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BBP - 7-9-2012 at 15:33

That's good, hope the pain will go away too. It's not easy to get joints to heal: my elbow sometimes still hurts from the time I bruised it with basketball in school.

Dad won't play Key To The Kingdom with me anymore since I won last time. That was an epic battle that lasted an hour and a half.

[Edited on 7-9-12 by BBP]

polydigm - 9-9-2012 at 01:36

Jesus, what a bunch we are. Luckily I'm not currently nursing an injury of any kind. I'm on the tail end of a round of antibiotics after coming down with the secondary infection from hell in my throat. Hope this finds everyone feeling not too bad. I'm having a pretty good weekend so far.

BBP - 9-9-2012 at 22:06

Oh help, it must be catchy...

BBP - 10-9-2012 at 15:10

Bought the infamous and pre-Internet-era book Broodje Aap by Ethel Portnoy. It's a collection of urban myths.

Much to my surprise I found FZ was mentioned in it: on a story about one Owsley (who dragged a holy book to the prison, to "read to" hippies, while each and every page of that book was drenched with LSD), Portnoy writes:

"In the 60s, there was an enormous fad among Californian teens about the mischievous Owsley. In the song Hey Punk by Frank Zappa [sic] the Punk says "I'm going to San Fransisco to sleep on Owsley's floor". In a book on the children of hippies (J. Rothchild and S. Wolf, The Children of the Counterculture, New York, 1976) a commune is mentioned where some ow "Owsley's children" live.
Did "Owsley" really exist? It might not be a coincidence that his name is similar to 'Uilenspiegel'.

Looked him up and discovered that Portnoy's research could've been much better, and not just because there's no "Hey Punk" song by Frank Zappa

Calvin - 11-9-2012 at 00:43

I expected this to be down. So you just don't get the domain from Go-Daddy, you host there also?

polydigm - 11-9-2012 at 01:24

Glad to see this place seems intact.

DED - 11-9-2012 at 08:52

We host for at least 10 years with Godaddy. Up till now there were no severe problems. A change in CEO at Godaddy was cause of main trouble because he supported SOPA. The stupid. When customers left the company massivly, they turn around and won't support SOPA. But hackers stil find that millions of people must be punished. A little stupid. We are back and hope that we are back for again a long time.

polydigm - 11-9-2012 at 09:06

That sounds incredibly stupid to me. I hear you DED. When Zappa talked about how much stupidity there is in the world it was kind of funny. But, it's actually quite sad is it not?

BBP - 11-9-2012 at 12:34

It is, but at least we're back on our feet!

KAPTKIRK - 12-9-2012 at 17:51

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

It is, but at least we're back on our feet!

Now if we can just stay on our feet and not slip and fall,we just might make it a whole week without injury to ourselves or the sites we use! We seem to be a sickly and injury prone bunch! Hold the antibiotics!

DED - 12-9-2012 at 21:30

With hackers claiming to check the security of sites while doing harm to it, is not new. It looks like ddr with their vopo's.

BBP - 13-9-2012 at 09:40

I'm not on my feet again. Yesterday I got a weird allergic reaction below my mouth over my entire chin. Allergic reaction, perhaps, but I never had any food allergies before.

polydigm - 14-9-2012 at 12:53

I got myself a new bicycle yesterday and today I gave it/myself quite a work out. I need the exercise and it will eventually pay for itself in saved bus tickets. Now there's a story that only involves good health for a change. :freak:

BBP - 14-9-2012 at 18:36

That's great, Poly! Be careful now: you probably have heard us on how badly you can injure yourself!

BBP - 15-9-2012 at 19:12

You may have seen these at Zappa.com...

BBP - 17-9-2012 at 16:01

Hello?

KAPTKIRK - 17-9-2012 at 23:14

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Hello?

I saw some on Zappa.com but not all.Are these pieces for a new board game?
I guess Poly must be out riding his new bike.Must be hard riding upside down and all.... :lol:

polydigm - 18-9-2012 at 03:03

Yes, I've been out riding my bike, the right way up.

