Wrapped in metal, wrapped in ivy

[sovay]

Driving around on errands, I seem to have discovered that my tolerance for Christmas music has zeroed out unless it falls into the class of traditional carols, i.e. can be used for wassailing, first appeared in Latin, was arranged once by Benjamin Britten. I relayed this sentiment to spatch and he promptly broke out SNL's "I Wish It Was Christmas Today." When we saw the news of the death of Dave Mallett, I played him my favorite version of the "Garden Song," from Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger's Precious Friend (1981). I remain entertained that the official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to put up a short post attesting to the historical reality of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's Penalty for Keeping Christmas 1659. The catchiest music I have heard on the radio lately—WHRB, natch—is almost certainly Auntie Christ's "I Don't" (1997). I am all for amending our still-critical drought, but these 100% chances of rain could be snow any time now.

Comments

[thomasyan]

Have you heard of, I think it's called, manualism? Where you make differently pitched farting sounds with your hands to perform tunes? I think my inner kid would get a kick out of hearing many different tunes performed that way, including Pachelbel's Canon and "Hymne", the catchy jingle for Gallo Wine many years ago, and also the Star Wars theme.

Here's a rendition of aha's Take On Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxvOKuLUQ0

[sovay]

Have you heard of, I think it's called, manualism? Where you make differently pitched farting sounds with your hands to perform tunes?

I've never heard anyone use it to cover a-ha!

(I am fascinated that if done tunefully instead of by adolescents who want to make fart noises, it sounds a lot more like someone imitating a kazoo.)