Simon & Garfunkel - “Song for the Asking”
Thinking it over
I’ve been sad
Thinking it over
I’d be more than glad
To change my ways for the asking
Ask me and I will play
All the love that I hold insideSimon & Garfunkel was the first band I ever really loved and connected with, way back in 8th grade. Through them, I realized that music could be deeper than bubblegum pop hits that top the charts (I also discovered Bob Dylan through their cover of “The Times They Are A-Changin’). They may not be the hippest band around, but I’m very grateful for finding them. Thanks for everything, S&G.
Same here. No matter what other musicians I discover, S&G are always #1 in my heart.
This is one of the videos I made with Erika, the other half my ukulele duo Helvetica Ukulele Explosion (also known as h.u.e.). There is a bit of feedback on this vid, but the song is our #1 fan favorite and most requested tune. (In this video, I’m the one playing uke and Erika is rockin’ the egg shaker.)
I haven’t shamelessly promoted these videos on my tumblr til now. So if you like this video, we have more up on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/uhelveticaukes. Unfortunately, Erika has moved away to finish grad school, but we’ve already started to post some solo projects. Hope you like it!
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yes. these are ukulele chords. get a ukulele. learn these chords. start a band. following these three steps would be a good life choice. i speak from experience here, people.](http://13.media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUsqrr3xw4qoKTykiRo1_500.jpg)
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yes. these are ukulele chords.
get a ukulele. learn these chords. start a band.
following these three steps would be a good life choice. i speak from experience here, people.
Video Arts: “Assert yourself”
From the wiki:
Video Arts is a British-based video production company which produces training videos for companies. It was founded in 1972 by John Cleese and a group of other television professionals. The videos are noted for using humour to explain business concepts and for featuring well-known British actors. Past productions have featured Cleese, Dawn French, Prunella Scales, Hugh Laurie, and Robert Hardy.Cleese sold the company in 2007, presumably before this one was made, so don’t watch it because it’s relatively crap, but here’s one from the 90s which features Cleese as St. Peter offering a postmortem to a recently deceased unorganized manager. It’s called “The unorganised [sic] manager” whose laptop is comically enormous.
And here’s one from what appears to be the heyday of Video Arts featuring a very Archie Leach-like Cleese as a salaryman fed up with the inanity of meetings. It’s titled “Meetings, Bloody Meetings”.
Two observations: 1) There are clearly giant piles of cash to be made from producing entertaining and tasteful vignettes for corporate use. A quick look at the catalogue shows that most of these pieces can be purchased for something insane like a grand or four for a DVD or e-learning CD-ROM. Serious cash. 2) It’s hard not to think that ‘The Office’ may have taken a cue or two from Video Arts’ astute lampooning of the corporate culture.
I believe the original (British) version of the office uses a Video Arts video for a training in Series 1 Episode 4. However, it was overshadowed by David Brent singing “Free Love Freeway.”
Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that they will have a statue of Michael Jackson made of butter. The sculpture will be on display along with the annual butter cow, a popular attraction at the event.
I also heard the two butter statues might get gay married.
You never know. When gay marriage and butter collide, it’s a slippery slope.
I’m automatically in favor of gay marriage because of my feelings about events involving cake, but what I can’t understand is the fear that people have about it threatening straight marriage. You do realize that if we legalize gay marriage we won’t be making straight marriage illegal, right? Are you worried gay weddings are going to be so much more awesome than your boring-ass straight weddings that Jeremy’s going to leave you for a guy? Is your marriage really going to fall apart because Tom and Derek have a make-your-own bloody mary bar at the morning rehearsal?
And what’s with this rationale about it all being part of our slow slide towards legalizing bestiality? I’m pretty sure everyone in the gay community thinks the idea of animal-lovin’ is as gross as any “family values” conservative. After all, they like people of their own gender. Not animals. That’s why you hate them, remember? If you’re so worried about some guy marrying a donkey then why don’t we make THAT prop. 8? I’d vote for that. I mean, no offense republicans, but I’ve always considered animal fucking to be more of an *ahem* red state issue. I’m just sayin’. So, don’t worry about gay folk getting married. It’ll be fun and there will be karaoke at the reception.
Uh Oh.yeah. anxiously awaiting too.
This looks exactly like Iowa’s Supreme Court page looked the day that went down. It ended up crashing, I think.
awesome! one of my childcare girls pulled every. last. herb. from my herb garden. :(So I ate my own lollo rosso and rocket salad for dinner with pizza.
Gardening success has been mine. :)
I wish I had a garden, but I live in a 3rd story apartment. And I can’t grow anything indoors cos of my cats. But I live vicariously through Tom and Barbra Good!
“Why didn’t evolution make a giraffe good at carpentry so it could build a ladder?”
I love this trio of guys more than anybody probably should. Especially that one on the left with a head like a fucking orange.
