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My Loony Bun Is Fine Benny Lava

Let the translation roll over you like a nerd punk butter rum.

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# posted by 99 and Barry @ Friday, October 26, 2007 1 comments

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OMG, i saw this courtesy of Jake, the YouTube addict. So hysterical.

# posted by

copydiva : December 7, 2007 1:17 PM

Trumpet Nightmares

When I was 10, my mom signed me and my sister up for accordion lessons, probably because she played it when she was a kid. When I went into Jr. High, I asked to choose what instrument I wanted to play and I chose the trumpet, probably because it seemed, to a 12-year-old, to be the most manly instrument. I got pretty good, took lessons, played in school bands, the NY All-City High School Band (we played at Carnegie hall), and a few bands my friends and I got together. One of these bands did covers of Chicago songs. Hey! Give me a break. Nobody should apologize for music they listened to when they were 15! Well, back then we didn't have the luxury of music books from popular bands, so it was up to me to transcribe their songs and write out parts for the band members. I did this on a Panasonic all-in-one cassette/FM stereo console unit in my parent's basement. I'd sit down there for hours at a time starting and stopping my Chicago's Greatest Hits cassette and scribbling on music notation paper. It always perplexed me that their music was in strange keys, like C#, which have tons of sharps or flats. Why didn't they play in C of F like normal people? After weeks of transcribing, I figured out that my parent's cassette player ran just a little bit fast. My band-mates never forgave me.

I was reminded of this when seeing this video. This could have been me.

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# posted by 99 and Barry @ Friday, October 19, 2007 4 comments

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Barry, do you still play?

# posted by

Alex : December 16, 2007 7:53 AM

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# posted by

99 & Barry : December 16, 2007 8:57 AM

I only play themes from sci-fi movies.

# posted by

99 & Barry : December 16, 2007 9:03 AM

Barry, you could have been Miss Douglas? Wow. Impressive.

Almost as scary as the performance itself is the fact that despite the 80s hair, the 80s outfit, and the 80s musical selection, it actually took place in 1993. An enterprising blogger tracked down the actual Stacy Hedger and did a phone interview with her, in which she confirmed that yes, she was Miss Douglas, Arizona, in that year. http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2007/10/stacy_hedger_revealed.php The pageant in which Ms. Hedger was competing was the Miss Arizona pageant -- the one that chose the state's contestant for Miss America. (No, Stacy didn't win.)

Douglas, Arizona: the Town That Time (or maybe George Lucas) Forgot.

# posted by

Denise in Washington, DC : February 22, 2008 6:14 PM

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Vijay Iyer Interview

Jazz saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa (left) and pianist Vijay Iyer dropped by the show before their gig at Dazzle. Besides being a very accomplished musician, Rudresh is also from Boulder, so we like him even more.

Here's the chat.

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