“Overtones of a Band Hall”

Here is a transcription that I wrote from things I heard in the Band Hall one day, many moons ago. Really. It was all said. In one sitting. No, I really didn't add anything, this was all you guys!

Transcribed in a band hall by Kristin Fink
Spring and October of 2003

So, who do you practice kissing with?
I usually start laughing.
Is that why you want up front?
Excuse me! This isn’t Jazz Band!
He’s got a bucket in his hand.
What?!… Who’s talking?
I didn’t know the director of the C.I.A. had a piano.
It’s an expensive choice anyway.
So now, I’m, like, twice as fast because I have two hands.
His voice is just making me want tot sleep.
The tissue that moves water down – that’s the Floam?
Why is it “snowplow” and not “sn-owe pl-oh?” Oh!
Dude! I didn’t even have to try! It happened all by itself.

I know, the star was in the middle and it doesn’t even do anything. The star just falls.

2,000! 4,000! 2,000! 4,000? 2,000….
And I thought the needle broke off in my arm…
It’s time to demonstrate my pants!!!
The smell of your salmon is making me sick.
They’re squirrels! What do they want, your nuts?!
I’m glad to see you finally conform. Well, sort of.

What was I doing yesterday? Oh, that’s what I was doing… No wonder my leg is sore.

Life in large quantities is fatal. Water is a major cause of death.
I also use fungus.
Now I know why you’re not with it.
I think I left it in the bathroom.

Umm… if you let me.
-Cause it’s such a boring state.
Am I still in Kansas?!!
I guess you gotta make better friends, Roark.
Great Job (said low and slow)
Purple Jello. What can you stereotype it as?
No, I am not a pansy, I’m a daisy! (said by a straight, masculine male)
He’s not obscenely masculine…
You know, I can’t find one of those hats!
Your brother would be proud of me.
Not there! That was almost a Tokyo right there!
-Annoying buzzing-
Where in the world is my cornbread?
Kissing?!
-And they think kissing is evil.
What time is it?
Time to get ready.
See you.
If they’re smaller they use more air.

If you’re walking down the hall and they grab your leg….

….

So, who do you practice kissing with?

Chicken of the Sea

For those of you who are familiar with my chicken of the sea show from several years ago, go to youtube.com and search for franco the chicken. A friend of mine has recorded it and put it out there for the whole world to see.
Cheers,

I Did Something Clever

Every morning when my son wakes up, he sits in bed and talks to his stuffed animals is basically just happy. I have sneaked over to his bedroom door a couple of times and just watched him through the crack just because he is so cute to watch. He tells his animals stories and everything. So, I got the idea that this behavior needed to be filmed before he grows out of it. So, Kristin and I decided to set up a web cam on a tripod next to his crib and at 7:00 in the morning, it would start recording. I just set up the web cam this evening and programmed a macro to start recording at 7:00 in the morning. This will happen every day until we get some good footage. The only regrettable thing is that the web cam really isn't very good at capturing motion. It is more like a security camera than an actual video camera. The video it takes is not crisp 24FPS video. So, if anyone has a nice USB-capable video camera that they could lend to a noble cause, please let me know.

Just thought you'd like to know...

"Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend."

A summer full of good movies...

So, I decided to blog today and I sort of spewed this out. I figured it could be more thoroughly appreciated here rather than on my own blog. Enjoy!
I eagerly await the release of... can you guess? Well, if you guessed Star Trek.... you're WRONG! New Moon, perhaps? Nope! Wrong again. Go on, keep guessing. Transformers? GI Joe? Nope, all wrong.
Yes, I am waiting for the release of, none other than, Jinglesthreela. Sooth, filming wrapped up many moons ago, but, alas! The iMac was theivered so post-production ground to a halt with the faint swishing sound of a lost laptop. But, what's this?! Hark, I hear the faint call of hope as the Jarrett runs, metaphorically speaking, screaming down the halls, I have it backed up! Hooray!
But, the Progress! What news is there of the Progress??!!!!
To that, there are simply crickets chirping into the night.
However, to staunch the life-threatening flow of curiousity gushing out from within us, the Jarrett did post a teaser on Youtube. To be fair, however, it didn't have any scenes from the forth-coming epic of Jinglesthreela. It was, in fact, the original Jinglethula. Not Jingles 2: The Sea Quail or Jingles the Pirate Goes Quantity Surveying. There's a big difference here. Mostly in the name.
As you can see, I'm a devout fan of the series. Hmmm..... think I should start sending fan mail to the actor who played monseur balloon? He was the best, for sure. But then, what if he has since been popped? I don't know what I'd do.... how could they so callously replace such an actor?
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So, in conclusion, thus we see that rabbits will not generally hop in a straight line down the entire length of the band hall. Good Question.

Let the buzz begin

Though 3la is as yet unfinished (suddenly there are a few things I want to add that before February I couldn't have done), I think this is a good week to release the original Jinglesthula on the internet. However, I need to hear from any of you who were involved in it as to whether that's okay with you.

