tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post113650062090232194..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: First accordion lessonGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136661078556852732006-01-07T11:11:00.000-08:002006-01-07T11:11:00.000-08:00This is such a great post to be nostalgic in the m...This is such a great post to be nostalgic in the middle of dessert in Texas--I played accordian between age 12 and 16. It was a very popular instrument in China because, uh, weren't they from our brother communist countries in the Eastern Europe? I didn't love accordian then but I wish I could play now. We played many Soviet songs: The little path at the outskirt of Mowscow, Kaytusha (a girl's name as well as the name for a kind of cannon in the WWII), Red Berry Blossoms, The Boat Song of Volga...oh, all these old Russian tunes...I read in the New Yorker on time this story by Lara Vapnyer in which these former soviets sang a song about a winding path at a party, and I was jumping out of myself because it was the same song I played when I was young...<BR/>I remember another girl taught herself to play the music from a Japanese TV series, and our teacher was not very happy.Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074982821980440906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136590613125435012006-01-06T15:36:00.000-08:002006-01-06T15:36:00.000-08:00Marginally related- I'm playing music again too. ...Marginally related- I'm playing music again too. The guy I'm working with is John Huston of Ottumwa and <A HREF="http://www.thegrackles.com/" REL="nofollow">The Grackles</A> fame. He's posted some of the songs we'll be doing on a myspace page <A HREF="http://myspace.com/darkyellow" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>The name is tentative. I want him to change it to "Bristol City," which is cockney rhyming slang for "titty." He likes the idea but is cautious because there will likely be a girl in the band. I guess girls don't like the british seashore.cfphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229011285921460494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136574389815930482006-01-06T11:06:00.000-08:002006-01-06T11:06:00.000-08:00I must say that I find accordion music disturbing ...I must say that I find accordion music disturbing at some visceral, perhaps primeval level. There is something ominous about it. Next time I am writing a horror story, I will come over for some music to get in the properly freaked-out frame of mind.SERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373736323966370971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136573721262854622006-01-06T10:55:00.000-08:002006-01-06T10:55:00.000-08:00I may have been confusing -- there are two people....I may have been confusing -- there are two people. Accordion teacher lives about eight blocks away. Next door neighbor is simply into polka music. She's got an autographed Brave Combo CD, for example.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136573320803964442006-01-06T10:48:00.000-08:002006-01-06T10:48:00.000-08:00Agreed with Possum: a great post. The cover of tha...Agreed with Possum: a great post. The cover of that accordion primer is priceless and nostalgia-inducing.<BR/><BR/>I do, however, find it difficult to believe that your neighbor also plays the accordion. What are the odds? It would be like if my neighbor was taken to NASCAR races regularly as a child. Not impossible, but a noteworthy coincidence.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088461995698326658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136561847772169342006-01-06T07:37:00.000-08:002006-01-06T07:37:00.000-08:00Here's another gem that my neighbor, who has a bum...Here's another gem that my neighbor, who has a bumper sticker that says "I'm pro-accordion and I vote," told me:<BR/><BR/>Accordions don't play "Lady of Spain," people do.<BR/><BR/>There is a t-shirt of that at http://www.thosedarnaccordions.comGrendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136559872266851712006-01-06T07:04:00.000-08:002006-01-06T07:04:00.000-08:00Grendel, I am making an early request for you to l...Grendel, I am making an early request for you to learn how to play Rush's "Xanadu."Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484284471046027179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136556848720970232006-01-06T06:14:00.000-08:002006-01-06T06:14:00.000-08:00kelvin -- oh, it's out there. But it hides in the...kelvin -- oh, it's out there. But it hides in the dark, shameful corners of music sections. A lot of Irish, Mexican, Cajun, French, Italian, and American folk has accordion in it. Head to your library and you may discover, as I did, someone like <A HREF="http://www.joeburkemusic.com/" REL="nofollow">Joe Burke</A>.<BR/><BR/>semanticist, thanks for getting your funny on. Here are two others I've heard.<BR/><BR/>Definition of a gentleman: a man who knows how to play the accordion but doesn't. And: Q: what is a bassoon good for? A: Kindling for an accordion fire.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-1136502609832502432006-01-05T15:10:00.000-08:002006-01-05T15:10:00.000-08:00Kia Ora (Hello) & Happy New Year from a blogger do...Kia Ora (Hello) & Happy New Year from a blogger down under in New Zealand. I tried to learn once, but ended up making a "monkey" of myself !!! You don't really see CD's of the music palyed on accordian - wonder why ???Kelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021585582114434740noreply@blogger.com