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I don't like jazz, either
[shocked more than the shocked emoticon can describe emoticon]
how darest thou say that!?
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Now now Jazz, we can`t all like the same things. Don`t be tooo hurt, do YOU like Bob Denver? (she says while fleeing for fear of the oncoming storm)
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how darest thou say that!?
Why, because it's just squankings and honkings--positively
hurts my ears--and my ever-so-tender sensibilities.
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Jackie said, of Jazz (the music, not the man) it's just squankings and honkings"Squankings" - bewdiful, I'll have to remember that one. While not the most devout jazz afficionado since Bix, I am quite partial to the less strident forms of the genre. I have uploaded to my driveway acount two small pieces, both involving a "fiddle", one featuring two jazz icons, the other as a supremely altruistic gesture to our beleaguered Kentuckians. I leave you to guess which one I consider just squankings and honkings
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Dearest Max! Thank you, thank you, for putting that there! I just chortled all the way through it! Yes, I know that song very well. I've seen Bill Monroe and the
Bluegrass Boys perform several times, at the annual
Bluegrass Music Festival here in town.
Overall, I prefer the instrumental bluegrass tunes, simply because more players than not do it for love of the music, not because they have good voices. And yes, Bill sings in
true-blue Kentucky twang. Not all that pleasant, but it is
real--a true reflection of what and who we are, so I don't mind it (too much). The instrumental pieces: I double-dog
dare ANYbody to keep their toes from tappin' to the beat!
We'd sit in the sun all day at these festivals, cooler with
appropriate beverages at our side, and go home well after dark with hands and throats sore from clapping and "hollering". This was two girlfriends and me, and we got to know some of the bands rather well.
Aside: Years ago when we were young and Faldage-I-mean-foolish, we went to a costume party where a friend "wore"
the most unusual costume I've ever seen: He had a 2" square
cut out of the seat of his jeans, giving a view of his
underwear-less, blue-painted backside--he had come as
Blue Moon of Kentucky!
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Set aside any currently held bias about jazz until you watch the current Ken Burns series "Jazz." It is an education (!) and filled with terrific music, rare performance clips, all so very well done you forget it's a documantary! Covers Jazz from its beginnings to present.
On Public Broadcasting in USA -- I hope it will be available outside the country.
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re: Anyone wanna wrap their lips around Puyallup?
In the SW of Western Australia, there's a plethora of place names that end in "up" - eg Yallingup, Yunderup, Balingup, Mullallyup. Originates from the local Aboriginal (Noongyar - pron. Noong-arr, short oo, sounds like 'u' in full) language and said to mean "place of", particularly in reference to a place of water.
So how'd Puyallup get a Noongyar name??
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There's a few I've flagged before (eg Toodyay ("2-jay") & Derby (Derby - NOT Darby) in WestOz), but just thought of anotheree......Canowindra in NewSouthOz.
Can-ow-n-dra (ow as in ouch) NOT Can-no-windra. Funny name, gorgeous town but!
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I have enjoyed the PBS "Jazz" series, and as someone who has heard this information in many forms in the past, it is refreshing to see it, as well as listen to it. It is interesting to hear (second hand) that the "fools" on public radio gave this show a "less than good" review, probably for the same reason I don't listen to them often (a bit pretentious and pseudo...a lot of things). As for "squanking and honking"... these are the sounds that some souls need for catharsis. At least it responds (somehow) to repetition  (Hi Marty). Jackie - Does the name come from the actual grass variety? Is it specifically from Kentucky? I'm with you all the way on the toe tappin' challenge - but "double-dog dare", whew, that's even futher than our "double dare" - Where does the dog come from - fit in - do - what kind of dog? 
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Ah, sweet musick to my ears! Yes, bluegrass music is named after the grass, which is our state's nickname: Kentucky is the Bluegrass State. (Interesting, since we're really a commonwealth--see past thread.) Bluegrass is found primarily around Lexington, which is horse farm country. Well, catharse all you want with your squankings, but please let me get out of earshot. I really dislike saxophone, most of the time. Not that fond of clarinet, either. For some reason, oboe doesn't grate like those 2. What kind of dog? Why, a blue-tick coon hound, of course!
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