Thursday, October 26, 2006
swing dancing presentation
I hope everyone enjoyed my presentation with Mary Beth on swing dancing...I had a ton of fun, and am glad Zach was able to come in and help out. thanks so much for participating, everyone, i was really nervous that no one would want to dance and I don't know what I would have done. so...feedback would be nice. if you missed it or are in the afternoon session...sorry I think you really missed out!
episodes 4 and 5
I couldn't get episodes 4 and 5 to play at all. it stopped after the introduction every time...so I listened to that for a long time, over and over again and hoped that would suffice.
I'll try again on my roommates computer if i can later
I'll try again on my roommates computer if i can later
Episode 3
A few thoughts on my favorite parts of the folkway episode 3
I loved listening to all of the different types of music that folkway produced. for example, the difference between Goodnight Irene by Leadbelly and the Motown Rag to Pete Seeger and the childrens songs in spanish.
I loved the poem by Nikki Geovani (sp?)
"The women gather because it is not unusual to seek comfort in our hours of stress
a man must be buried. it is not unusual that old bury the young, though it is an abomination.
it is not strange that the unwise and the ungentle carry the banner of humaneness though it is a castration of the spirit.
it no longer shadows the intellect that those who make war call themselves diplomats
we are no longer surprised that the unfaithful pray loudest every sunday in every church..."
I would put more but its really hard to write what she's saying because I had to pause after every line and its hard to move backwards very precisely. I could probably write a whole blog just on that poem and what I thought of it...I'll just say the line about the unfaithful praying the loudest is often so true.
I loved the song What Side are You On? by the almanac singers. I grew up listening to Pete Seeger as a kid and still do sometimes, so I recognized his voice. the song sort of reminded me of Bob Dylan's "you've gotta serve somebody"
I also liked the Ella Jenkins song lyric "you can travel in a song" which is so true. songs are often a way for me to sort of escape from reality and travel in my mind to somewhere else.
I didn't know Bob Dylan went under the name Blind Boy Grunt. the name fits his voice well!
I loved listening to all of the different types of music that folkway produced. for example, the difference between Goodnight Irene by Leadbelly and the Motown Rag to Pete Seeger and the childrens songs in spanish.
I loved the poem by Nikki Geovani (sp?)
"The women gather because it is not unusual to seek comfort in our hours of stress
a man must be buried. it is not unusual that old bury the young, though it is an abomination.
it is not strange that the unwise and the ungentle carry the banner of humaneness though it is a castration of the spirit.
it no longer shadows the intellect that those who make war call themselves diplomats
we are no longer surprised that the unfaithful pray loudest every sunday in every church..."
I would put more but its really hard to write what she's saying because I had to pause after every line and its hard to move backwards very precisely. I could probably write a whole blog just on that poem and what I thought of it...I'll just say the line about the unfaithful praying the loudest is often so true.
I loved the song What Side are You On? by the almanac singers. I grew up listening to Pete Seeger as a kid and still do sometimes, so I recognized his voice. the song sort of reminded me of Bob Dylan's "you've gotta serve somebody"
I also liked the Ella Jenkins song lyric "you can travel in a song" which is so true. songs are often a way for me to sort of escape from reality and travel in my mind to somewhere else.
I didn't know Bob Dylan went under the name Blind Boy Grunt. the name fits his voice well!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Jamming the jamboree
Sorry about the lack of posts on my part...like most people I've been really busy with midterms and papers the last couple weeks but it looks like things are finally settling down...a little bit.
I liked the idea we had of doing a Mockumentary on a junk band and then performing as the same band. it would be kind of like A Mighty Wind i think...we could play the video in Oyate and then point people to the performance in Edson. Not everyone would ahve to be in the band I don't think, some people could be other characters in the mockumentary or be doing filming/editing and hang out in Oyate during the Jamboree. The basic plot of the mockumentary would probably be about a junk band or hillbilly band and how they're performing in Edson. we could also have a couple smaller junk bands who would take turns performing, which might be a little less chaotic.
Anywho...I'll try to post more soon and much more often than I have before.
I liked the idea we had of doing a Mockumentary on a junk band and then performing as the same band. it would be kind of like A Mighty Wind i think...we could play the video in Oyate and then point people to the performance in Edson. Not everyone would ahve to be in the band I don't think, some people could be other characters in the mockumentary or be doing filming/editing and hang out in Oyate during the Jamboree. The basic plot of the mockumentary would probably be about a junk band or hillbilly band and how they're performing in Edson. we could also have a couple smaller junk bands who would take turns performing, which might be a little less chaotic.
Anywho...I'll try to post more soon and much more often than I have before.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
my song of choice
Well, I must admit, I completely forgot to blog on what song I'm going to research and write about. So, better late than never I suppose. I'm planning on "Man of Constant Sorrow" by many artists, including Bob Dylan, the Stanley Brothers and the fictitious Soggy Bottom Boys in O Brother Where Art Thou.
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