This pump organ has been in my mother's family for a couple generations. She says it's over 100 years old.
It's a great looking pump organ. It does play, not well. Takes a lot of pumping in order to make sounds. It would need some work on the bellows, I think, in order for it to be a properly functioning pump organ.
It also comes with stool.
We want to sell it. If you're interested, you can drop by and see it, and make an offer.
for more details, contact me at sendit2me@gmail.com
This pump organ has been in my mother's family for a couple generations. She says it's over 100 years old.
It's a great looking pump organ. It does play, not well. Takes a lot of pumping in order to make sounds. It would need some work on the bellows, I think, in order for it to be a properly functioning pump organ.
It also comes with stool.
We want to sell it. If you're interested, you can drop by and see it, and make an offer.
for more details, contact me at sendit2me@gmail.com
Theme: Sing a song from the year you were born.
Is there hope for the fake judges? All three of the Bantam League judges upped their games considerably this week, and actually offered some good, smart, constructive criticism and advice. Randy didn't say "for me for you", not even once. Kara didn't get petulent and smarmy and try to offer up suggestions of what should have been sung, and only mentioned "artistry" maybe once. Paula even had some smart moments of elucidation. And to top it all off, Simon actually gave a standing ovation.
On to the performers:
Danny Gokey sang "Stand By Me". I had no idea Danny was 48 years old. Because, um, the song was written in, like, 1961. Oh, I see, you cheated the rules by claiming to sing the version that was released in the year you were born, but didn't really follow the structure of that version. Huh. Anyway, I thought Danny was quintessential Danny. Great voice, good performance. A solid opening. I still think I'd hate to have Danny as a friend, though. I think he'd always be hitting you up for money, or showing up late, or frustrating you over all kinds of minor things. Just like John Pritchard.
I agreed 100% with Simon who said "good opening to the song, lazy middle part, and very good ending."
Kris Allen performed "All She Wants To Do Is Dance". This was a song I had happily forgotten about. Now it's back in my consciousness. So, yeah, thanks Kris, for that. I pretty much agreed with the judges who weren't feelin' it, dawg. Guitar work got in the way of the vocal work. And neither guitar nor vocal was good enough to be of note. Still, he's cute.
Lil Rounds imitated Tina Turner with "What's Love Got To Do With It". Basically, just a bad cabaret performance of someone trying to be Tina Turner, right down to the movements and vocal tricks. Not a good job. I'm surprised by the decline of Lil Rounds. I had thought she'd be a strong contender every week, but she seems to be getting less and less valid as a potential winner (well, potential second place, because Adam's going to win it, even if he doesn't win it). Judges are right: she's lost who she is, and now just wanders the stage trying to belt out power-notes. I find her personality off-putting, too, which doesn't help.
Anoop Desai crooned "True Colors". Anoop settles back into the ballady-emotional guy and does a great job. Weird apology he made regarding last week. I'm not really sure what that was about. Anyway, pretty strong performance from Anoop.
Scott MacIntyre sang "The Search Is Over". He got away from the piano, and stood behind a mic, just him and his guitar (and the band). His guitar playing was pretty bad. Ugly sounding chord strumming there. His vocals weren't much better. Lots of bad notes. At least he looked and sounded a bit more passionate than previous weeks. Still, a pretty rotten job, I thought. Scott said "I just wanted to show I was versatile before I leave the show". Scott, playing mediocre piano and bad guitar doesn't make you versatile.
Allison Iraheta sand "I Can't Make You Love Me". I swear that before the song was over, I said "I don't like her personality", and then Simon went on to talk about how her personality is keeping her from soaring to the top. She has a wonderful voice, and does a good job with this song, but there's just something I don't like about her personality. Not sure what it is.
Matt Giraud sang "Part Time Lovers". Another song I'd have preferred to kept forgotten. Matt does a pretty good JT version of this song. Much better than his performance last week. I think Matt might be the most marketable of all the remaining Idol contestants.