Hello Bonny. I've been busy.

I got knocked off my study perch by this business with my Mum. She's on her third round of antibiotics, which is ridiculous and what was going to see an improvement in her mind set in a week has now blown out to more than six weeks. If her infection test comes back negative again this week, my brother and I will take her to hospital.

Anyway, I'm getting my music and maths mojo back and even though I've had to delay some coursework I'm now back on track with my project.

I don't know if I mentioned that after 7 years I'm seeing my Dad again and today he's just turned 90. Physically pretty old and worn out but still very acute mentally.

BBP - 18-9-2012 at 10:57

Congratulations on your father, Poly! I hope your mom will be OK...

Very funny, Kirk. I made these Zappa Cluedo cards hoping we could start up a game at zappa.com, but unfortunately that's not going to work.

KAPTKIRK - 19-9-2012 at 02:04

Hope your moms alright and your visit with your dad goes good too,Poly.
Where those cards loosely based on the game Clue,Bonny? I remember seeing some of those before.

BBP - 19-9-2012 at 11:47

Yeah. For my Zappa Cluedo I picked three characters whose name has a colour in it (Bobby Brown, Ms Pinky and Green Genes), the Father because there's a reverend in Cluedo, and the other two ladies just because (actually Rhonda because I didn't want another groupie).
Perhaps it's my style that makes it look familiar. Particularly on the little umbrellas, since I drew a lot of them on the 50 Titles picture.

Canarsie could alternatively be called Nowhere.

polydigm - 19-9-2012 at 12:15

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Canarsie could alternatively be called Nowhere.

I think the Carnarsians might object. :duh:

Unfortunately, with my Mum, it's good news and bad news. The bad news is that she has a persistent infection and we still have to wait for it to be gone before we can get any definitive long term diagnosis of her neurological health. Hence there are also catch twenty-twos about how to get home assistance with her situation, which is basically what we were trying to resolve by taking her to the hospital today in the first place. The good news is tentative, in that they are of the opinion that her health is not otherwise that bad. All three of us still feel like shit.

The birthday bash at my Dad's on Sunday went went well, and we didn't jinx him, for his actual turning 90, two days later on Tuesday.

BBP - 20-9-2012 at 11:12

Or maybe Canarsie is Nowhere.

My sister turns 32 today. That's 20 in hexadecimal numbers.

punknaynowned - 21-9-2012 at 18:03

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Bought the infamous and pre-Internet-era book Broodje Aap by Ethel Portnoy. It's a collection of urban myths.

Much to my surprise I found FZ was mentioned in it: on a story about one Owsley (who dragged a holy book to the prison, to "read to" hippies, while each and every page of that book was drenched with LSD), Portnoy writes:

"In the 60s, there was an enormous fad among Californian teens about the mischievous Owsley. In the song Hey Punk by Frank Zappa [sic] the Punk says "I'm going to San Fransisco to sleep on Owsley's floor". In a book on the children of hippies (J. Rothchild and S. Wolf, The Children of the Counterculture, New York, 1976) a commune is mentioned where some ow "Owsley's children" live.
Did "Owsley" really exist? It might not be a coincidence that his name is similar to 'Uilenspiegel'.

Looked him up and discovered that Portnoy's research could've been much better, and not just because there's no "Hey Punk" song by Frank Zappa

Augustus Owsely Stanley III (aka 'Bear') was a real person. He did sound for the grateful dead for years, manufactured and gave away a bunch of LSD and spent time in prison for that. He died March 2011 in a car wreck. The wiki is good and informative.

