snuh ([info]snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-03-18 22:53:00
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spring set

Maxfield Parrish - Spring Morning

This year, Spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere with the vernal equinox on March 20th. It's the season for hope and renewal as humankind ventures back outdoors, let's celebrate it with music.


The sun is returning after a long cold, lonely winter. I really enjoy the understated performance of this interesting duo.

George Harrison & Paul Simon: Here Comes The Sun - 4.28MB

"Weather changes moods. Spring is here again, reproductive glands."

Nirvana: In Bloom - 7.95MB

Biz Markie likes the warm weather because you can get yourself together and fall in love.

Biz Markie: Spring Again - 4.31MB

You're truly missing out if you've never been in the desert when the cactus is in bloom.

Jimmie Rodgers: When The Cactus Is In Bloom - 3.32MB

In Paris, it's time to watch the chestnuts in blossom.

Count Basie: April In Paris - 3.91MB

After a Spring shower ends and the sun shines down, don't forget to sip your lemonade in the shade. Turn on, tune in, drop out to some spacey Beatles Psychedelia.

The Beatles: Rain - 5.54MB



John Belushi's Ode To Spring

Well, another winter is almost over and March true to form has come in like a lion, and hopefully will go out like a lamb. At least that's how March works here in the United States.

But did you know that March behaves differently in other countries? In Norway, for example, March comes in like a polar bear and goes out like a walrus. Or, take the case of Honduras where March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a salt marsh harvest mouse.

Let's compare this to the Maldive Islands where March comes in like a wildebeest and goes out like an ant. A tiny, little ant about this big.

Unlike the Malay Peninsula where March comes in like a worm-eating fernbird and goes out like a worm-eating fernbird. In fact, their whole year is like a worm-eating fernbird.

Or consider the Republic of South Africa where March comes in like a lion and goes out like a different lion. Like one has a mane, and one doesn't have a mane. Or in certain parts of South America where March swims in like a sea otter, and then it slithers out like a giant anaconda.

There you can buy land real cheap, you know. And there's a country where March hops in like a kangaroo, and stays a kangaroo for a while, and then it becomes a slightly smaller kangaroo. Then, for a couple of days it's sort of a cross between a frilled lizard and a common house cat.

Wait... then it changes back into a smaller kangaroo, and then it goes out like a wild dingo. Now, and it's not Australia! Now, you'd think it would be Australia, but it's not!

Now look, pal! I know a country where March comes in like an emu and goes out like a tapir. And they don't even know what it means! All right? Now listen, there are nine different countries, where March comes in like a frog, and goes out like a golden retriever. But that, that's not the weird part! No, the weird part is the frog...


Now, get out from behind that screen and take a deep breath of some of that fresh Springtime air. You'll thank me later, unless you live in Elizabeth, New Jersey.web hit counter


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[info]sopay
2008-03-20 01:10 am UTC (link)
If it doesn't stop raining soon, I'm going to need an ark.

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 01:41 am UTC (link)
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[info]sopay
2008-03-20 02:17 am UTC (link)
I'm gonna need a bigger boat...

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 02:30 am UTC (link)
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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 02:52 am UTC (link)
This is a good picture of a refinery because you can almost see the stink. Oh that acrid smell -

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I never heard that song Rain before. It's very odd and sounds like the Beatles were in a bad mood about things.

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 03:09 am UTC (link)
Now, that picture does it proper justice! You just *know* three-eyed babies will soon be the norm there, it reminds me something out of Dune.

The Rain song sounds out of sorts because of the backwards recording. Probably the acid they were dropping helped - check out the official clip:

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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 03:52 am UTC (link)
I still adore them. Backward recording - as if life isn't challenging enough! Must have been acid rain.

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 04:33 am UTC (link)
From Wikipedia:

The inspiration for "Rain" is agreed on by Neil Aspinall, the Beatles' roadie, and John Lennon. They both described the band's arrival in Australia, marked by rain and poor weather. Lennon said, "I've never seen rain as hard as that, except in Tahiti", and later explained that "Rain" was "about people moaning about the weather all the time".

Recording began on 14 April 1966, in the same session as "Paperback Writer", and concluded on April 16, with a series of overdubs before mixing on the same day. At that time, The Beatles were enthused about experimenting in the studio to achieve new sounds and effects. These experiments were showcased in their influential seventh album, Revolver. Geoff Emerick, who was the engineer for both sessions, described one technique he used to alter the sonic texture of the track by recording the backing track "faster than normal." After playing the tape normally, "the music had a radically different tonal quality. A similar technique was used to alter the tone of Lennon's lead vocal. It was recorded with the tape machine being slowed down, so making Lennon's voice sound higher when played back at normal speed. The last verse of "Rain" includes backwards vocals, which was one of the first uses of this technique on a record. The backwards vocals are Lennon singing the first lyrics of the song: "When the rain comes, they run and hide their heads." Both Lennon and producer George Martin have claimed credit for the idea; Lennon said:
"After we'd done the session on that particular song—it ended at about four or five in the morning—I went home with a tape to see what else you could do with it. And I was sort of very tired, you know, not knowing what I was doing, and I just happened to put it on my own tape recorder and it came out backwards. And I liked it better. So that's how it happened."

