tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post9008383494000865562..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Strange Musical MarriagesJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-45608219109326416592008-04-04T18:48:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:48:00.000-05:00[after reading the Wikipedia entry] Clearly, I nee...[after reading the Wikipedia entry] Clearly, I need to get out more.<BR/><BR/>They're cool, Kári. Thanks for cluing me in further.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-81667319442746931762008-04-04T18:31:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:31:00.000-05:00Ohhhh, if you haven't seen Leningrad Cowboys Go Am...Ohhhh, if you haven't seen <I>Leningrad Cowboys Go America</I> then you simply haven't lived, my friend. Get thee to thy NetFlix queue!<BR/><BR/>Before there was Borat there were the Leningrad Cowboys, brainchild of Aki Kaurismäki, Finland's premier art-house director. Think <I>Spinal Tap</I> meets ... well, Finland, basically. They start off playing traditional Russian folk music, but their Kárihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06000804601372463795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-56449401195603583692008-04-04T06:18:00.000-05:002008-04-04T06:18:00.000-05:00Kári,Thanks for the context (a movie, you s...Kári,<BR/>Thanks for the context (a <I>movie</I>, you say!?). As you no doubt know, in the States there's more than a little suspicion (that would be the polite way of putting it) of rock & roll made by continental European bands. But this . . . obviously, it won't make some purists happy, but to me once I got past the incongruity/-ies I sensed a sincere joy in their performance. As John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-85050729401649820692008-04-02T18:24:00.000-05:002008-04-02T18:24:00.000-05:00I dunno. It all makes perfect sense to me. But the...I dunno. It all makes perfect sense to me. But then I suppose I've been an admirer of the Cowboys' work for about as long as I can remember, having seen the film when I was only a wee lad.<BR/><BR/>The film, incidentally, is fantastic. And is no less bizarre a pairing than this, given that it is heavily influenced by the Blues Brothers.Kárihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06000804601372463795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-77802148116867906952008-04-01T08:09:00.000-05:002008-04-01T08:09:00.000-05:00Winston,Re your second inquiry: This morning I got...Winston,<BR/>Re your second inquiry: This morning I got curious and so I did a Google Images search for "MacGyver." Turns out that my post is #2 on the page. How that can be is a mystery to me; I don't think of my blog as a high-traffic site, and one of the things Google does is list its results in order of "popularity." Besides, your site has more traffic than mine does (I assume).<BR/><BR/>John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-2755447993019237772008-04-01T07:13:00.000-05:002008-04-01T07:13:00.000-05:00I saw this over at Papa Meloney's also. Sat in awe...I saw this over at Papa Meloney's also. Sat in awe as I watched and listened. That was two days ago and I still don't know what to say...<BR/><BR/>BTW, your name in lights and implementation of your secret at nobodyasked has not yet yielded results. Is there some normal latency period to be expected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-39775690253469030652008-04-01T06:50:00.000-05:002008-04-01T06:50:00.000-05:00Randall,So--no funny hair, but I take it the Red A...Randall,<BR/><BR/>So--no funny hair, but I take it the Red Army Choir is okay with you?<BR/><BR/>Ordinarily, I'd agree with you: If someone had approached me with the question of whether this would be cool, I'd have said, This musical mooncow should never have been conceived. But there's something about the sheer joy in this performance and--weird hair aside--the sincerity of it that makes me John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-4818846801613858372008-04-01T06:36:00.000-05:002008-04-01T06:36:00.000-05:00Finnish people with weird hair should not be allow...Finnish people with weird hair should not be allowed to sing American Southern Rock. I will not argue about this.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-66541095528853845632008-03-31T20:50:00.000-05:002008-03-31T20:50:00.000-05:00Exactly.I kept trying to work out post titles that...Exactly.<BR/><BR/>I kept trying to work out post titles that would do this thing's strangeness some kind of justice . . . I finally gave up. It's a rare experience that exists beyond our ability to label it, and this is definitely one of themJohn B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-62752756731708281412008-03-31T20:41:00.000-05:002008-03-31T20:41:00.000-05:00it is jsut...SOOOOO meta it defies comment.it is jsut...<B>SOOOOO</B> <I>meta</I> it defies comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com