Adam Lambert did "Mad World". Another standout performance from Adam. While I still don't care for his screeching vocals (which he kept to a minimum here), I can't deny that the guy is leaps and bounds above all the others in terms of showmanship and talent. Honestly, in the past few weeks, his personality has been growing on me. I think I need another bit of big indulgence from him next week to put him in his place in my head. Why is he a guy I don't want to like?
Top 4 performers: Adam, Danny, Anoop, Matt
Bottom 2 performers: Scott, Lil
Scott should be leaving.
Theme: Sing a song from the year you were born.
Is there hope for the fake judges? All three of the Bantam League judges upped their games considerably this week, and actually offered some good, smart, constructive criticism and advice. Randy didn't say "for me for you", not even once. Kara didn't get petulent and smarmy and try to offer up suggestions of what should have been sung, and only mentioned "artistry" maybe once. Paula even had some smart moments of elucidation. And to top it all off, Simon actually gave a standing ovation.
On to the performers:
Danny Gokey sang "Stand By Me". I had no idea Danny was 48 years old. Because, um, the song was written in, like, 1961. Oh, I see, you cheated the rules by claiming to sing the version that was released in the year you were born, but didn't really follow the structure of that version. Huh. Anyway, I thought Danny was quintessential Danny. Great voice, good performance. A solid opening. I still think I'd hate to have Danny as a friend, though. I think he'd always be hitting you up for money, or showing up late, or frustrating you over all kinds of minor things. Just like John Pritchard.
I agreed 100% with Simon who said "good opening to the song, lazy middle part, and very good ending."
Kris Allen performed "All She Wants To Do Is Dance". This was a song I had happily forgotten about. Now it's back in my consciousness. So, yeah, thanks Kris, for that. I pretty much agreed with the judges who weren't feelin' it, dawg. Guitar work got in the way of the vocal work. And neither guitar nor vocal was good enough to be of note. Still, he's cute.
Lil Rounds imitated Tina Turner with "What's Love Got To Do With It". Basically, just a bad cabaret performance of someone trying to be Tina Turner, right down to the movements and vocal tricks. Not a good job. I'm surprised by the decline of Lil Rounds. I had thought she'd be a strong contender every week, but she seems to be getting less and less valid as a potential winner (well, potential second place, because Adam's going to win it, even if he doesn't win it). Judges are right: she's lost who she is, and now just wanders the stage trying to belt out power-notes. I find her personality off-putting, too, which doesn't help.
Anoop Desai crooned "True Colors". Anoop settles back into the ballady-emotional guy and does a great job. Weird apology he made regarding last week. I'm not really sure what that was about. Anyway, pretty strong performance from Anoop.
Scott MacIntyre sang "The Search Is Over". He got away from the piano, and stood behind a mic, just him and his guitar (and the band). His guitar playing was pretty bad. Ugly sounding chord strumming there. His vocals weren't much better. Lots of bad notes. At least he looked and sounded a bit more passionate than previous weeks. Still, a pretty rotten job, I thought. Scott said "I just wanted to show I was versatile before I leave the show". Scott, playing mediocre piano and bad guitar doesn't make you versatile.
Allison Iraheta sand "I Can't Make You Love Me". I swear that before the song was over, I said "I don't like her personality", and then Simon went on to talk about how her personality is keeping her from soaring to the top. She has a wonderful voice, and does a good job with this song, but there's just something I don't like about her personality. Not sure what it is.
Matt Giraud sang "Part Time Lovers". Another song I'd have preferred to kept forgotten. Matt does a pretty good JT version of this song. Much better than his performance last week. I think Matt might be the most marketable of all the remaining Idol contestants.
Adam Lambert did "Mad World". Another standout performance from Adam. While I still don't care for his screeching vocals (which he kept to a minimum here), I can't deny that the guy is leaps and bounds above all the others in terms of showmanship and talent. Honestly, in the past few weeks, his personality has been growing on me. I think I need another bit of big indulgence from him next week to put him in his place in my head. Why is he a guy I don't want to like?
Top 4 performers: Adam, Danny, Anoop, Matt
Bottom 2 performers: Scott, Lil
Scott should be leaving.
