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Respite Open Thread: Musical Interlude

by Anne Laurie|  April 16, 202011:49 pm| 24 Comments

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  1. 1.

    piratedan

    April 16, 2020 at 11:58 pm

    for those inclined, the actors from the film That Thing You Do! are doing a You Tube podcast/concert at 4pm PST (7pm EST) on Friday in honor of Adam Schlesinger (RIP), who helped write most of the soundtrack with Tom Hanks…. I believe the channel is called The Wonders, as a nod to the fictional band from the film.

  2. 2.

    Mnemosyne

    April 17, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Yeah, I watched “The Disney Family Sing-Along” tonight. So sue me. It was actually pretty fun, though I think I was way less excited about the “High School Musical” reunion than everyone under, say, 25 years old was. And I was slightly horrified by how many grandchildren Donnie Osmond has. But other than that, I enjoyed it.

  3. 3.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 17, 2020 at 12:28 am

    Music? There’s a new Mountain Goats EP/album-let, a bunch of short numbers recorded on the boom box he recorded on in the 90s. I just started listening to it; it’s broadly about pagans, apparently. Streaming free here

    Hail the Panasonic! Hail the inscrutable engines of chance! Hail Cybele!

    ETA: Oh, this one’s good, Until Olympius Returns

  4. 4.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    April 17, 2020 at 12:33 am

    @Mnemosyne:

     “High School Musical” reunion than everyone under, say, 25 years old was.

    “We’re All In This Together” has taken on a whole new meaning at the moment

  5. 5.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    April 17, 2020 at 12:46 am

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Ever heard of the podcast, I Only Listen to The Mountain Goats?

  6. 6.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 17, 2020 at 12:47 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Ironically, I’ve never listened to it. I am however in a mountain goats shitposting group on facebook, along with the host.

  7. 7.

    HumboldtBlue

    April 17, 2020 at 12:47 am

    Beethoven wrote a few military marches.

  8. 8.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    April 17, 2020 at 1:00 am

    Daniel Kahn is amazing. Glad to see him getting some attention.

  9. 9.

    Mnemosyne

    April 17, 2020 at 1:08 am

    @piratedan:

    Dude, you mean The Oneders.

    “Is it pronounced O-needers or O-nyders?”

  10. 10.

    oatler.

    April 17, 2020 at 1:11 am

    @HumboldtBlue: John Fahey wrote some military waltzes, as well as some death chants and breakdowns.

  11. 11.

    Mnemosyne

    April 17, 2020 at 1:12 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    I am so old that this was the very first time I’d ever heard the song. I’m sure the younger people in the audience loved it , but it was a little too auto-tuned for me compared to the other performances.

    Now get off my lawn!
    /shakes fist 

  12. 12.

    HumboldtBlue

    April 17, 2020 at 1:16 am

    @oatler.:

    Oh my, so good.

  13. 13.

    piratedan

    April 17, 2020 at 1:37 am

    @Mnemosyne: as soon as you show me your Presidential flash cards, I’ll tell ya….

  14. 14.

    Cameron

    April 17, 2020 at 1:43 am

    I just saw this video a few days ago, and I’m hooked.  https://youtu.be/fYi9Vr8bHJY

  15. 15.

    Ha Nguyen

    April 17, 2020 at 2:01 am

    • @Cameron:

    Really? I’m thinking that video was produced by a racist because all the people were white, especially the children – all lily white and fair-haired.

  16. 16.

    West of the Rockies

    April 17, 2020 at 2:16 am

    @Cameron:

    A lovely song.  Ma’s stringwork is brilliant.  Allison’s voice is so fine.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    April 17, 2020 at 2:23 am

    Turning the cloyingly cute into the totally timely.

    ;)

  18. 18.

    Mnemosyne

    April 17, 2020 at 2:25 am

    @Ha Nguyen:

    Not sure if trolling or you need your eyes checked. ? I definitely saw at least a few brunette kids in there.

  19. 19.

    Mnemosyne

    April 17, 2020 at 2:30 am

    @Ha Nguyen:

    Here’s a different fan video with landscapes of Oregon and no people. Happy now?

    https://youtu.be/baNueuDCue0

  20. 20.

    HumboldtBlue

    April 17, 2020 at 2:42 am

    Join Wynton Marsalis and very special guests for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Worldwide Concert for our Culture,” our 2020 online gala.

  21. 21.

    Debbie(Aussie)

    April 17, 2020 at 3:35 am

    Some of you might like this. A lot of Aussies would like it to be our national anthem. If this works?

  22. 22.

    prostratedragon

    April 17, 2020 at 4:03 am

    There’s a pretty good combo in Chicago:

    Symphony 9, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Riccardo Muti

  23. 23.

    Amir Khalid

    April 17, 2020 at 4:07 am

    @Debbie(Aussie):

    When did Waltzing Matilda fall out of favour? ?

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    April 17, 2020 at 4:13 am

    @Amir Khalid

    About the time On the Beach came out?

    (I kid, I kid.)

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