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Fri 18 Jun 2010

And speaking of music

Posted by PJ under archaeology, music
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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.”

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Fri 18 Jun 2010

My Mary Moon

Posted by PJ under meme, music
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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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Fri 18 Jun 2010

Mooning

Posted by PJ under language, moon, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.

—Rita Mae Brown, Starting from Scratch


Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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