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Marsha
Jan 5th, 2016

Happy New Year!

 We welcomed 2016 with about 100 friends crammed into our house! Actually, we welcomed it twice: we always toast with everyone at midnight GMT (the very family-friendly hour of 7 p.m. EST), and then again at midnight EST with whoever is still here (which ended up being about 20 people this time).

There’s a lot of food (all vegetarian), a lot of beer (thanks to the six-tap keg freezer in our garage), and lots of music.

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We had a scheduled concert at 5 featuring various friends performing different songs and everyone joining together at the end for a rousing rendition of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (damn straight we demanded our figgy pudding, too!). And there was plenty of other impromptu singing and noodling around on the piano and ukuleles as well.
What fun! And how lucky we are to know so many wonderful people! I’m confident that 2016 will be a very happy new year indeed!
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Marsha
Sep 23rd, 2011

Did you know that the Star Wars theme song has lyrics?

And they’re in French.

Marsha
Jul 15th, 2011

Do any of you remember this?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-blWgVk-A[/youtube]

Marsha
May 23rd, 2011

I never imagined…

…that one day I’d live in the town where this awesome video was filmed:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1Q-PfUvN0[/youtube]

Here’s the history of this observation:
1. Today is Jan’s birthday.
2. One of his birthday presents is a melodica.
3. I said, “Hey, the Hooters used one of those!”
4. He said, “The who?”*
5. I go to YouTube and show him this video.
6. At the beginning of the video, we see a sign for the Exton Drive-In.
7. “Is that OUR Exton?” we wonder. Could be, since the Hooters were a Philadelphia band.
8. After the video—and after I’ve recovered from the visual onslaught of ’80s hair—I google “exton drive in hooters” and pray I don’t get hits for restaurants with scantily clad waitstaff.
9. The first hit is for this site. Awesome.

* I like to joke that he was in a coma during the 1980s. Seriously, he pretty much avoided popular culture during that decade, preferring instead to play and listen to music from the 1960s and 1970s.

Marsha
Mar 11th, 2011

This will probably be one of the best things you see today

Right here.

Marsha
Feb 20th, 2011

Today’s earwig: Genki Sudo

Genki Sudo is a pretty interesting person. From martial-arts champion to musician and choreographer—not many people can claim that sort of career trajectory.

This song has been stuck in my head for weeks, ever since I first heard/saw this video. The choreography is pretty freakin’ awesome. The only thing that could improve it is a flying triangle or two.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDOPNLzEFH0[/youtube]

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Marsha
Feb 8th, 2011

Today’s earwig: AFP

Amanda Palmer describes this as “a song about Pubix Hair Freedom sung by a crazy chick with a ukulele.” Yeah, that pretty much describes it.

No nudity, but lots of merkins. So possibly NSFW, depending on how your employer and coworkers feel about that sort of thing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8omCWBl8s[/youtube]

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Marsha
Jan 1st, 2011

And a Happy New Year to you!

I’ve always loved this song!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ing806Vc8I[/youtube]

Marsha
Oct 1st, 2010

Dancing in the rain

Amazing stuff here–so fluid. Like watching water in motion.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRRnAhmB58&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Marsha
Sep 17th, 2010

Meow

I can’t believe they managed to keep straight faces through the whole thing.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d63jKihoYRg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]Interestingly, this piece was originally written in 1825.You know what would have made this particular performance even better? If the pianist had been one of the piano-playing cats from YouTube. Oh, yeah…

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