Recorders are not my favorite instrument.

[Banjo]

I'm gonna go pound a cork inna end of that thing soon!
Every thursday night, in the summer, the town sponsors a live band at the historic bandstand in the park a block from my house.
Sometimes it's a really good band, like Joe Cavillero and his Dixieland Band, or one of the local country groups. But often its one of the cheaper outfits that they could afford to book, like a so-so- polka group, or some group of retirees that have nothing better to do that hack out pop country tunes from the 70s and 80s.( not that there aren't some really good bands made up of retirees. our town just dosen't hire those ones)
Take tonight for instance.... for the last 3 hours all I've heard is some tone dead singer backed by what sounds like a 3 year old with a dime store recorder.
(any of you remember that Pink Panther cartoon with the snake charmer?)
Gyaaaaahhhh!!!!!!
I try to appreciate the effort the town makes with the event. It is pretty nice, usually....
Ok rant over.....

~Edit~
Yes, I do realise that by playing a Banjo, I really have no room for these comments.
Overall I find the whole situation humerous.

 

[DrEntropy]

I've a "Veterans Park" a couple hundred feet away from th' hovel. On many weekends I awaken suddenly in panic, in an attempt to burrow thru th' bedroom floor tile as th' sound of (blank) AK-47 rounds are echoin' off my bathroom walls... it's a VERY distinctive staccato. They "re-enact" battle engagements. On Memorial Day they do a faux Tet. At least I ~know~ that one's comin'. Never have learned to appreciate it, tho.


I'd much prefer a concert of fingernails on blackboards.

 

[anthony7777]

banjo, heck the recorder was the instrument i used to learn how to read music with in the fifth grade, fight fire with fire and start your own group/band, it might be fun to come up to horseheads so youd have a drummer, no charge, do ya know anyone that plays guit, or keyboard? boy thatid teach em! :thumbsup:

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Here ya go, Ben:

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[Banjo]

WOW!!! I'd have a broken hand if I tried that!!!!! he's good!
Doc, I'll keep my Shoulda-stayed-inna-garage-bands, over thinkin charlie's outside my door any day. Just don't return fire. (You'de think as fellow vets, they'de have some compassion about what they're doing.)
Anthony...I wonder If I could book the priase Band I'm in?.....(no I don't play banjo in it) nahhh.. the kind of "church music" we play would give the grannies heart attacks!

 

[DrEntropy]

It passes after a few seconds. I just have to belay my conditioning.

Funny, tho... even after all this time, th' report from a "klink" can put me into a *mode* even from REM.

I sometimes wonder about those who've not understood it's over. I can sorta see how they never quite overcome the experience but mine's nothin' more than awaking from a bad dream. Some live that dream as a way of life... I can't be bother'd to do that. Trauma's a funny thing, p'raps best explained with: "That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger." What should have been added is: "...in most cases."

For illustration just ask anyone who survived one of th' Nazi "camps." Ya just ~get on with it~. I've had th' benefit of knowing a few of those folks in my life to add a bit of perspective. Horsemits' uncle Julian was one of my favorite people... lost a leg to a German landmine while "liberating" his younger siblings from one of those camps in late '42. His family reputation by th' time I was around was that he was a "mean" person... he and I met late. We hit it off in an eyeblink, there's something about exposure to war, some recognition between warriors. Julian and I were vodka drinkin' buds after th' second meeting, generationally separated but totally understanding of one-another. I secretly think HE was the reason this faux dago was accepted into the Ukranian clan Herself was part of. The true pity is he died a MONTH before Ukrane was loosed from th' Soviet. He was a temperate warrior, measured. I truly miss that man, wish he and me Ol' Fella could have met. What a party THAT woulda been!! :laugh:

 

[JamesWilson]

You're complaining about a lousy recorder?

Try having a neighbor who's a beginner bagpiper.... :hammer:

 

[DeltaAir423]

You're complaining about a lousy recorder?

Try having a neighbor who's a beginner bagpiper.... :hammer:

I resent that remark!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PAUL161]

Well, it could be this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0

 

[vagt6]

On the other hand . . .

My next door neighbor's wife is a music professor at UVA, and their son will finish his MFA at Juliard this summer in piano.

Needless to say, these folks can play some beautiful tunes. Some days when the wee woman and I are sitting on the patio, maybe having a glass of wine, we hear Chopin, maybe a nice Brahms duet, sometimes with heavenly singing to boot. It's a real treat, sounds like we're in heaven, professional musicians' music wafting thru' the trees.

Sorry, I'm coming back to earth now. But, it is rather nice.

I'm glad it ain't bagpipes, or a RECORDER!

 

[RonMacPherson]

Ah, the lilt of the pipes playing a "peebrock".... Beginning piper eh? Only 7 more years to go before it doesn't require a half a bottle of single malt to be able to be within sound range of a "beginning" piper.

But a true artiste on the pipes is a wonder to enjoy.....

 

[judow]

I to Mr. Allan. He's great!

 

[Silverghost]

Doc, your comment on the AK-47 reminds me of the line from "Heartbreak Ridge" with Clint Eastwood, where Mario Van Peebles says to a fellow platoon member "That's an AK-47!" "How do you know?" "It makes a VERY DISTINCT sound when being fired at you!"

 

[Tinster]

Well Banjo,

While enjoying some very crisp white wine
and entertaining conversation at the Nuthouse

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the fat lady across the street decided to
practise( attempt?) opera singing. My first
impulse was to dial 911 and have her rescued.
After too long a spell of her vocal bombardment
upon us, we surrendered and returned home.

best to ya!

d&w

 

[DrEntropy]

It's true, Pete. Once ya hear one it never leaves yer memory.

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

Ah, the lilt of the pipes playing a "peebrock".... Beginning piper eh? Only 7 more years to go before it doesn't require a half a bottle of single malt to be able to be within sound range of a "beginning" piper.

But a true artiste on the pipes is a wonder to enjoy.....

Ah,yes Ron, the piobaireachd of Donal Dubh still requires at least a dram of a single malt to be listening,as it often brings tears to the eye.

A learner always sounds good from about three miles distant.

Stuart.

 

[Banjo]

Yea..... I remember when I was about 10. And my Dad joined a highland band took up "the pipes".I'm surprised my mom dident just up and leave. Chanters (the single practice pipe) are right up there with recorders in my book. But I really do enjoy listening to bagpipes played well, for short periods of time.
Now Polka on the other hand...... Accordians (which my brother tried his hand at for a while) are fair game!!!!!
sea shanties on a squeeze box are perfectly fine, but polka....
The joke goes,
"A man was driving down the road and he sees an accordian player and a banjo player. Which one does he hit first?
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The accordian player. Business before pleasure."

On the bright side, mt trauma only lasted for a few hours that night, as they only visit the bandstand and do not live there.

I hear ya on that AK report Doc, I had an SKS for a while, and my cousin had an AK. Same ammo, different sound. and totally different from his AR. I liked firing that SKS right around dusk. Had an impressive muzzle blast.

 

[DeltaAir423]

I hear ya on that AK report Doc, I had an SKS for a while, and my cousin had an AK. Same ammo, different sound. and totally different from his AR. I liked firing that SKS right around dusk. Had an impressive muzzle blast.

Try a M-44 Mosin-Nagant with Albanian light ball at dusk. You'll easily get flash blinded by the muzzle flash.