Here’s a cover by Phoebe Bridgers and the original from Merle Haggard. Open thread.
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Here’s a cover by Phoebe Bridgers and the original from Merle Haggard. Open thread.
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Splitting Image
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie, by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
Always my favourite.
Amir Khalid
If we make it through December … You sense that the narrator in the song is being brave rather than actually optimistic.
raven
And here is a Flamingo Headed Bassoon Player who was just up the street a minute ago.
raven
Get me through December
A promise I’ll remember
Get me through December
So I can start again
Alison Krauss · Natalie MacMaster
pacem appellant
You can just start in California. It’s crispy at 67ºF outside right now (Bay Area). If you’re in L.A. it’s downright balmy at 80ºF.
Gin & Tonic
@raven: Neither of those instruments is a bassoon.
White & Gold Purgatorian
That’s funny. A couple of days ago I was telling Mr. Purgatorian that this was my favorite Christmas song. He’s always trotting out that most wonderful time of the year crap because he knows how I feel about December.
I might have caught this attitude from my dad who was captured by the German army just before Christmas in 1944. He was always somber at Christmas time, especially if there was snow.
raven
@Gin & Tonic: What is it the big one?
O. Felix Culpa
@raven: Might be a baritone horn. Or a flugelhorn. I couldn’t see it well enough to tell, although I think it’s the former.
misterpuff
And it’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can’t remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass
And it’s one more day up in the canyon
And it’s one more night in Hollywood
It’s been so long since I’ve seen the ocean I guess I should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Doc Sardonic
Looked like a baritone horn and a soprano saxophone
Steve in the ATL
@raven: stop bullying people!
Steve in the ATL
@White & Gold Purgatorian: my dad was assassinated by the CIA on Christmas Day, so happy [expletive deleted] holidays, everyone
trollhattan
The leopard brings his pray back to the den, where mama leopard and leopard cub rejoice as they tear into the still-warm packs of Kirkland tissue and towels.
Good for the rest of 2020. The leopard considers, then sadly rejects day drinking as a fitting celebration. Selah.
schrodingers_cat
@Steve in the ATL: Bob when did you move to ATL from Portland?
SiubhanDuinne
From downstairs:
Don’t know who all else is interested, but Biden’s rolling out his health care/COVID team. Surgeon General-designate Vivek Murthy is speaking now: HHS Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra spoke a couple of minutes ago.
Steve in the ATL
@schrodingers_cat: ha! I spent most of my childhood in Memphis so I’m almost certainly crazy, but that’s a true story!
trollhattan
@White & Gold Purgatorian:
In the Ardennes? No matter where, that has to have lingered.
Gin & Tonic
@raven: Others got in first with the correct answer. It’s a brass instrument, the bassoon is a reed instrument (actually double-reed, for the pedants.) It’s also not a very loud instrument.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@Steve in the ATL: That’s tough. Human tragedy takes no holidays.
trollhattan
@SiubhanDuinne:
What did Bacerra have to say? I thought he was a peculiar choice–going from AG to HHS–but then Ben Carson helms HHS so one cannot know…
opiejeanne
@raven: Not actually a bassoon.
opiejeanne
@O. Felix Culpa: A fluegelhorn looks like a trumpet. It was a baritone horn, a brass instrument. The other instrument was an oboe. Or maybe a soprano sax, as someone noted. I couldn’t see it well enough to tell, but I was going by the sound.
Gin & Tonic
@trollhattan:
BECERRA
STRZOK
BENNET
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
On a seasonal note, I’m debating getting the dog some boots for bitter cold winter walks. Anybody have experience with this?
Gin & Tonic
@opiejeanne: I thought it was an oboe too, but at the end they get in closer, and it’s a soprano sax.
raven
I changed it to “horn”on the video. Here I was trying to be light and see what it got me. I’m alone and in pain.
opiejeanne
@Steve in the ATL: You can’t just drop that in here without telling us more.
OMG! is that something Portland Bob said here?
Gin & Tonic
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: My daughter swears by this stuff for her dog.
raven
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Yea. we got them for Bohdi because he slips and slides on the hardwood floors. They are ok but it’s hard to keep them up even with the velcro straps and then he trips over the back one.
