They put his left leg in
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:56:33 GMT
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In article <7dkep0l4lvaqs7dovhmkaas20la4ufp92d@4ax.com>,
Modemac wrote:
> With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
> it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which
> almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote
> "The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part
> for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg
> in. And then the trouble started.
Get Marilyn Manson and John Waters together on this and you could have
a great new dance craze rolling in jig time.
--
HellPope Huey ~ www.subgenius.com
You got 25% of my Slack,
'cause the Luck Plane crashed on my house years ago.
If I had that 25% back,
I'd be 75% less likely to kill 80% of the Church
when I lose that last 10% of my grip.
I do begin to have bloody thoughts.
- William Shakespeare, "The Tempest," Act 4
Man does not live by bread and "Justice League" cartoons alone;
he must also venture out
and startle people in person from time to time.
- HellPope Huey
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:48:53 -0800
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Modemac wrote:
>
> With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
> it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which
> almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote
> "The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part
> for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg
> in. And then the trouble started.
Har. And yet, here (#95) is a very different tune by the very same name,
published in 1880 and probably predating that by any number of years. A
mystery which has nagged at me for some time now. So what's THAT all about?
http://tinyurl.com/556nv
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:58:23 -0800
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nenslo wrote:
>
> Modemac wrote:
> >
> > With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
> > it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which
> > almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote
> > "The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part
> > for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg
> > in. And then the trouble started.
>
> Har. And yet, here (#95) is a very different tune by the very same name,
> published in 1880 and probably predating that by any number of years. A
> mystery which has nagged at me for some time now. So what's THAT all about?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/556nv
OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
Correspondent:: Cardinal Vertigo
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:15:43 GMT
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nenslo wrote:
> OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
> notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
> or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
> Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
> all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
autoharp or something else?
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:22:22 GMT
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Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
> nenslo wrote:
>
> > OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
> > notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
> > or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
> > Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
> > all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
>
> Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
> autoharp or something else?
Or the funky ukulele!?!?
Hey! Somebody's got to play concertina.
Correspondent:: Cardinal Vertigo
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:31:06 GMT
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König Prüß wrote:
>
> Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
>
>> nenslo wrote:
>>
>> > OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
>> > notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
>> > or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
>> > Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
>> > all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
>>
>> Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
>> autoharp or something else?
>
> Or the funky ukulele!?!?
>
>
> Hey! Somebody's got to play concertina.
Somebody's got to play the pedal steel too, man!
Correspondent:: "Revi Shankar"
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:23:29 -0500
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"Cardinal Vertigo" wrote in message
news:jzMmd.29766$Qv5.6838@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> nenslo wrote:
>
> > OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
> > notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
> > or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
> > Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
> > all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
>
> Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
> autoharp or something else?
you can truly jam on a concertina. Goes real good with a fiddle. Oh yeah.
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:45:45 -0800
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Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
>
> nenslo wrote:
>
> > OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
> > notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
> > or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
> > Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
> > all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
>
> Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
> autoharp or something else?
I don't care for string instruments or things you have to blow into.
The concertina, you push a button and you get a note. No twiddly stuff,
no variables, no contact with mucous membrane, no plinking or plunking
sounds, all primary requirements for me. Weighs about three pounds,
looks pretty, and who else do you know who plays one? NOBODY that's
who. Other instruments have all kinds of preconceptions attached to
them (saxophone, accordion, tuba) where you're supposed to be all jokey
like "oh my god I can't believe I'm playing this rock song on this crazy
instrument!!!!" or forever in the shadow of some famous or "great"
performer but, in America at least, the concertina carries no emotional
baggage since it's pretty much a forgotten instrument. So I use it to
play forgotten melodies. And it sounds nice. That's why.
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:10:00 GMT
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nenslo wrote:
> Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
> >
> > nenslo wrote:
> >
> > > OH I FORGOT! The tune below it, Dashing White Serjeant, attracted my
> > > notice because it is mentioned in Dickens, either The Old Curiosity Shop
> > > or Dombey and Son. It should be further noted that In The Old Curiosity
> > > Shop, Quilp sings an ancient tune called Begone Dull Care. And I play
> > > all these on the concertina. And shake it all about.
> >
> > Why the concertina? Why not the pedal guitar or the piccolo or the
> > autoharp or something else?
>
> I don't care for string instruments or things you have to blow into.
> The concertina, you push a button and you get a note. No twiddly stuff,
> no variables, no contact with mucous membrane, no plinking or plunking
> sounds, all primary requirements for me. Weighs about three pounds,
> looks pretty, and who else do you know who plays one? NOBODY that's
> who. Other instruments have all kinds of preconceptions attached to
> them (saxophone, accordion, tuba) where you're supposed to be all jokey
> like "oh my god I can't believe I'm playing this rock song on this crazy
> instrument!!!!" or forever in the shadow of some famous or "great"
> performer but, in America at least, the concertina carries no emotional
> baggage since it's pretty much a forgotten instrument. So I use it to
> play forgotten melodies. And it sounds nice. That's why.
Well, I play the funky concertina, that's who.
I do a rousing rendition of "The Irish Washer Woman"
and various Shanties and Sea Songs, and a few bawdy diddies.