Wait, so the Burger King wants to fuck Spongebob Squarepants in the ass? Is that what this commercial is about?
Wait, so the Burger King wants to fuck Spongebob Squarepants in the ass? Is that what this commercial is about?
This is pretty entertaining:
(From Boing Boing)
Dramatic readings of message-board posts about atheism from Christian fundamentalist message boards.
I love the conveyance of smiling smugness from the guy in the sweater and blue shirt.
And the guy in the hat does a wonderful job of committing to the conviction of what he's saying.
The guy with the facial hair has blind ignorant unapologetic uncaring faith down cold.
This is pretty entertaining:
(From Boing Boing)
Dramatic readings of message-board posts about atheism from Christian fundamentalist message boards.
I love the conveyance of smiling smugness from the guy in the sweater and blue shirt.
And the guy in the hat does a wonderful job of committing to the conviction of what he's saying.
The guy with the facial hair has blind ignorant unapologetic uncaring faith down cold.
This week's "theme" was, as far as I can tell, "songs that have notes and words". Or, songs available on iTunes. Well, officially, it was "popular downloads" on iTunes, but they never stipulated the rules for what "popular" means, so really it could have been anything.
I was hoping one of the contestants would pick a Chimp song, because, you know, Chimp's Thundercrack! CD is available on iTunes. Go seek it out. You'll love it. Alas, nobody sang any Chimp.
Paula looked awful last night. That dress made her hips look huge. Just sayin'.
Anoop started it off by singing Usher's "Caught Up". I don't know this song, and Anoop's version of it did very little for me. The 3 fake judges gave their usual blah-blah critiques, and Simon said it gave him a headache. I find that hard to believe, Simon. And if it's true, you should get that ailment checked out by a doctor. I'd suggest the doctor who prescribes Paula whatever pills she's always obviously on. I used to like Anoop, but lately he doesn't seem to know who he is. And his rebuttals of the judges opinions last night didn't become him.
By the way, I officially *hate* Kara. She has no sense of humour. And if I hear her say "instead of the song you sang, you should have sung {whatever song} or {another whatever song}." That's her thing: telling the contestants that they need to invent a time machine to go back in time and pick a different song. Also, Kara, stop fighting with people. Last night she got into an argument with some guy in the audience who yelled (i forget the exact phrase, but its meaning was "you always say the same boring thing, you're boring") something. The altercation ended with Kara whining to him "I'd like to see you get up here and do this" or something to that effect. If he was replacing you, Kara, then so would I. So would I.
Megan sang Bob Marley/Lauren Hill's "Turn Your Lights Down Low". Another song I wasn't very familar with. The chorus rang a bell. I want to like Megan, but I can't. I've given up on her and want her gone. Her problem is that she doesn't believe in what she's singing. It's like she's apologizing as she sings. No confidence in, and not enough control of, her voice. The judges all disliked her performance. Me too.
Danny sang "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts. I don't know this song at all, but Danny did a good job with it, I guess. He seemed to find the emotion within it, and sang well. I was expecting someone to comment on how the lyrics could have been applied to his dead wife, except instead of the "you left me" lyrics, she died. I'm glad nobody brought that up. A good performance.
Allison sang No Doubt's "Don't Speak". I didn't like this as much as the judges did. Although I wasn't as bothered by her outfit as the judges were. I didn't think her guitar playing added anything to the performance, and after she abandoned playing it, the guitar was an albatross around her neck. i found that she kind of shouted many of her notes, was rushing through the song, and basically wasn't present enough in her performance. Not bad, but not great. Paula tried to be cool by mentioning Allison's axe. Paula failed in her attempt to be cool.
Scott sang "Don't Go Changing" by Billy Joel. This was the song that proved to me that the contestants could pick any song they wanted. This was Scott's best performance to date, but it still felt empty and bland. Also, I'm sick of cut away shots to his ugly sister. What? She's ugly. Oh, so what. She's practically blind, it's not like she's going to read this. And if someone reads it to her, then that's their fault not mine. I'm just sayin' it like I see it. Scott's sister is ugly. Also, Scott can not look contemporay or cool while he has that curly Art Garfunkel hair. There is no way to make Scott look cool. Also, his piano playing is unspectacular. Paula gets into some catch-22 sentence about how when he sings she forgets about his blindness, but she'd need to be cognizant of his blindness in order to forget about it. Besides, why do they keep insinuating that it's wonderful what he's doing even though he's blind. It's not like he's the first blind person to sing and play the piano.
