Monday
A friend of mine in San Francisco passed along this video of a marvelous arrangement performed by a classical Japanese orchestra.
It is well worth four and a half minutes of your time.
I must disagree, Dale... that is cosmopolitanism (good), not multiculturalism (bad).
Posted by Perry de Havilland at February 11, 2008 12:45 PM
Time well spent. Thank you.
Thinking about it, I gotta agree with Perry on that one.
Although, I think it is more properly called fusion.
Posted by CountingCats at February 11, 2008 12:55 PM
Yeah thanks Dale, very bizzarre!
I'm afraid I'm with Johnson on this one, when he talked of teaching dogs to dance. Something along the lines of "Not that it was done well, but that it was done at all"
Ian Gillan was the first musician I ever interviewed, by the way.
Oh and why do the singers sound like Apache indians psyching themselves up for the Little Big Horn?
Posted by RAB at February 11, 2008 02:05 PM
The plus side of multiculturalismYeah, it sure makes suicide bombings, ethnic ghettos, race riots, sharia law, and white flight all worth putting up with.
Posted by Jack at February 11, 2008 02:29 PM
RAB. Wasn't Little Big Horn fought by Sioux Indians?
Posted by Barnacle Bert at February 11, 2008 05:14 PM
It was fought by a coalition of the tribes I believe.
But you bugger ! I was temporarily dyslexic there, and couldn't spell Sioux, so I put Apache instead!
If they were not there, then they can feel duely admonished. Along the lines of Henry Vs speech on the eve of Agincourt!
Posted by RAB at February 11, 2008 05:34 PM
How about Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" for an encore?
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at February 11, 2008 06:01 PM
RAB. I'm pretty sure there were no Apache at Agincourt either!!.....Sorry about that, couldn't resist. :o)
Posted by Barnacle Bert at February 11, 2008 07:04 PM
I am a practitioner of the ancient art of Bung Dittin.
If you can, always do, is our motto. :-)
Posted by RAB at February 11, 2008 07:54 PM
My friend (who grew up in Japan) got a big kick out of it.
Posted by krm at February 13, 2008 01:37 AM
There might be a Fall market for designer clothespins, the absolutely required accessory for your election day wardrobe...
Posted by Dale Amon at February 13, 2008 01:47 PM
BTW, here are our party's candidates for nomination:
http://www.lp.org/libertydecides/
Posted by Dale Amon at February 13, 2008 01:53 PM
Hmm, an ethnically uniform traditional Japanese orchestra performing in Japan to an ethnically uniform Japanese audience demonstrating that it is possible to assimilate aspects foreign cultures without balkanizing the country with millions of low-quality immigrants.
Great example of multiculturalism!
Posted by AnotherJohn at February 18, 2008 08:33 AM
