Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Nay, Fewmets!

 Fewmets being the medieval Engrish word for deer poop, well, poop.

Threw my back out sneezing. One sneeze, and it shanked me but good.

Heating pad, massage machine, Vitamin I (ibuprophen) and sitting very still leading to not doing a big posting.

Between that, and potential Great Depression Part Deux, with a bunch of even more leftist socialists in control than when FDR ruled, well, not much in the mood for long exposition.

So you get music.

Firstus, Post Modern Jukebox - a group that does modern music in various forms ancient, like Jazz-ish, 50's Chanteusse, yada yada.  Nice orchestrations, the singers have good pipes and, for the most part, no Puddles Pity Party clowns.

Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass," in the style of PMJ ft. Kate Davis, of course. Not only does it feature vocalists Haley Reinhart, Morgan James, and Ariana Savalas rocking some Andrews Sisters- style harmonies, but it also features a sweet four hand bass solo by Casey Abrams and Adam Kubota. (from the youtube description.)


And some Alan Parson's Project, from the first album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination."  Just a tad inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, dontchaknow?

The Cask of Amontillado - Alan Parson's Project
One of my favorite Poe stories and a darned sweet sounding but not sweet at all song.

Other than that, Peace Out, hope you all are doing well, and all your monies are safe.

22 comments:

  1. Tried ‘The Hot Sardines’? We’ve seen them live three times on their occasional U.K. visits.
    (Hogday)

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    1. Not yet, but I'll give them a try. Sounds interesting, from the title.

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  2. Since you like medieval music, here's something from Heilung who hearkens back to European tribal music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVbc_Fwbt50 and something live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Jld1R_EKI Their shows are more ritual than concert.
    This is a short clip of Corvus Corax live, a German medieval band that plays period instruments but can be thought as a medieval heavy metal band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An-OTVXV4UI

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    1. Heh, more good music.

      Living where I do, I got to listen to John Kitts and his merry band of Italian Renaissance musicians, all whom had multiple PhDs in music. Wonderful players, and very interesting to see them play all the very strange instruments from maybe 10 feet away.

      And I knew this lady who had a crumhorn collection, including one in plastic so she could play it outside in Florida without the humidity messing with it. Seeing someone play two crumhorns at the same time (one in each hand) was weird but funny.

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  3. Odd how the older you get the less it takes for something to affect the ole bod. Nice selection of vids Beans, a good way to really wake up......:)

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    1. Well, I did dislocate a rib when I was 11 from coughing, and also bruised ribs from coughing as a kid, so... I guess I've always been old.

      Then there was the time my feet went flat when I was 19. Mayhaps I'll recant that particular horror story...

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  4. For the Love of God, Montressor!
    I love to listen to Postmodern Jukebox!

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    1. Yep. Alternate music is a wonderful thing. And the Internet bringing all of this musical wonderment to us for basically free is also a wonderful thing. Just waiting on Joey Bag-of-Stale-Donuts' administration to somehow screw it up.

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    2. Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band who put out a cut with a rap singer added, sounds weird I know, but it worked.

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  5. Adaptations of newer tunes to older styles always seems to go better - at least for me - that the other way around. Thanks for sharing Beans!

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    1. If it works, I'll listen to it. Either way, old to new or new to old, if it's good, then good. Having heard a gansta-rap style Ave Maria, sometimes old to new doesn't work, not at all, nosiree, nope, kill it kill it with fire!

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    2. I call that variety ‘C-Rap’

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  6. Good tunes. Hope the back gets better, that really sucks having to deal with that sort of thing. DAMHIK

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    1. Eh, still breathing, still vertical ifn you know what I mean. I could justify it if I was lifting a car off a person, or dropping a car onto a person, or some other heroic feat of strength, but sneezing? Not even a bout of sneezing, just one sneeze? Man. Seriously felt like the sneeze shivved me prison style. Sigh.

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  7. Vitamin I (ibuprophen)? I go for the vitamin M (Motrin 800). It does a better job with its anti-inflammatory properties. Along with my daily meds I have a Motrin 800 and Flexeril muscle relaxer prescription for when I overexert my back.

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    1. Fortunately Vitamin I works for me. Unfortunately, anything stronger than NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprophen, motrin, yada yada) gives me violent allergic reactions, to the point that as soon as they hit my system the world turns green, tilted like in the old Batman tv show, and an internal countdown clock starts at 10 telling me I have that many seconds to get to a toilet and a bowl or a bathtub before explosive decompression out of both ends of the digestive system occurs. Not fun at all. Seems to be something I inherited from my dad's side of the family. Along with severe reactions to pass-out gasses, to the point that between the two, my doctor recommended that I never have surgery if I can get away with it.

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  8. Appliances going out, your back going out...bad for Beans but good for the blog! If you like PMJ, check out Stella Cole. She's quite the crooner, even did a little work with PMJ recently.

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  9. Always enjoyed Parsons' projects and hadn't heard this one in a long time, though I'm twisted enough to love "Cask".
    Hard to beat "Sirius/Eye in the Sky", I should ask the neighbors if they like it as much as I do as they can most likely hear it at the volume I use.
    Boat Guy

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    1. Most of APP is excellent. It gets weird and shouty around the time Wolfson started going mentally weird.

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  10. Bravo for Beans' filling Sarges place with interesting stuff, many days worth!
    JB

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    1. I but try. Gotta keep the streak going, ya know.

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