Gin & Tonic
@raven: Sorry to add to that awful pain, but my daughter played the bassoon in HS, so I have a lot of experience hearing one.
opiejeanne
@Gin & Tonic: Thanks. I was going by the sound alone, didn’t wait til the end.
opiejeanne
@Gin & Tonic: I played oboe for a while in college and was impressed that it wasn’t making the little squawking noise that sometimes is the result of playing in cold weather, but then I’m not sure how cold it is in Athens right now.
FelonyGovt
December whispers of treachery
zhena gogolia
Bye, guys. It’s been fun. But I’ve had enough of being bullied, here or elsewhere.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@trollhattan: Yep. Said it was a huge mess. They were going in circles for several days. Guns got stuck in the mud and they had to remove the firing mechanisms and abandon them. Next day they were back in the same place. Guns were still there but the ground was frozen so they were able to pull them out, replace the firing mechanisms and were back in business to go around some more.
After they were captured they were shipped east in cattle cars in the snow, then over the next months marched on foot back west — with guards and dogs. In the snow. Very little food. Frostbite. Lice. General atrocities of war. Daddy lost over 60 pounds before they were liberated in April. He probably would have made a career of the army, but that experience kind of soured him on it.
rikyrah
@trollhattan:
I love having someone who has spent the last four years defending the right to healthcare in our courts.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Gin & Tonic:
That looks like just the ticket, and I wouldn’t have to struggle with putting boots on the dog. Has she ever said if it leaves residue on the floor at all?
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@raven:
That’s my fear. He’s kind of a klutz when he’s on a scent trail – I can only imagine him with the distraction of boots.
This morning when I took him out to pee he no-shit stumbled over a dirt clod while sniffing over deer poop.
Steve in the ATL
@opiejeanne: it’s a story best told in person over a few drinks, not on a football/pets/occasionally politics blog
geg6
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes:
We tried it with Lovey. After the first try, she swore we’d never take her alive again. Total rejection. Of course, it could be simply her bad attitude.
Gin & Tonic
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: No mention of that, and they have nice hardwood floors.
NotMax
@raven
Holidays can’t come bassoon enough.
;)
Scout211
So this just came on both our phones a few minutes ago. I can see why they are sending this out because we just got back from our monthly Costco run and it seemed like no one is staying at home. I don’t think there is much compliance here.
rikyrah
@zhena gogolia:
sorry that you feel this way. :(
Don’t want to see good people go.
Aleta
Take out yr sharpie and X-out Jenna Ellis’s face on your Elite Strike Force Team Covid bingo card.
geg6
@zhena gogolia:
Surely you won’t leave us! I will miss you terribly if you do.
geg6
So, I’m seeing speculation that my pick for AG, Doug Jones, is the front runner for AG. This would make me very happy.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
The result will be noticeably less light in the room. Urge you, most strongly, to reconsider.
Brachiator
@Scout211:
Yeah. Got this a short time ago on my phone. A bit of a surprise.
opiejeanne
@Steve in the ATL: OK, when this is all over and we can travel again. See you then.
FelonyGovt
@zhena gogolia: I really value your comments and hope you will reconsider.
NotMax
Bear today, gone tomorrow.
It’s not like it’s something easily concealed. And the laughter in response to trying to fence it could be heard ’round the globe.
opiejeanne
@zhena gogolia: No, please don’t go.
Who was bullying you? Shame on them.
piratedan
@geg6: agreed, while he may not be a rabid GOP anethema, he has a track record of going after racists, in fucking Alabama, I suspect he’s a very methodical, determined type who isn’t flashy, yet speaks well and is earnest.
Lymie
This is making the rounds, well done and amusing, Rudolph + Hamilton
https://youtu.be/M7sm49fHlyI
JPL
@zhena gogolia: I hope you reconsider.
JPL
@geg6: That would be an excellent choice, and he’d be confirmed easily.
geg6
@piratedan:
I am in awe of his ability to convict racist scum decades after their crimes were known. That’s some dogged legal work there.
Barbara
@zhena gogolia: I wasn’t really following the earlier thread but I hope you stay. When things get too heated I do sometimes sit posts out or stop commenting for a while. You can’t fight every fight. I find that over the last 8 months I get particularly disappointed when I feel like people are not being kind — not just in virtual space but IRL as well. The urge to be contrarian or confrontational just for the heck of it seems to have become a national past time.
