Category Archives: music+verse

a particular kind of earworm

Posted on Sunday, 2006 July 02 by Anton

Does anyone remember a song of thirty years ago that ended with the narration “But now we must descend, for there is another side to this vision”? Later: I am advised that it’s “Solar Boat” by Ray Manzarek.

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wandering the web

Posted on Saturday, 2006 May 06 by Anton

Gunnerkrigg Court, a newish cartoon-strip set in a decidedly weird boarding school. This is too good to leave buried in the comments: Loituma perform “Ievan polkka” Sheldon Richman: Capitalism vs Capitalism Something Positive: It’s entirely possible that you’ll appreciate this … Continue reading →

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the title of this post, containing a joke that I’ve made before

Posted on Friday, 2005 October 28 by Anton

If you haven’t already, go here and listen to “Title of the Song” (MP3), a spoof on the “boy band” genre.

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Salivili hipput tupput täppyt äppyt tipput hilijalleen

Posted on Monday, 2005 October 24 by Anton

An unexpected effect of listening to music through my computer’s speakers is a better stereo image than I’m used to. That’s how I noticed for the first time that Loituma’s joyously goofy song Ievan polkka has four vocal parts, not … Continue reading →

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gravitas

Posted on Friday, 2005 May 06 by Anton

I called a locksmith today and he said he recognized my voice’s “heavy tone” from a previous job. I wonder whether that’s a translation of a Chinese idiom. Perhaps my voice was gravelly, as it sometimes is in the early … Continue reading →

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with crumbs on his face

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

Recently I had occasion to sing a verse of “Rum, By Gum” and Jeff Riggenbach asked whether it came from The Lamplighters; I allowed as how that might well be the case. A spot of websearching now suggests the Mitchell … Continue reading →

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if one is good . .

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

Was it in a dream that I heard the rumor of a collection of ABBA songs performed in the style of Gordon Lightfoot?

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