BS: If you carrot all

Subject: BS: If you carrot all
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 06:38 PM

...be sure to beat your vegetables

(yes, I DID debate putting it above the line...but...)

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 06:39 PM

(from this page http://www.gemueseorchester.org/)

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 06:47 PM

Lettuce all try it!

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: RangerSteve
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 07:02 PM

My Mom always told me not to play with my food, she never said anything about playing my food.

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Peace
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 07:06 PM

Ya never know what will turn up on the 'cat. Bill? Where do you FIND this stuff?

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 07:28 PM

And for years I've thought only beans were musical!

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: John Hardly
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 07:51 PM

And the beet goes on
Yeah the beet goes on

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Genie
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 08:27 PM

Don't you just love Mudcat!? You never know what will turnip.

(I know some mudcatters have been known to beat their meat, so why not their veggie stew?)



OK, OK, folks, no tomatoes!

Peas,

Genie §;-D

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 09:10 PM

there's some REAL 'roots music' there!

Well, I found that one on a link from WFMU Radio page...which I found by finding this archive of shows from WFMU while searching for "Sol K Bright's Hollywaiians" because I heard "Hawaiian Cowboy" at http://cowboyculturalsociety.com/ I did have to listen to the whole show, but hey....

ain't the WWW grand?

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 09:21 PM

and naturally they showed it on YouTuber...

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: GUEST,Rustically Rebellious
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 10:28 PM

This guy walks into the Dr.s office with a carrot sticking out of his nose, a radish in one ear, and a banana in another. He says "Dr. I don't know what's wrong with me." The Dr. says, "Your not eating right."

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Genie
Date: 09 Jul 07 - 04:14 AM

Good one, RR!
ROFL!

Genie

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: JennyO
Date: 09 Jul 07 - 05:27 AM

In Australia, we have this guy - Linsey Pollak. He makes instruments out of practically any vegetable, and a lot of other things as well, such as music stands, chairs, watering cans and rubber gloves. You can hear some of them on his website.

I've seen him at the National Folk Festival a couple of times, and he is amazing. For instance, he'll stand on stage carving up a carrot, putting the holes in the right places, then a minute later he plays it like a whistle. He uses mouthpieces off real instruments for a lot of the blowing ones, and they sound just like a saxophone, an oboe, or whatever. The Rubber Glove Bagpipes are one of my favourites.

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Jul 07 - 06:38 PM

Guy walked into a doctors office and said 'I don't feel well. I eat snooker balls, I eat the red ones, the pink, the blue and the brown'.

Doc says....

'You're not getting enough greens'.

Archimbolo would be rolling in his grave.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Rowan
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 02:31 AM

Thanks, JennyO, you beat me to the mention of Linsey and I can't do blue clickies anyway. As well as his kitchen sink orchestra he used to perform a sequence called "Kev the roadie". If you ever get to hear it, you'll never disregard gaffer tape again.

Although he spent much time playing traditional instruments like the gaida (and I have a lovely story of him at Ennis in 1977) these days he spends a lot of time developing modern versions of reed instruments. His glass bass clarinet has to be both seen and heard to be believed.

But carrot clarinets used to be his forte too.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 10:21 AM

Isn't this a music thread?

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 08:58 PM

In the original post, I the creator...*grin*...decided it was not terribly musical. Clever, though...

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Rowan
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 09:14 PM

Having just looked at the video clip I'd have to agree, Bill D. The comment over my shoulder (from the offspring who've seen Linsey in action) was to the effect that the Vienna mob aren't nearly as good as he; Linsey Pollak is seriously good, musically, with what he does and I'd go well out of my way to see and hear him.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 11:53 PM

Yes, I meant to say that about Linsey Pollak. The music really is very good and the instruments sound quite beautiful. If anyone hasn't yet checked out his website that I linked to upthread, you can hear some of it on there.

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Celtaddict
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 12:17 AM

But I think I HAVE to learn to play a gurkophon.

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Genie
Date: 01 Sep 07 - 01:22 AM

Of course, with beans, you don't have to do anything but eat 'em. They're the natural "musical fruit," aren't they?

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: Big Jim from Jackson
Date: 01 Sep 07 - 10:24 AM

Two little boys in the orchestra were walking to practice. Said one to the other, "Lettuce turnip and pea."

Subject: RE: BS: If you carrot all
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 01 Sep 07 - 12:27 PM

Thanks for posting, Bill D.

I do not believe that you can take a carrot and make that flute-like sound with it. They must have modified it somehow.

Mostly it's a charming video, but it gave me the creeps to see someone driving the bit of an electric drill into a vegetable held in his hand. The damage to the hand if the wet vegetable slipped would be terrible.

Nonetheless I liked it enough to e-mail the link to my musical friends.