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:36:18 GMT
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In article <419C4518.1D65F1D2@yahoox.com>, nenslo
wrote:
> I don't care for string instruments or things you have to blow into.
> The concertina, you push a button and you get a note. No twiddly stuff,
> no variables, no contact with mucous membrane, no plinking or plunking
> sounds, all primary requirements for me. Weighs about three pounds,
> looks pretty, and who else do you know who plays one? NOBODY that's
> who. Other instruments have all kinds of preconceptions attached to
> them (saxophone, accordion, tuba) where you're supposed to be all jokey
> like "oh my god I can't believe I'm playing this rock song on this crazy
> instrument!!!!" or forever in the shadow of some famous or "great"
> performer but, in America at least, the concertina carries no emotional
> baggage since it's pretty much a forgotten instrument. So I use it to
> play forgotten melodies. And it sounds nice. That's why.
I had figured you for more of a sackbut man. I guess that sound you
were making that time was just because you had a cold or an unusually
long orgasm or something. You scared my guinea pigs. One died, you
monster. Be quiet.
--
HellPope Huey
I am not a conservative crossdresser, but IT COULD HAPPEN!!
YES!!! MY KIND SHALL something something!!
And if you gaze for long into an abyss,
the abyss gazes also into you.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
When you gaze into the abyss,
Mrs. Barstow pokes you in the eye
and screams at you to plug up that hole in her shower stall
or she'll KICK YOU INNA NUTS.
- HellPope Huey
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:14:33 -0800
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HellPope Huey wrote:
>
>
> I had figured you for more of a sackbut man.
Truly truly I say unto you, the reed instrument for which I lust is an
ancient one called most appropriately the RACKET. It's a double-reed
wooden instrument about six inches high and three inches in diameter
which lives up to its name most admirably. If you've ever heard anyone
playing the SERPENT, it's like that only UGLY sounding.
Oh, I get it. Sackbut.
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:09:09 GMT
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In article <41A175B8.ABF50D8F@yahoox.com>, nenslo
wrote:
> HellPope Huey wrote:
> >
> > I had figured you for more of a sackbut man.
>
> Truly truly I say unto you, the reed instrument for which I lust is an
> ancient one called most appropriately the RACKET. It's a double-reed
> wooden instrument about six inches high and three inches in diameter
> which lives up to its name most admirably. If you've ever heard anyone
> playing the SERPENT, it's like that only UGLY sounding.
> Oh, I get it. Sackbut.
No, its not what it seems. That's really the instrument whose tone
strikes me as being your closest musical equivalent, right after a
Hummel-shattering tone being emitted by a distorted electric guitar
being struck at a high E# and going, like...
DWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
and then something wet pops in the listener's head and suddenly all
they can hear is that Sternoid NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
for the rest of their lives, such that they cannot even hear you yell
SHUT UP.
See, there's an upside to almost everything if you just PUT DOWN THAT
GODDAMNED BOTTLE AND THAT FUCKING "REVELATION X" HORSESHIT AND TURN OFF
THAT WRETCHED FUCKING COMPUTER AND STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND GET A REAL
JOB YOU FUCKING MISERABLE PIECE OF MAGGOT COLON.
You know, Mister Rogers had his hand up Meow-Meow's ass ALL THE TIME.
--
HellPope Huey
In real life, I am a warm and playful companion
hampered only by being a telekinetic alcoholic.
I never have to pay for a drop.
"You haven't hit rock bottom
until you've fought off three other drunks
to suck on a Hungarian booby-pickle."
- "The Drew Carey Show"
"They'll let anyone foster a kid.
They'd let me and I'm 100 years old and a Communist to boot."
- Don Rickles, "The Wool Cap"
Correspondent:: "Revi Shankar"
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:33:20 -0500
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"nenslo" wrote in message
news:41A175B8.ABF50D8F@yahoox.com...
> HellPope Huey wrote:
> >
> >
> > I had figured you for more of a sackbut man.
>
> Truly truly I say unto you, the reed instrument for which I lust is an
> ancient one called most appropriately the RACKET. It's a double-reed
> wooden instrument about six inches high and three inches in diameter
> which lives up to its name most admirably. If you've ever heard anyone
> playing the SERPENT, it's like that only UGLY sounding.
Ah, here you go! That is something. There is an organ stop of that name (and
some variations of it). And I wouldn't mind having one. The organ stop is
probably a little coarser sounding than the original, as the organ rank has
a single reed.
" named for the instrument of the same name, an early double-reed with a
very muffled tone..."
http://www.organstops.org/r/Rankett.html
Correspondent:: polar bear
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:21:58 -0800
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In article <4197E0D3.B3CD1B46@yahoox.com>, nenslo
wrote:
> Modemac wrote:
> >
> > With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
> > it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which
> > almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote
> > "The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part
> > for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg
> > in. And then the trouble started.
>
> Har. And yet, here (#95) is a very different tune by the very same name,
> published in 1880 and probably predating that by any number of years. A
> mystery which has nagged at me for some time now. So what's THAT all about?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/556nv
too many notes!
pb