Warning! Pulled heartstring alert!
HB ZP!
Glad to see folks on the mend. Sorry to hear about your mom and dad Poly.
We buried my mom on Monday. She died of cancer after beaten it twice before.
She was 83, lived a full life and bore six kids incl me. We loved her and she loved us with the gift of unconditional love - which seems incomparable. I am fine, and will drive her car away and carry some furniture and things I've known all my life back the 320km to where I live. Tomorrow. She never smoked or drank but on a few rare holidays. Wrote letters to her beau off in the Pacific in WWII. Married him when he got back. Lost her husband of 44 years to brain cancer. Lived the next 20 years with diabetes and insulin shots. She'll be missed. But it all has gone as well as can be expected. And so I remain grateful to her even in death. :crying:

So last night when I got back for a couple days,
I listened to,
1968 05 03 Denver
1982 07 07 Milano, IT
1970 11 20 Columbus, OH
:biggrin:

BBP - 21-9-2012 at 19:23

Terribly sorry to hear about your mother, Punky, she sounds like a wonderful person...

polydigm - 22-9-2012 at 02:00

Hey Ned, I'm sorry to hear about your Mum. There's noting to be sorry about with my Dad, at this stage, we had a good time at his place and he's doing well for a 90 year old. My Mum is the only worry at the moment, but according to her latest tests the infection may finally be abating. We're having a meeting with her GP tomorrow to discuss how to proceed from here.

punknaynowned - 22-9-2012 at 14:01

Thanks Bonny and Geoff!
I got to see my aunt and uncle (mom's sister + husband of 60 years) on tuesday. They are 83 and are falling apart even after a whole life of healthy farm living here in Kansas. So I can only imagine about yer dad. It just happens. Mom was mentally sharp even after they put her on percocets. Aware of all that was going on but not able to communicate much after that.

One thing I should mention is how wonderful hospice was for all concerned. Paid thru medicare after the diagnosis of terminal cancer, they were able to provide everything for dying at home. Their focus is on making everyone comfortable in the dying process, which by itself is a profound notion. Mom was scared to bathe in the shower as she could no longer stand so hospice brought a chair and a hose so she could use the shower.

detail alert!!! :shy:
Hospice brought her a potty when she couldn't make it to the bathroom. Brought a hospital bed that could be raised, lowered, heated etc. Delivered meds, had a nurse on call to check vitals but talk us through all our issues, had an assistant who would come every day to clean her and when mom couldn't etc. It is astounding how essential they quickly became. There are different forms of this service all over the world. Check it out. We all agreed, if we get terminal cancer, we all definitely want to die at home with loved ones and with the help of hospice. didn't cost us a thing. They recommended things like anti-anxiety meds and raising her meds from percocet to morphine and the doctor just agreed on their recommendation. It was a very seemless process so that we could focus on mom and being with her and looking at her issues not running around trying to get meds or coordinating hospital visits, fretting about her estate or anything like that. Maybe it's hard to see what a relief hospice was without enduring it but there you go. Personal testimony right here if this should happen to you or yours. :thumbup:

punknaynowned - 22-9-2012 at 14:08

last night listened to Neil Young's Tonight's the Night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LVIi7pzZI&

aquagoat - 23-9-2012 at 12:06

Had an internet breakdown last week but now I'm back. :bouncy:

BBP - 23-9-2012 at 22:06

Great to have you here again, Aqua!

polydigm - 24-9-2012 at 02:10

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Had an internet breakdown last week but now I'm back.

Is that a type of nervous breakdown? A colleague of mine in 2010 told me about one of his sons at the late teenage stage whom they thought was too obsessed with the internet and decided to give him an enforced break from it. He then proceeded to have a nervous breakdown. Glad you're back on line. Whatever anyone says, it is a valuable and important part of modern life.

punknaynowned - 24-9-2012 at 08:43

Got back Saturday night. All is well.
listened to a couple shows yesterday whilst looking at all the stuff and cleaning and rearranging what I have to make the new arrivals fit.
1988 05 28 Linz, Austria
1970 11 27 Manchester, Great Britain

aquagoat - 26-9-2012 at 18:40

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Had an internet breakdown last week but now I'm back.

well, no, it's not that kind of breakdown, I just wanted to say that my internet connection had broken down.

polydigm - 27-9-2012 at 04:45

Hey Aqua, I really didn't think you'd had a nervous breakdown, it's just that your being off the air for a week reminded me of that story. And it also made me think about how we have all become quite dependent on the internet. Not that I think that's a bad thing.

