Here’s an item, via Dreamtime, that I recollect from 50 years ago, but haven’t heard since. The YouTube interface is semisuperfluous (since it’s the audio that conveys the ummmm message):
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Some Hurdy Gurdy links
I thought I knew a fair bit about the further fringes of hurdygurdydom, but this Field Guide from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog is… well… try a few yourself
Bireli Lagrene and Sylvain Luc and…
…and Stochelo Rosenberg (et al.):
Hydrocoptic marsel vanes
Two versions, via McGee’s Musings: N.B. we’re dealing with “prefamulated amulite… hydrocoptic marsel vanes are properly fitted to the ambifacient lunar wane shaft… successfully used for operating nofer trunnions… whenever a barescent skor motion is required, it may be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocating dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal depleneration…”
Inimitable Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Backwards and in high heels:
links for 2008-03-24
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ASCII, non-ASCII, etc
links for 2008-03-21
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via Cory Doctorow
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via information aesthetics… what I said a couple of days ago about More of Same
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ummm… that’s not funny?
Jill Bolte Taylor
This has been making the rounds for a few days, but I hadn’t watched it myself until just now. It’ll take 18 minutes of your attention to watch this, but DO IT. Just DO IT. I think I can guarantee that you’ll emerge another person…
Vlatko and Miroslav
I’ve been following the duo Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav Tadic for a few years, ever since encountering their Krushevo on the M.A. label (very high-end audio, unreservedly recommended). Daniel sent me a link to this:
…and I’ll just bet that this one will raise a few hairs on the back of collective necks, and occasion some twitching of fingers:
and how about this?
links for 2008-03-20
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via BoingBoing