Emerick confirms Lennon's creative accident, but Martin remembers it differently:
"I was always playing around with tapes and I thought it might be fun to do something extra with John's voice. So I lifted a bit of his main vocal off the four-track, put it on another spool, turned it around and then slid it back and forth until it fitted. John was out at the time but when he came back he was amazed."


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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 04:57 am UTC (link)
To me the song was about how a person goes along in life - bad things happen - they get resolved or pass on by, and things are fine again - till the next time bad things happen. Good things come too - like the spring and dresses and warm sun and no coats and sandals and painted toenails and threatening to take my boss to the shed - lunch outside on the bench or lunch hour walks - SPRING!!!!

My tulips are starting to grow :)

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 05:40 am UTC (link)

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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 06:06 am UTC (link)
YAY HAPPY!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL! Look at that purple one - looks like a fancy uterus. Warm days - sipping martinis in the yard...I can't wait!

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 07:11 am UTC (link)
I love tulips, their colors are so vibrant. I always felt that Amy Winehouse ganked Carmen McRae's schtick.

Carmen McRae: Tulip Or Turnip - 6.12MB

Tiny Tim: Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me - 2.77MB


How's the car situation?

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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Carmen McCrae - how cool is that. I just started listening to WBO Jazz 88 in Newark. You can listen online and get a taste of New Jersey back east - without any dangerous breathing :) It's very cool. Listening to jazz is like getting let into a secret club. I set another station to WQXR 96.3 New York Times Radio - a radio station from a newspaper! These are new things to me - jazz and classical on my radio. The classical stuff makes me forget I'm driving and I feel like I'm on a magic carpet. And who doesn't love Tiny Tim :) He was a freak for the freaks, a freak's freak. For real.

They called me and asked me to fax papers - then dead silence - thanks for the reminder - I will call them again today. Pain in the ass they are.

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 06:28 pm UTC (link)
I like KCRW, it's based in Santa Monica. The San Diego Union/Trib has a station that spotlights local musicians that's not bad. I'd figure the NY Times would opt for a classical station. The second I'd heard Amy Winehouse I'd thought there was a singer that grew up listening to Carmen McCrae, she uses the same phrasings. I have some more Tiny Tim, if you're interested, heh.

Get the papers faxed and your muscat loaded!

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[info]retrofire
2008-03-20 10:59 pm UTC (link)
Remember the Marching Dorothys?
And the bus full of Lucys?
There should be a truckload of Tiny Tims. Picture it. All of em going hohohohoh and ahahahaha all at once. hahaha

I called Nissan. They put in a request for payment. If the check is approved I will be paid $118.00. That's the towing fee and the $47 repair. All my fuss for $118. It's the principle of it - I don't have the check yet.

I love the old divas. One time I sang Hey Big Spender in a gay bar on karaoke night and I was a big hit. That was so much fun.

I may have to sing at a party - you know those people who have parties and want people to perform? - last time they made me recite maya angelou's poem phenominal woman in front of everyone - it was a riot - I'd love to sing this:

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[info]snuh
2008-03-20 11:14 pm UTC (link)




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and add a drop of Dinah Washington
[info]snuh
2008-03-21 12:38 am UTC (link)

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Re: and a touch of high stonededness
[info]retrofire
2008-03-21 10:42 am UTC (link)

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Re: and a touch of high stonededness
[info]snuh
2008-03-21 07:13 pm UTC (link)

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Re: and a touch of high stonededness
[info]retrofire
2008-03-21 11:23 pm UTC (link)
oh I love her so

but if you thing about it - isn't there a touch of Judy too?



oh i dunno - she takes your heart out and twists it -



when i was a kid I thought she was weird - but damn, look at her!

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Re: and a touch of high stonededness
[info]snuh
2008-03-23 01:11 am UTC (link)

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look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-23 12:42 pm UTC (link)


this is going in my journal too - it's too good to be hidden

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]snuh
2008-03-24 12:54 am UTC (link)

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-24 02:10 am UTC (link)
oh man she got the freak legs. She pull off her skirt and her freak legs run wild.

dis one got crazy mad legs:


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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]snuh
2008-03-24 04:21 am UTC (link)


Flamenco has a long, rich history. What a wonderful dancer Carmen Amaya was. This Carmen didn't dance with the same intensity, but I like this (singing) clip nonetheless.

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-24 05:06 am UTC (link)
She was larger than life - everyone has wrapped their heads up and done some aye aye aye ayes - well I have, anyway.

hahaha more legs

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-24 05:17 am UTC (link)

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-24 05:21 am UTC (link)
triple play
sorry there's three
but they keep getting better and better :)

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[info]snuh
2008-03-24 05:43 am UTC (link)

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]retrofire
2008-03-28 04:58 am UTC (link)
This was so cute - furries.

I had to tell you I got my check from Nissan! I won! YAY. Thank you for your offer to help me wreak havoc. You helped me when I was at my angriest. Thanks :)

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Re: look what the Easter Bunny brought you...
[info]snuh
2008-03-28 06:24 am UTC (link)
Great! That's sticking it to the man!

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