Anyway, you've told me many times before, but please tell me again, where do you live in France? I'll be there some time in January.

BBP - 28-9-2012 at 17:19

Amiens.

Hit the town earlier today, there was a CD fair. Was rather small, but I beat the odds and found Tim Curry's Fearless: Curry didn't tour The Netherlands in his rock star days and Rocky Horror never took off here, so over here it's a rare find.

aquagoat - 29-9-2012 at 16:36

Yes that's right I live in Amiens, a bit in the norh of the country.

polydigm - 2-10-2012 at 01:02

Hey, Aqua, you're not reading your U2U.

I'm just coming up for air after a big batch of marking. Nothing exciting to report. I hope everyone's okay?

punknaynowned - 2-10-2012 at 04:58

I'm fine, having to go thru a total house clean and rearrangement as appropriate.
New zppa product and all that will just have to wait.
But I do listen almost daily to something, like
1980 12 11 Santa Monica Early+Late shows and
1974 10 31 Felt Forum, NY E+L
each date either a little more or a little less than 4 hours
and very different, tho each have a different version of Night Owl

:thumbup:

I'm finishing the second one tonight

[Edited on 2-10-12 by punknaynowned]

BBP - 2-10-2012 at 09:57

My sister came over for the weekend to celebrate her birthday with us. We watched Richard III (the Laurence Olivier version) and had a lot of fun.
I'd intended to make another theme park visit today, but unfortunately my sister had been ill and was still recovering, and I caught her bug. Now I have a sore throat and am filled with mucus.

BBP - 3-10-2012 at 16:25

Went to the store and bought cold meds and a camera SD card. Proceeded to enter each and every store I dislike to spread my germs.

polydigm - 4-10-2012 at 06:28

My third batch of 12 has just arrived. I haven't had time to get the shrink wrap and those stupid seal stickers off yet. Amazon shipped those on 26th September and here they are in my hot little hands 6 business days later with huge savings on buying them locally. They really are a top show.

My Mum's been assessed and accepted for some professional support in the home, so we're gradually getting there with her situation.

Just saw my surgeon today for my routine check up and no concerns there. It's been over two years now since my major surgery and life is good.

punknaynowned - 4-10-2012 at 07:29

I just noticed that Hammersmith Odeon has fallen off the barfko swill page, not in all musicetc.
It's been two years and it disappears. I know it'll prolly be back for xmas.
I have to do these in sequence!

get better bon!

BBP - 8-10-2012 at 15:52

Had a terrible cold and was indoors for 5 days. Went out for the first time in days today. Bought a Hesse book at the charity shop and a new set of headphones since I managed to bust my old one. It's my special skill, breaking headphones.

DED - 8-10-2012 at 17:32

poor bbp

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punknaynowned - 9-10-2012 at 00:39

Glad you're feeling better B!
Nice card Ed! :biggrin:

BBP - 9-10-2012 at 07:01

And today I'll visit the local theme park. Would've waited longer but they're closing my favourite ride tomorrow.

BBP - 10-10-2012 at 18:47

Went there and am now feeling sick and sore. And I made over 380 photos.

[Edited on 10-10-12 by BBP]

BBP - 10-10-2012 at 21:40

Oh, and here's one of my photos:

polydigm - 11-10-2012 at 01:54

Nice pic Bonny. Nothing to report here. Tout est comme d'habitude.

DED - 12-10-2012 at 13:27

HAd a bad status on you tube. foced to remove a snippet from BIG. The one that shows our Ballygame.
Revenge!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWn9WCyRyLo

view the original
http://www.vdocity.com/play-video/b00774b9ff21f150be9b543c24...

[Edited on 12-10-2012 by DED]

aquagoat - 12-10-2012 at 20:41

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

Hey, Aqua, you're not reading your U2U.

