Sun 19 Dec 2010
Posted by PJ under books, music, video
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You may have seen Pamplamoose on those Hyundai Christmasy commercials. I love their sound and their sense of fun. Here they are doing “Deck the Halls” and giving away a free Christmas album in order to sponsor a book drive for the Richmond library. Also, check out their other songs on YouTube. “Single Ladies” is especially funny.
Sat 4 Dec 2010
Posted by PJ under craft, egoboo, five things, games, music, OWW, time
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1. It is difficult to make a five things list when you’re not in the mood to talk about stuff. I am not sure if I’ll be around much, other than the odd quote of the day. Then again, I may be chattering like a chimp. Hard to predict.
2. I’ve decided I’m down with smearing egoboo all over myself in public. I got one of the best pro reviews of my writing I’ve ever had. Helpful and a boost when I needed it. Thank you, OWW and John Klima. Now I guess I need to finish that novel.
3. My copy of Bioshock remains virgo intacta though it arrived weeks ago. I must figure out how to arrange for time and energy to play it.
4. I got the greatest idea for making handmade Christmas cards. I wish I’d gotten the idea back in July. Maybe next year.
5. Here’s something from Daydream Believer by the Monkees that sums things up nicely:
Cheer up sleepy Pjthompson
oh what can it mean.
Sat 23 Oct 2010
Posted by PJ under giving, music
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And also acquire a CD of international music recorded by the students. Here’s the NPR story from this morning where you can listen to selections from the album and learn about the process. Or you can go directly to the school’s website.
Thu 7 Oct 2010
Posted by PJ under actors and acting, conscious and subconscious, five things, movies, music, scenes from the commute, tv
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1. Can anyone tell me why I wake up in the middle of the night with old TV show themes running through my head? Last night it was Who’s the Boss? I can sort of understand why that might be lurking in my subconscious. Late last week I heard a story on NPR regarding Tony Danza’s new reality show, Teach. At the end of the story they played a snippet of the Who’s the Boss? theme. But why did it wait a week to trigger? Last week, when it would have been more natural to trigger, I woke up with the theme song to The Brady Bunch. I guess I can sort of understand that because Florence Henderson has been on Dancing with the Stars and, well, it never seems to take much to trigger The Brady Bunch theme. But this is not a new pattern. I have woken up in the middle night with other old TV show themes—and even some commercials—playing through the head, though I am never dreaming about these shows or commercials when this happens. Clearly, something quite sinister is going on in my subconscious.
2. This morning as I was driving to work I stopped at a light about a block away from the Canal Club in Venice. Five skinny, tragically hip young men were standing around in front of the club on Pacific. A couple of them had pieces of paper in their hands. I thought, “Are they applying for a job as the club band? And however did the management get five musicians out of bed and on the sidewalk by 8:45?” As the light changed and I drove forward I saw the answer: on the side street beside the club (North Venice Blvd.) sat all the accoutrements of a film shoot with the lights and reflectors, et al., grouped around the actual entrance to the place. The five young bravos on Pacific were waiting for their cue to shoot a scene—probably to walk around the corner and enter. As I passed them, I couldn’t help noticing that besides being skinny and tragically hip, they were all rather short. The tallest of them was barely average height. I concluded he must be the star of the show and the others were probably hired to make him look less short. Oh, and for their talent, I’m sure. Hollywood is big on talent. A short actor acquaintance of mine—who really is talented—has often been hired for his talent of being shorter than the star of the TV show/movie.
Sat 25 Sep 2010
Posted by PJ under music, video
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I love this one so much. It could not be more different than the last song I posted. Haunting in a very different way.
Fri 24 Sep 2010
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Here’s some creepy good music from Timber Timbre. Boo.
Wed 30 Jun 2010
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I heard these ladies on NPR some little while back and totally fell in love with their music. I downloaded the CD right quick. They’ve taken traditional English ballads and updated them a bit—but not so much as to be obnoxious. I love all the music, but the haunting and beautiful title song from this CD, “Here’s the Tender Coming,” remains my favorite. It’s about a young lassie seeing her beloved carted off by the press gang and taken away to sea. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Fri 18 Jun 2010
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From Ugarit, circa 1400 BC, a clay tablet with musical notation (and poetry) has been deciphered and recreated. Quite haunting and beautiful. I’ll be whistling this one in the elevator for sure.
“The most ancient example of written song. A hymn to Nikkal, wife of the moon god.”
Here’s an instrumental arrangement for ancient lyre that does rock some.
“This unique video, features my arrangement for solo lyre, of the 3400 year old “Hurrian Hymn no.6″, which was discovered in Ugarit in Syria in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuniform text of the ancient Hurrian language – it is THE oldest written song yet known! Respect, to the amazing ancient culture of Syria.”
Fri 18 Jun 2010
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A music meme via Marshall Payne.
1. Reply to this post and I’ll assign you a letter.
2. List 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.
I got the letter M.
I decided to try to do this without consulting any music lists. You know, relying on my brain. Ahem. At least it’s eclectic.
1. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” – Yeah, okay, it’s stupid, but it’s the first thing that popped into my head, okay???
2. “My Sharona,” The Knack – Which of course leads to
3. “My Humps,” The Black-Eyed Peas  – And that leads to
4. “My Funny Valentine” – Which really is one of my favorite, favorite old songs, but making a concerted effort not to come up with another “My” song, I come up with
5. “Moon River,” Hank Mancini – Mancini was like brilliant with the melodies, man.
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