Tagged

The fabulous Alex Shapiro tagged me in a meme, so here goes:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

My cubicle is lined with books at the top right corner, and closest to my reach was "When I'm Dead All this will be yours!" - Joe Teller, a portrait by his kid, Teller
Page 123 is a cartoon drawn by his dad with this caption:
The bookies used to meet at the flower stand.

I'll tag Dr. Dick, Mark Grube, Joyce DiDonato, Adam Carriere, and Molly Sheridan. All others are equally welcome to jump into this tide pool of literary goofiness. The more, the merrier!

Some fun

Here's a out of focus shot of the Claremont Trio and me, and not one of my better moments on mic...my engineers love to make fun of me, and all of my takes...
John's uhms [mp3 file]

Wha? [mp3 file]

Like Rehearsal? [mp3 file]

Of course, there is more where this came from.

Hear the real interview, with edits, here on the New Releases Blog.

Christmas Quiz

Legal departments can get out of hand with their political correctness, and here at ClassicallyHip, we think that the lawyers have gone too far this holiday season.

Can you name these Christmas Carols?


1. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief
The answer: "O Come All Ye Faithful!"

2. Embellish Interior Passageways

3. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist

4. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color

5. Soundless Nocturnal Period

6. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural

7. The Yuletide Occurence Preceding All Others

8. Precious Metal Musical Devices

9. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males

10. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage

11. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend

12. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural

13. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize

14. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future

15. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere

16. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period

17. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem

18. Song of Mirth About the Seat of the Intellect of an Uncastrated Porcine Male

19. Primary Color Between Green and Violet In The Visible Spectrum Annual Festival of the Christian Church Commemorating the Birth of Jesus

20. Female Ancestor Came Against With An Impact And Knocked Down By Large Deer of the Genus Rangifer, of Northern and Arctic Regions of Europe, Asia, and North America

For the answers (the REAL CAROLS!), click here.

Although these titles would work better for Frank's comments...

Enjoy a great holiday tune recorded live in Las Vegas!

Coming Up

Don't miss guitarist Paul Zavinsky & friends (yes, I'm fiddlin') over at Cornerstone Coffeehouse Saturday, December 16th in Camp Hill.
We'll also be back at Eckel's Drug Store on Friday, January 19th in Mechanicsburg.
Then over to Millersville to George Street Cafe on Friday, February 23rd.

Of course there are other times we're playing, say at Al Med, so why don't you email me and ask? We also play weddings, parties, et al.