I do read my U2U, once in a while, hahaha
, sorry:P

edit: I was just answering your message but what I was writing was suddenly deleted, so I'll answer tomorrow when I don't want to kill a hundred internet cats, if that makes sense, of course.

[Edited on 12-10-2012 by aquagoat]

polydigm - 13-10-2012 at 00:55

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

... what I was writing was suddenly deleted ...

Oh, I read your U2U first, so now it makes sense. It made me think there might be a U2U size limit. Or maybe that is what happened? Bonny?

Quote:

... I don't want to kill a hundred internet cats, if that makes sense, of course.

You may have to explain that to me.

DED - 13-10-2012 at 12:20

The problem now and then is shared hosting. Not for the site but for the server that contains databases. It could be that our database is on a very busy server and sometimes things like thes could happen. We also had a few other technical DNS issues with the nameserver but that was solved by the hoster.

Reacting however esp. when you want to type a large answer on any site (reactions on newsites, complaints etc. Always use notepad or equil. Some time they say after you have entered your txt. Your answer was too long and then you can start all over again. The typing remains the same and the only thing you have to do extra is ctrl A ctrl C ctrl V. This tip was given you by me, who was a donkey several times.

DED - 13-10-2012 at 12:23

Another tip is befor you tough the enter button and starts to send anything (select your txt and copy it into yr clip board. That can be handy sometimes, even with a short answer.

when i press contrl V now you get this
The problem now and then is shared hosting. Not for the site but for the server that contains databases. It could be that our database is on a very busy server and sometimes things like thes could happen. We also had a few other technical DNS issues with the nameserver but that was solved by the hoster.

Reacting however esp. when you want to type a large answer on any site (reactions on newsites, complaints etc. Always use notepad or equil. Some time they say after you have entered your txt. Your answer was too long and then you can start all over again. The typing remains the same and the only thing you have to do extra is ctrl A ctrl C ctrl V. This tip was given you by me, who was a donkey several times.

Im sure there are a few programs who can do this automatically.

BBP - 14-10-2012 at 10:45

I've found copy & paste to be a necessity on this forum. Try to work it into your system: type, select, copy, post.

DED - 14-10-2012 at 15:01

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

I've found copy & paste to be a necessity on this forum. Try to work it into your system: type, select, copy, post.

For us it is a different problem. We still have a bad connection. There are plans for fiber, but in a strange way Our city get behind. Original plan was to have fiber all over in 2008..then 2010...then end 2012 and only a part in the north is being done now.

Our ISP say ok you have our second best solution with gave you 50% of promised so if you choose our best (far more expensive) option you still gat half of what is promissed, but then you have more bandwidth than now.

Strange guys

But it is not a problem of bandwidth, its the reachability.

BBP - 19-10-2012 at 19:58

We're moving furniture about in the living room. Our living-room is L-shaped and has an awkward (and not overly attractive) fireplace that causes a very nasty inusable corner. I have a similar odd corner in my bedroom, plus because of the chimney the house is noisy, and there are no windows in the bathroom (which only has a bath). I don't know who designed this place, but for as far as I'm concerned, he can go back to school.

polydigm - 20-10-2012 at 00:31

So no major dramas then? Things appear to be going okay with me lately.

BBP - 20-10-2012 at 13:08

Not really. I woke up today with lots of scratches where I didn't have any when I went to bed last night, notably on my chin. A bit of a puzzle.

polydigm - 21-10-2012 at 23:01

I've bashed my arm on the bedside table on the odd occasion during sleep, but I can't remember ever waking up with scratches on my chin - puzzling indeed.

I've been marking first year statistics papers this weekend. Just in case I haven't explained it before, it used to be my least favourite maths topic but I've developed an interest in it. This semester, I didn't even fill out the form to apply for any stats work, so it's a bit of a mystery how I got such a large amount of stats marking. Someone must have been doing me a favour.