Matt sang The Fray's "You Found Me", another song I wasn't that familiar with. I liked it more than the judges did, but I'm not listening to him with the "can we make millions of dollars off this person" ears that the judges hear with. Not one of Matt's best nights, wonder if he's in trouble after last week's surprise "bottom three" selection.
Lil sang "I surrender" by Celine Dion. I did not like this song or performance. Lil looked a million years old, and her dress reminded my of Fat Aretha Franklin, what with emphasizing the big butt and ample bosoms, but not in a sexy way, but a fat way. Lil looked really weird as she sang, too, kinda like a hungry baby bird. The judges mostly liked it, but Simon was on my page by saying it was like a wedding performance. Then there was the weird thing where Ryan asked Lil's kids if they wanted to punch Randy. What? The? Fuck? Was? That? Seriously. What was that all about?
Adam sang "Play That Funky Music". It cannot be argued that he has an amazing voice, of which he has incredible control, and that he's got great stage presence, can play the crowd, and presents inventive versions of the songs he sings. However, I find the guy too show-offy. Yep. Too show-offy. Last night seemed to be pretty much a "watch this, everyone. Isn't it great!!" performance. Not as good as the judges creamed their jeans over. And Paula, everyone in the world recognizes that you had that little "Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, and Adam Lambert" speech prepared and memorized. Boo on you for doing that.
Kris Allen sang "Ain't No Sunshine", and it was the performance of the night. Very good, and the first time, for me, that Kris seemed to own the stage. Our little boy is growing up!
Best of the night, in order: Kris, Danny, Adam, Allison...
My least favourites: Megan, Anoop, Lil.
I'd like to see Scott, Megan and Anoop in the bottom three, with Scott going home. That won't happen though. I expect Matt, Megan or Anoop will leave the show (but be on the summer tour!!)
Whatevs.
This week's "theme" was, as far as I can tell, "songs that have notes and words". Or, songs available on iTunes. Well, officially, it was "popular downloads" on iTunes, but they never stipulated the rules for what "popular" means, so really it could have been anything.
I was hoping one of the contestants would pick a Chimp song, because, you know, Chimp's Thundercrack! CD is available on iTunes. Go seek it out. You'll love it. Alas, nobody sang any Chimp.
Paula looked awful last night. That dress made her hips look huge. Just sayin'.
Anoop started it off by singing Usher's "Caught Up". I don't know this song, and Anoop's version of it did very little for me. The 3 fake judges gave their usual blah-blah critiques, and Simon said it gave him a headache. I find that hard to believe, Simon. And if it's true, you should get that ailment checked out by a doctor. I'd suggest the doctor who prescribes Paula whatever pills she's always obviously on. I used to like Anoop, but lately he doesn't seem to know who he is. And his rebuttals of the judges opinions last night didn't become him.
By the way, I officially *hate* Kara. She has no sense of humour. And if I hear her say "instead of the song you sang, you should have sung {whatever song} or {another whatever song}." That's her thing: telling the contestants that they need to invent a time machine to go back in time and pick a different song. Also, Kara, stop fighting with people. Last night she got into an argument with some guy in the audience who yelled (i forget the exact phrase, but its meaning was "you always say the same boring thing, you're boring") something. The altercation ended with Kara whining to him "I'd like to see you get up here and do this" or something to that effect. If he was replacing you, Kara, then so would I. So would I.
Megan sang Bob Marley/Lauren Hill's "Turn Your Lights Down Low". Another song I wasn't very familar with. The chorus rang a bell. I want to like Megan, but I can't. I've given up on her and want her gone. Her problem is that she doesn't believe in what she's singing. It's like she's apologizing as she sings. No confidence in, and not enough control of, her voice. The judges all disliked her performance. Me too.
