Is there a term for musical instruments that can play any pitch and that force the musician to find the right notes by ear?
Aren't they called variable pitch instruments? Musical saw, slide whistle, fretless bass, theremin....
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2008 6:34:51 pm PST #134 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
shrift - Dec 14, 2008 8:43:39 pm PST #135 of 6436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think I need to spend a weekend afternoon just fixing my iTunes data.
Dude, I'd need way more than an afternoon.
Liese S. - Dec 14, 2008 9:05:46 pm PST #136 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We say fretless to mean even things like trombone. But that's just shorthand, not anything proper.
Jon B. - Dec 15, 2008 2:22:50 am PST #137 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
ION, Jon, did you see I bought this? [link]
Neat!
No idea how long the 15% off coupon lasts. Don't Delay! Buy it today!!!
sumi - Dec 15, 2008 5:37:16 am PST #138 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
Pylon Interview and download over at the Village Voice.
Sue - Dec 15, 2008 7:37:03 am PST #139 of 6436
hip deep in pie
These would be my Tom Waits essentials:
Small Change
Closing Time
Swordfishtrombones
Franks Wild Years
I am going to have to get Bone Machine, aren't I?
My long lost HS friend was telling me that she had tickets to see Tom Waits in 1999. She was pregnant at the time, and her son came early, two days before the concert, so she had to give her tickets up.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2008 7:46:23 am PST #140 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My long lost HS friend was telling me that she had tickets to see Tom Waits in 1999. She was pregnant at the time, and her son came early, two days before the concert, so she had to give her tickets up.
Awwww. I have a bootleg from his 1999 concert at the Paramount Theater in Oakland if your friend would like it. Fantastic show.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2008 8:16:27 am PST #141 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey, I just leaned of an even better deal with the link I gave you above. Instead of AFF01, use coupon code 15%COUPON at checkout for a 15% discount on your InstrumentPro order over $99!
Hey Jon - I tried using this, but the site says this coupon code isn't valid. Maybe it's already expired?
Sue - Dec 15, 2008 8:26:29 am PST #142 of 6436
hip deep in pie
I think she's made peace with it by now...
The other thing we talked about is that she had heard a rumor that Waits had land in Cape Breton (a lot of NY artist types do). But I had never heard that rumor. I know he was in a movie Robert Frank directed that was partially shot in Cape Breton. [link]
Shir - Dec 15, 2008 9:08:14 am PST #143 of 6436
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I have a bootleg from his 1999 concert at the Paramount Theater in Oakland if your friend would like it. Fantastic show.
Ohhh. I'd like it.