Anyway, I'm having to teach myself the unit as I go along. It can be a bit of a drain sometimes when I've got plenty of other stuff on my plate but it is kind of cool - aside from the fact that marking can be pretty mentally laborious, it's like I'm being paid to learn stats.

BBP - 22-10-2012 at 07:40

I vaguely remember dreaming about getting myself entangled in spider webs a lot. Possibly that dream came because we'd been moving furniture and I got to put a cellar spider outside. That's lethal to the buggers. I suppose these are the kind of spiders that freak me out most, because those long brown legs look just like my hair. It'll cure when I go entirely grey next year.

Did I tell you I'm learning Japanese? It's what all that Howl's Moving Castle did to me.
I now have a full respect for people who have to translate that: for lip-sync, they tend to have the exact same amount of syllables, and Japanese puts a suffix behind the subject, object, predicate, possessive etc. The simple word I is watakushi in Japanese. A sentence like I am a man, 4 syllables, translates to Watakushi-wa otoko-de su, 10 syllables.

DED - 22-10-2012 at 21:10

When do YOU use I'm a man?

BBP - 22-10-2012 at 21:49

About as often as I use "Kore-wa naifu-de su ka? -Iie, sore-wa naifu-de ari-masen. Sore-wa fooku-de su.", which means "Is this a knife? - No, that is not a knife. That is a fork."

DED - 23-10-2012 at 12:33

???

BBP - 23-10-2012 at 15:40

If you look closely, the words "knife" and "fork" were directly imported from English into Japanese, but apparently they already had spoons there. Every syllable in Japanese is open (as in: ends on a vowel), but U usually gets swallowed at the end.

BBP - 25-10-2012 at 12:28

It's oh, so quiet, shh, shhh, it's oh so still...

polydigm - 25-10-2012 at 22:43

BBP - 26-10-2012 at 21:16

Terribly sorry to hear about your mother, Poly. It's terrible watching someone you love in that state.

Zappa forum's not what it used to be. I didn't even get a comment on the comics I published there.
Anyway, regarding Japanese and syllables: there's a lot of languages that have similar issues or short words for long descriptions (I love the Scottish "tartle"):
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TranslationYes Click the Real Life folder.

punknaynowned - 27-10-2012 at 16:47

this one always cheers me up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s78u9S2rK0

BBP - 27-10-2012 at 17:35

This video contains content from EMI, who blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

punknaynowned - 27-10-2012 at 19:32

this is the song in a different clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-53aixewrE

and can you see this page?
http://www.youtube.com/user/jcizz/videos?flow=grid&view=...
it's the one called kono yo no kagiri
anyway, here's the lyrics
LYRICS

Kono yo ni kagiri wa aru no?
Moshi mou hate ga mieta nara
Dou yatte waraou ka tanoshimou ka
Mou yari tsukushita ne

Jaa nando datte wasureyou
Soshite mata atarashiku deaereba subarashii
Sayounara
Hajimemashite

But still my dear if the end draws near what should I do?
If you hold me tight I'd feel all right but still be blue
But if a song were to play just for us for a moment
To take the heartache away

Well then Id say, I'll make a song for you
Nothing too old, and nothing too new
Sing to the light of day
You'll smile for me, well be happy that way

Da la la...

Just turn away and take this point of view
Nothing is old, and nothing is new
When you look at me and say I'll forget you...

If you were me who would you be when the sun goes down?
Two faces bright but I fear the night might come around
And if reflections appear from the past, all our moments,
Smiles, love and laughter, I fear...

Well then Id say, I'll make a song for you
Nothing too old, and nothing too new
Sing to the light of day
You'll smile for me, we'll be happy that way

And take this point of view
Nothing is old, and nothing is new
When you look at me and say
Nice to meet you, would you mind if I stay?