Danny sang "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts. I don't know this song at all, but Danny did a good job with it, I guess. He seemed to find the emotion within it, and sang well. I was expecting someone to comment on how the lyrics could have been applied to his dead wife, except instead of the "you left me" lyrics, she died. I'm glad nobody brought that up. A good performance.
Allison sang No Doubt's "Don't Speak". I didn't like this as much as the judges did. Although I wasn't as bothered by her outfit as the judges were. I didn't think her guitar playing added anything to the performance, and after she abandoned playing it, the guitar was an albatross around her neck. i found that she kind of shouted many of her notes, was rushing through the song, and basically wasn't present enough in her performance. Not bad, but not great. Paula tried to be cool by mentioning Allison's axe. Paula failed in her attempt to be cool.
Scott sang "Don't Go Changing" by Billy Joel. This was the song that proved to me that the contestants could pick any song they wanted. This was Scott's best performance to date, but it still felt empty and bland. Also, I'm sick of cut away shots to his ugly sister. What? She's ugly. Oh, so what. She's practically blind, it's not like she's going to read this. And if someone reads it to her, then that's their fault not mine. I'm just sayin' it like I see it. Scott's sister is ugly. Also, Scott can not look contemporay or cool while he has that curly Art Garfunkel hair. There is no way to make Scott look cool. Also, his piano playing is unspectacular. Paula gets into some catch-22 sentence about how when he sings she forgets about his blindness, but she'd need to be cognizant of his blindness in order to forget about it. Besides, why do they keep insinuating that it's wonderful what he's doing even though he's blind. It's not like he's the first blind person to sing and play the piano.
Matt sang The Fray's "You Found Me", another song I wasn't that familiar with. I liked it more than the judges did, but I'm not listening to him with the "can we make millions of dollars off this person" ears that the judges hear with. Not one of Matt's best nights, wonder if he's in trouble after last week's surprise "bottom three" selection.
Lil sang "I surrender" by Celine Dion. I did not like this song or performance. Lil looked a million years old, and her dress reminded my of Fat Aretha Franklin, what with emphasizing the big butt and ample bosoms, but not in a sexy way, but a fat way. Lil looked really weird as she sang, too, kinda like a hungry baby bird. The judges mostly liked it, but Simon was on my page by saying it was like a wedding performance. Then there was the weird thing where Ryan asked Lil's kids if they wanted to punch Randy. What? The? Fuck? Was? That? Seriously. What was that all about?
Adam sang "Play That Funky Music". It cannot be argued that he has an amazing voice, of which he has incredible control, and that he's got great stage presence, can play the crowd, and presents inventive versions of the songs he sings. However, I find the guy too show-offy. Yep. Too show-offy. Last night seemed to be pretty much a "watch this, everyone. Isn't it great!!" performance. Not as good as the judges creamed their jeans over. And Paula, everyone in the world recognizes that you had that little "Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, and Adam Lambert" speech prepared and memorized. Boo on you for doing that.
Kris Allen sang "Ain't No Sunshine", and it was the performance of the night. Very good, and the first time, for me, that Kris seemed to own the stage. Our little boy is growing up!
Best of the night, in order: Kris, Danny, Adam, Allison...
My least favourites: Megan, Anoop, Lil.
I'd like to see Scott, Megan and Anoop in the bottom three, with Scott going home. That won't happen though. I expect Matt, Megan or Anoop will leave the show (but be on the summer tour!!)
Whatevs.
Those who know me may know about my stated desire to assemble a choir of humans to perform a song, some song, using only our voices to imitate all the sounds and instrumentation. I've posted here before some attempts that came close to what I wanted to achieve.
But this video shows pretty much exactly what I was after, sonically speaking. Yet, after watching the video, I now see the errors of my desire.
To be fair, I think if these people didn't look like such outright knobs, the results might be much more pleasing.
As it is, though, their outfits diminish any pleasant feelings I could possibly muster. Seriously, what's with the head gear?
