This beautiful little animated short film needs to be shared with the world. Fans of the accordion and of Hugh Manatee–a.k.a the human spirit–will find it particularly touching.
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In no particular order (Actually, they’re in reverse chronological order):
wedding, play, garden, hike, learning
Catherine Burton (Bunton?), R.I.P.
lots of big musical news, and links galore
Enjoy!
First of all, I’d like to say that I hope you’re having a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season. I’d also like to thank you for reading BFS&T all this time, and for bearing with me through the hiatus. And speaking of BFS&T, it celebrated its third anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Let’s all raise a glass of some sis-boom-bah for that.
I should mention that I’m in Seattle for the holiday week, and that this will only be a short entry, but I did want to share with you the new insult I learned today. I overheard it on a kids’ show that my niece was watching.  A boy band of sorts was trying to put on a Christmas concert, and a policeman was harassing them and trying to thwart the concert, and one of the guys in the band referred to him as a ‘blowhole.’ As in, “Hey, shut your piehole, you blowhole!”
I think that’s going to be my new favorite insult from now on. I love it because it sounds a bit risque and naughty without actually being naughty. Adam Carolla’s clever portmanteau ‘jackhole’ works the same way.  ‘Manhole’ is similarly not-naughty, but in that context it just sounds all kinds of wrong. So ‘blowhole’ is perfect.
You’re welcome. And Merry Christmas.
When I arrived, I got out of my car and noticed that my friend Skip’s car had a piece of plastic where the rear passenger window should have been. I tried to call him to find out what happened, but there was no answer, so I sent him a text asking if anything had been taken. No response, so I signed onto VisageTome to find that practically everyone I knew had posted an update saying something to the effect of, “Skip’s cello STOLEN! It looks like [description]. . .please help!”
It happened this afternoon on Northeast 13th Avenue, sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Here’s Skip’s description of the instrument:
“There’s a coffee stain on the bridge of the instrument. It’s very dusty and has a large area of finger nail scratches on the right side. It’s made by Virgilio Cappelini 1982 in Cremona, Italy and the label inside says so. It has a metal tailpiece (all scratched up) and a Shuback bridge.”
If you have this cello (and if you’re not Skip), IT IS NOT YOURS and you should do the right thing and turn it in to the police. They are looking for it (AND FOR YOU!) and so are hundreds of Skip’s friends. You’d better pray that the police find you before one of us does.