[Edited on 27-10-12 by punknaynowned]

BBP - 27-10-2012 at 19:58

I can't see it, sorry.
Can you see this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn7TuKHCu_g

punknaynowned - 27-10-2012 at 20:46

ah, that sux.
yes I can see the one you posted

BBP - 28-10-2012 at 19:01

Not much happening over here. Actually, I kind of enjoy the relative quietness here compared to the election-related stupidity at the Z-forum.

polydigm - 28-10-2012 at 22:23

I wrote a lyric to the tune of the finale of act 1 of swan lake. You know, that classic tragic tune with these notes (the bold F# is to indicate it's below the B, unlike the others which are above):

// B C# / D E / F# - / - D / F# - / - D / F# D / B D / B - / - F# / B C# / D E / F# - / - D / F# - / - D / F# D / B D / B - / - - //

When you say goodbye tonight, I'll miss you all night long, and
When that last goodbye arrives, the rest will all be wrong.

BBP - 29-10-2012 at 13:45

You know I played that tune a lot when I was younger?

polydigm - 30-10-2012 at 23:14

DED - 31-10-2012 at 11:20

IMO it is one of the classical works that is played frequently and is used in more poppy songs. Maybe as a bridge between classical and modern music. But the popularity of a song can also means that an "oh,no not again" feeling appears. Something you see with candy sweet popsongs. I love the classical elements that walked over the bridge into populair music instead of me going over the bridge to classical music. I don't mean things as Swanlake by Madness, but more not on the surface floating elements like you see in for instance the music from Earth and Fire, Supersister, Focus, It's a Beatiful day, Chicago T.A. and others.

[Edited on 31-10-2012 by DED]

BBP - 1-11-2012 at 11:03

I played it "my way". That is, I didn't know how to do the left hand, and I played it in A-minor. I replaced the left hand with my regular 4-note accompaniment and on my Tamaha with the Single Finger Chords and the Duet setting, that would make a lot of noise! :devil:

polydigm - 2-11-2012 at 08:05

I used to like playing the scherzo, the third movement of Beethoven's 6th Symphony on guitar. I can imagine that arranged for a rock band.

BBP - 2-11-2012 at 20:24

You know, right now I can't really recall (Let's not call Zappa's Bolero cover since I don't have that one) a modern setting of a classical tune that I truly appreciate and would go back to listening, nothing Ekseption, definitely not the Madness Swan Lake, and I'd rather not hear Dweezil's attempt at the Carmen either. Even FZ's Habanera gets me cross because he missed the triplets.

DED - 2-11-2012 at 22:17

or this disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmQZYRO5XY

polydigm - 3-11-2012 at 01:49

I just made a few connections there. I've only ever heard that tune as the theme for the Babe movie. Now I've discovered that it's from the finale of Saint Saens' 3rd Symphony.

BBP - 3-11-2012 at 08:09

polydigm - 3-11-2012 at 23:39

BBP - 4-11-2012 at 14:07

Happens. Danse Macabre was initially a song for piano and tenor, that SS himself turned into a song for tenor and orchestra before he made the piano version and later turned that into the orchestra version we all know and love. It contained the full words of Cazalis' poem, while if you buy the orchestra sheet music, the more crude verses are cut out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSQTELS0Is

punknaynowned - 4-11-2012 at 17:14

Danse Macabre is one of my very favorite songs. Something one never hears here.

last night, listened to 2.5 hours of september 1980 fz rehearsals. The Blue Light is a slow 'Tex-Mex' rhythm funny. But even better is 25 minutes of teaching the band 'We're Turning Again', also 'The Radio Is Broken' and the Maddie Told Haddie thing overtop Torture. He was trying to figure out songs to play overtop or alongside some of his songs. You can tell Ike is hearing We're Turning Again and The Blue Light/ The Radio for the first time. At one point he can't stop laughing. But the details where Frank describes what he wants: "Like opera but more weasel-y', 'Do it DEVO but in an upper register and more weasel-y' and Frank uses this high pitch whining voice that is a charicature and very annoying through it as he 'sings' but this adds a very different effect on these songs. Very sarcastic, very dismissive and annoying. Frank was not happy with his world. Scathing.
here's one of three parts to one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyfwkpTc08E&list=UUZFSApB...

