while they’re variable, we’ve been quite pleased. Unsurprisingly, “Chiron Beta Prime” and “Re: Your Brains” join “Code Monkey” among my favorites; I think we will be acquiring more titles in the near future.
I have a new band crush
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This morning NPR aired a story on Chinese indie rock. They profiled Rebuilding the Rights of Statues (aka Re-TROS), and among other things talked about getting around censorship by submitting…interesting…translations of song lyrics.
(This band crush thing is new for me, as I’ve never been seriously into music; I guess there’s just more backstory floating around where I can trip over it. My feelings for Nunatak are not diminished now that I’ve learned of Rebuilding the Rights of Statues, so when it comes to band crushes I am apparently polyamorous.)
I heart Nunatak, sound unheard
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I’ll be indisposed, so I won’t be able to watch the Live Earth performances. I wouldn’t have watched anyway (I’m not big into concerts, especially when I’m not actually at the concert)—with one exception. That would be Nunatak, the Antarctic indie rock band. If I ever become a groupie, it’ll be for a geeky house band in Antarctica.
But Nunatak doesn’t need me—they’ll doubtless have 100% of people on the continent in attendance. I’m sure that has to be some sort of record.