Barbara
@geg6: The thing is, in many of these cases I am not sure how hidden the identity of the perpetrators really was. The real accomplishment was getting people to agree to testify.
zhena gogolia
Thanks. I just went for a long walk and thought it over. It’s exacerbated by a recent event on my professional listserv, where I got publicly reprimanded, and moderated, for doing a factcheck on someone else’s egregious lie.
I’ll try to just avoid the commenter in question. I thought we were on friendly terms but we’re not.
narya
@zhena gogolia: add my name to the list of people who value your contributions and hope that reconsidering/coming back is an option.
Brachiator
@zhena gogolia:
I hope you reconsider. I really appreciate your comments.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
Good, good, good. Don’t go Russian into the decision.
;)
Aleta
@zhena gogolia: You’ll be missed. I hope you come back.
West of the Rockies
@White & Gold Purgatorian:
I’m fond of If I Had a River, another unChristmas Christmas song.
Aleta
@zhena gogolia: (Oops. @Aleta:) I’m glad.
West of the Rockies
@zhena gogolia:
I don’t know that you will see this, but I hope you reconsider… I very much enjoy your presence here.
Mary G
@zhena gogolia: Please don’t go permanently, I love your comments.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
You are always welcome to fact check my egregious lies, ZG.
Mary G
@zhena gogolia: Yay!
zhena gogolia
@Baud: I think the comment thing-y will say, “You’re commenting too fast. Slow down.”
zhena gogolia
Sorry to derail the thread. Thanks for all the nice words.
Brachiator
@NotMax:
I’m glad she decided not to Gogol.
cckids
@zhena gogolia: I’ll add my voice to those urging you to stay. You are valued by many of us.
zhena gogolia
@cckids:
You guys are very nice.
Aleta
After some good weeks, suddenly the dog isn’t doing well. His breathing may be getting obstructed. Painful day. Now it’s nearly completely dark, 4:18.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
Oh, slap. That’s a burn. I never would have guessed you had it in you. You’re on the list with Omnes.
piratedan
@Baud: but his outrageous ones are still off-limits….
White & Gold Purgatorian
@West of the Rockies: I had to look that one up. Perfect for the December playlist.
geg6
@Barbara:
Oh, there’s no doubt that they knew who they were all those years. It’s getting people to testify and then convict that is impressive. It was freaking Alabama!
zhena gogolia
@Aleta:
What’s wrong with the dog?
JPL
@Aleta: That is so sad, and I hope the pup bounces back.
Aleta
@zhena gogolia: He has a cancer that entered his forehead bone. Almost all the vet’s predictions have been wrong, fortunately, b/c he’s lived longer. But now it suddenly seems to be affecting his breathing, which the vet believed wouldn’t happen. Sorry if too much detail. Thanks for listening.
lol chikinburd
@Lymie: The dudes from clipping. did give us 2020’s Hanukkhah song a few days ago.
zhena gogolia
@Aleta:
Oh, I am so sorry. I’m sure you’re doing the best you can for him.
evodevo
@White & Gold Purgatorian: Yeah, sounds like my husband’s uncle; captured at St.Vith, spent several months as a POW, lost a lot of teeth from malnutrition….never was really the same after that…never married, never moved on. PTSD wasn’t allowed in those days…
Comrade Colette
@lol chikinburd: Tom L and (I think) the Fat White Duchess shared that during the “Money for Nothing” Zoom last night! I love it. Our family tradition, since none of us could carry a tune in a bucket, is to light the lights and then play a Hanukkah music video each night. This will be the star of this year’s holiday!
JAFD
@zhena gogolia: I would miss you if you went away.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@evodevo: Yeah, they all had PTSD for sure. After they were liberated the Army told my dad and his guys not to tell anyone about their experiences, and he didn’t open up about it for many, many years. We used to watch “The Battle of the Bulge” on the late movie in the 70’s and when it got to the part where they machine gun the American prisoners he would always turn to me and say, “That happened. They really shot prisoners like that.” It took years for me to “get it” that he knew those things happened because he saw them, and the bloody bodies he remembered in the snow were not actors, but his comrades or even buddies.
My dad was lucky. He survived the ordeal and his physical state was good enough that he could still work. He married and raised a family and was a great father. But like your husband’s uncle, Daddy’s older sister told me he was never the same after he came home from the war.
rikyrah
@Aleta:
???