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8589. concerned - 7/10/2008 3:44:05 AM I was practicing drums again this evening and starting to work on some kick drum modulation and tightening up some bridge passages when my biggest fankitty, after coming by about four times for some petting while I was playing, actually parked herself under my floor tom right next to the kick while I was playing full blast.
I had to quit after that, because:
a) It's got to be fucking loud where she was sitting (I wear hearing protection when I practice on the drums).
b) she might get bored and move away. I'd prefer to quit while I'm ahead under the circumstances:)
c) she might do something dumb and get pinched by the kick pedal if the stuck her paw there, or something else unexpected, since this was the first time she ever tried listening effectively from the middle of the drum kit itself.
Guess she's just liking the shit I play. Btw, I checked how fast I was drumming. I am still using a single kick, and drum occasional eighth notes in groups of two to four at speeds of up to 600-700 beats per minute at that speed. However, I can't maintain full volume at that speed with eighth notes like I can get with quarter notes or slower.
Not too slow for some 6' 6" 53 year old white bread who wears size 13s. 8590. wabbit - 7/10/2008 2:36:50 PM concerned, your drum session posts are a great read. If you have a video camera, you and your fankitty could be stars on YouTube. 8591. Ms. No - 7/10/2008 5:55:13 PM Wonk,
I'm a Nina fan all the way. She didn't have a pretty voice and had a hard time holding long notes true, but I can feel every word she sings. There's just so much soul in what she sings. 8592. wonkers2 - 7/10/2008 9:11:57 PM Agreed. I haven't heard her recently except on the video, but I remember well when she appeared on the scene. 8593. David Ehrenstein - 7/17/2008 5:03:30 PM Jo Stafford died. She was 90.
Her renditions of "You Belong To Me" and "Daydream" are engraved on my soul.
Here she is with Rosemary Clooney
She and her husband, musician Paul Weston, are also famous as "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards." 8594. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/20/2008 3:08:13 AM Well my work has made it on to another book cover . . . for the afflicted!
 8595. wabbit - 7/20/2008 11:36:12 PM How cool is that?!! 8596. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/21/2008 1:26:02 AM Thanks wabb–I'm excited because it's published by the Oxford University Press, which will mean extensive distribution and big media reviews. 8597. wonkers2 - 7/21/2008 2:33:34 PM Congrats, Wiz! Way to go! 8598. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/21/2008 4:47:38 PM Thanks wonk, serendipity is king! 8599. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/21/2008 5:55:13 PM I forgot this one for James Salter . . . did I post this before? Brain cells are dyin' by the minute!
 8600. alistairconnor - 7/23/2008 4:04:49 PM So, my friend Caroline (Princesses Peluches) is planning her US tour for October. The month preceding the election, to be precise.
The plan is to take her situationist/feminist/leftist street theatre on the campaign trail. Her husband is a press photographer, and should be able to get a press card. They need to plan to be in the right places at the right time... to catch the essence of the campaign, and to get close to Obama, if they can.
Who can explain how the campaign works over the final months? Are there any set pieces that can be planned for? They really need to decide on 3 or 4 places to go to. 8601. Ms. No - 7/23/2008 6:59:22 PM There's probably an itinerary of sorts at the Obama website, but I don't know how far out it will go or how specific it will be.
Seems to me that D.C. is a must-do, but after that I'm out of ideas unless she wants to stake out campaign headquarters or something. 8602. David Ehrenstein - 7/24/2008 12:35:05 AM NPH will be chatting online at the Washington Post tomorrow. SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS NOW! 8603. anomie - 8/6/2008 12:57:27 AM Ms No. Do you know of Imogen Heap? Another amazing talent I recently learned about. I'm wearing out here CD in the car, and she has some fascinating vids on Youtube.
8604. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/6/2008 1:51:01 AM Charming--utterly charming-TAA! 8605. wonkers2 - 8/6/2008 11:56:49 AM Nice! And The Cap'n sez, "And she's a looker, too!" 8606. wonkers2 - 8/13/2008 12:59:16 PM "Historia de Un Letrero" 8607. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/13/2008 2:56:15 PM 8608. wonkers2 - 8/13/2008 3:14:33 PM Thanks, wiz. I enjoyed the clever if treacly video. I've got to learn how to post images and videos instead of just links. I guess I'm too dumb to follow the Mote's HTML image instructions.
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