I'd like to hear the 'deluxe' Porn Wars but will wait on that. Did order Monkees and the Road Tape venue 1 which will arrive asap.
So you'll get an exclusive 'review' here.
:forumsmiley161:

BBP - 4-11-2012 at 18:57

Danse Macabre is of particular fame here, since it's used in our famous theme park De Efteling, in its haunted castle and in the fountain show.
Haunted Castle

Fountain Show

polydigm - 5-11-2012 at 23:36

As you can probably tell I've been trying to get my post count up here lately seeing as I am on the verge of 1000 posts. But don't worry, I'll keep on being a regular after that.

BBP - 5-11-2012 at 23:41

Hey, I can do that too!
Today I watched a Dutch actor and former superstud take a bad plummet in the "torture chamber" in Fort Boyard, earning him 6 weeks of physical therapy. Waved good-bye to my sister and found an odd micro-cassete-recorder-calculator-combo. Will visit my blind friend tomorrow.

polydigm - 7-11-2012 at 00:22

I'm literally up to my neck in stats marking at the moment. I copped a double batch for the final assignment as some of the markers drop out during swot vac. I haven't got any exams on so ...

BBP - 7-11-2012 at 12:37

Visited my friend today, which was cosy. She cooked up nasi. Another friend of hers dropped by, she was on TV that evening so I stayed a bit later than usual. The return trip was awful: I spent 50 minutes waiting for the train, the one I finally got in was cancelled half-way so I had to take the slow train to Eindhoven, there, while cycling home, my bicycle chain came off three times.:swear:

My friend is not overly careful with where she puts her CDs, which is of course problematic if you're blind: she had a lot of CDs that had lost their jewelcases and vice versa. She was a bit late in asking me for help to put things straight: she does put braille stickers on each of her jewelcases, but not on the CDs themselves (or else they won't play), so she would have to play each record first before she can tell what it is.
Now me, I'm not the tidiest person in the world, but my classical CDs are on chronological order by composer birth date.

polydigm - 11-11-2012 at 22:30

I see ...

:freak: :devil:

BBP - 11-11-2012 at 23:17

That was really mean, Poly.:bald: You could join my dad in making blind jokes next time she comes around...

polydigm - 12-11-2012 at 14:29

That's not really my style - it was your explanation about how you organise your CDs that inspired my joke, more than your blind friend's dilemma, if you see what I mean.

polydigm - 18-11-2012 at 00:14

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

My bicycle has had it. Need to bring it away Monday, for the last time, it can't be saved.

Sounds like you meant to post that here. Sorry to hear about your bike. I may have already mentioned it, but I recently got a new bike after not having one for a long time and I'm loving it.

polydigm - 18-11-2012 at 04:32

Recovering from a migraine overnight and still not feeling too flash. Meanwhile zappa.com is swamped with spam ...

BBP - 18-11-2012 at 13:14

Hey, did that post disappear too? Strange...

polydigm - 19-11-2012 at 00:24

If you're talking about the one I quoted above, you posted that in the Photos! thread, perhaps inadvertently ... it's still there.

BBP - 19-11-2012 at 08:20

[zzz]...I'm so sleepy...
at the time I posted that I suppose, but right now I'm sleepy as well. Got up extra early to take out the trash. In addition to the large trash can, I also brought out my bedroom wastepaper basket. It does have a bag I put in there to facilitate trash removal, but since it's an open basket, it has a lot of holes in its walls, so the bag inside got ripped up as I pulled it out. Managed to litter quite a bit. :swear:

Dragged the rest of my bedroom waste to the little room between kitchen and garden. Had to put down all of it when I found that my father recently has the habit of locking the doors as well as bar it. It littered some more.:swear:

Anyway I got it all out after quite a bit of cleaning and still managed to enjoy breakfast (I'm very sensitive about dirty stuff, can put me off food), but it's not a good omen for things to come. Perhaps I should hit the sack.
Bad sack!
[/zzz]

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