Nov 292009

For the last two days I’ve wakened with the very lovely song, Hallelujah, on the tip of my tongue. It’s been a nice little mantra to spend the day with. However, my mind has obviously had enough of that for I woke up with this phrase: “I suck teh blue lemons!”
… WTH [...]

The Details, or Who is Geminiani?

I don’t skim when I am reading. If I want to have any chance of my swiss cheese brain retaining what I’ve read, then I must take in all words. That, coupled with my curiosity, sends me one some interesting searches when I read a small tidbit that catches my eye.

One thing I’m [...]

Schoolhouse Rock

We need more Schoolhouse Rock. Remember them? The little cartoon shorties that were simple education wrapped in really good music. Here’s one of my favorites:

Several of the Schoolhouse Rock songs I remember better than any lesson I learned at school. Not everyone responds to “musical teaching” but I did. I [...]

As you can see by the byline of the previous post, it wasn’t me! It was a more coherent, Thesaurus equipped, snarky professor.
I have 23 followers on Twitter. Do any of them realise I’m not twittering for days at a time? Sometimes months. This sort of thing is happening several places [...]

It would be the rare person who’d never suffered from Earworm. From Wikipedia:
…a term for a portion of a song or other musical material that repeats compulsively within one’s mind, known colloquially as “music being stuck in one’s head”.
In case you’ve never been blessed with this condition, you can look to Time/Life for making [...]

May 132009

My brother, Jack, just rediscovered this gem and uploaded it to YouTube. Read about its origins at Jack’s site.
Welcome to the Carnival
words & music by Jack Pribek
video concept by C. Combow

Jack the Ripper

Mystery of Joyville

Pirates of the Atlantic