I await comments. (*dons welding mask*).

Fresh

Rootism. From the concert the night of 18 March 2009.
"Is that one of those vampire hanging from a tree things?"

SPAM! NARF!

Hello All,

I'm back again. Running down memory lane makes you crazy sometimes. I finally caved and starting using Facebook. I've been a very big MySpace fan up until I found that most of the people I really wish to connect with are on Facebook and not the other.
If you haven't found me or vice versa, lets get together, ya, ya, ya. Name that song........(too easy). Haha!
I have officially begun working from home now, so I find myself on msn alot more than normal. Feel free to add both my sn's to msn and chat with me sometime. cvg (_) ogden (_) jjohnson (at) live (dot) com ....or...... cuddletiger3 (at) hotmail (dot) com .
I look forward to hearing from you all.
May the randomness of the band hall flow through you and may Spam bless your cupboards...........and cholesterol levels!

Dvorak Likes Linux!!

I'm doing a bit of a victory dance right now because John Dvorak has declared Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex "a winner." He wrote an entire column in PC Magazine raving about how Ubuntu has seemingly overcome the awkwardness of using Linux.

I have, just this week, been using Ubuntu 8.10 on my nine-year-old desktop PC and I must say that I am impressed, too. For most things, it works at least as well as Windows XP and I don't have to worry about malware. The eye candy factor of the user interface is, in my humble opinion, much better than that crap Microsoft has pushed on us with Windows Vista. Personally, I hate all the transparencies. They just make the system harder to use. Ubuntu includes some transparencies, but they are done so much more tastefully than in Windows Vista. The only thing that I have to complain about is that I am not able to edit video on it like I can with my XP machine. However, I'm sure that can be solved with some tweaks.

So, I have to agree with John Dvorak and wholeheartedly give my two thumbs way up for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex. Go download a copy today. (Psst. It even installs in Windows, and I think there is a Mac installer, too.)

Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com

Xubuntu (better for older computers): http://www.xubuntu.org

Hope for a Bright Future

As you may or may not know, I am a car buff. I love cars. I don't know how to work on cars very well, but I do love cars. The art, the style, the history, all these are factors to why I love cars. I am also a very red, white, and blue fan, meaning that I am extremely particular to American cars. No other country on earth has produced the kinds of cars that America has produced. Only America has made such icons as the Chevrolet Camaro, the Plymouth Barracuda, the Buick Riviera and the Ford Mustang. Sure, other countries have their cool cars. There's the Ferrari F-355, the Mercedes-Benz SLK 65 AMG (alphabet soup) and the Nissan Skyline, but these don't carry nearly the kind of nostalgia and embodiment of the American Dream like the great American automobile.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock lately, you know that General Motors and Chrysler LLC have requested (and were loaned) money from the government to allow them to restructure and avoid bankruptcy. The key component to this is the restructuring part. I'm not following Chrysler's restructuring plan very closely, but my I am keenly aware of the restructuring going on at GM.

The General's plan for restructuring is basic: trim off the parts that don't make money and capitalize on the parts that do. Good business plan. However, this is not without some sacrifice. It boils down to this: General Motors is letting go of SAAB, Hummer and Saturn. They are also redesigning Pontiac as to be a more enthusiast-only brand with a short product list. I'm not really sad to see SAAB and Hummer go, but I hope that Saturn does not cease to exist. I am a loyal Saturn owner. I have two Saturns each with well north of 100,000 miles on the clock and still ticking. They have had no major problems at all and continue to serve very well. My favorite, a white SL2 called Lizzy, has over 140,000 miles and it has no body rattles and it still fits tight. The thing that makes me passionate about Saturn especially is their history and early committment to America.

Saturn was conceived in the early 1980s as General Motors' clean-slate attempt at fighting the small import cars from Japan. GM already had some small cars, but they were clearly not as good as those offered by the Japanese. So, Saturn was spun off the parent company and given an all-new production facility in Tennessee. The cars they produced (S-Series GM Z-bodies) shared nothing with other GM products (though they looked a bit like 3/4-sized Oldsmobiles). They had a completely different philosophy to the assembly and to customer service than other cars. Saturn made sure that each and every customer felt like part of a family when they purchased a car or had one serviced. Not surprisingly, this won more than a few customers and caused ripple effects in the industry. There was even a time when a batch of S-Series cars were shipped with the wrong type of coolant in the engines. Saturn went to the customers and not only replaced the coolant, but replaced, at no charge, the entire car. They did this with about 1,200 cars.

While I am saddened by the decision by GM to expire Saturn, hopefully, the corporation can leave the parent and rediscover itself as the "Different kind of company." This can be a great time for Saturn. Hopefully, with a little customer support, they can emerge from this as a new American car brand.

Here's a little video I found where Charlie Daniels does part of his music video inside the Spring Hill Saturn Plant.

In the mail

Impulse bought on amazon this morning. French early 70's moog electropop. :)

I'm so sorry...