It's Friday, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/20/2019 at 17:08 • Filed to: None

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I’ll have a beer. And one for my horse.

Any big plans for the weekend? It’s a ballet weekend for me. No, I’m not dancing. Ballet Austin is dancing to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . You might recognize it as the generic soundtrack to lots of Medieval action movies, including Excalibur . It’s an awesome piece, if you’ve never heard it. One show tonight, two tomorrow, and another on Sunday afternoon. My son is headed to McAllen for a marching competition. They have to be at school at 4:30 tomorrow morning, and will be home about the same time Sunday morning. That’s a long bus ride.

Y’all have a safe weekend.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:09

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Hoping for some wheeling tomorrow. Weather and house related project permitting .

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:18

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why the long face

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:19

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Regrettably, I’m going to be behind the wheel for 10+ hours tomorrow , as my 90 year old great uncle passed away two weeks ago and I’m going to a service. Korean War vet, surgeon, Texan, something of a legend.

PowderHound > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:21

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Hiking? Biking? Camping? Fishing? I’m trying to figure out what the weather is going to do before I decide

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:22

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Cheers from me and these jive turkeys.

B eautiful day here in Michigan won’t get many more like this. So yard work it is.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:22

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fixing my bike again this weekend... 3 punctures in a week and a half...im either having the shittiest luck with sharp stuff on the roads.....or my rim is causing it...i did notice the rimtape was pretty fubar when i changed tires

other than that its f1 and hopefully sleep.....so tired

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:22

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This is the alibi photo for the drunk Amish guys in the other post...

“See, the horse was always our designated driver!  Here he is drinking soda-and-lime...”

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/20/2019 at 17:23

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I’m sorry to hear that. My condolences. I’m ready for a road trip, though, just not under circumstances like that. Safe travels.

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/20/2019 at 17:24

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Have you run your hand inside the tire to see if there is something stuck through it that is puncturing the new tubes? That happened to me once. It was a thorn I picked up on a trail that wasn’t showing on the outside of the tire.

ttyymmnn > vondon302 09/20/2019 at 17:25

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Michigan-place of my birth (Ann Arbor, 1966. Yes, my dad was going to U of M).

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:27

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i did.... hell i swapped a brand new tire on three days ago 

Goggles Pizzano > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:28

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I’ll Probably have a whisky and a charcutarie board some time this weekend. Watch the r ai n and a movie or two. Hopefully meeting some friends on Sunday evening. Today being Friday, I’m dancing.

BeaterGT > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:35

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Birthday weekend, getting together with friends and family. Possibly some mtn biking if I'm not in recovery mode. 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:38

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The trip to the coast at least passes through some interesting country. I wonder if the ‘64 Galaxie police car with red “gumball machine ” light is still parked along the route like it was a few years ago... lots of neat sights of cars and things.

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 17:39

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My wife's a wolverine and it's still a sweet town.

ttyymmnn > vondon302 09/20/2019 at 18:24

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I almost went to grad school there. I ended up going elsewhere, and things worked out well in the long run, but I think I would have enjoyed it there. 

ttyymmnn > Goggles Pizzano 09/20/2019 at 18:25

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Send some of that rain my way, please.

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/20/2019 at 18:25

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Then go buy a lottery ticket. Nobody can have that much bad luck. You’re due for some good luck.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 18:29

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i was thinking that

the jackpot this month is 10.000 euros every month for 30 years

that’d be nice

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/20/2019 at 18:50

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You could buy a lot of beer with that.....

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 18:53

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a new beater every month too :D

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 19:12

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I’ve certainly heard parts of Camina Burana, but never the whole thing. I’m listening to it now. I also looked up the lyrics translated. Holy shit!  

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/20/2019 at 19:20

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Yeah, the lyrics are pretty wild. Some ancient Latin text or something, at least in some ancient dialect. The influence of that piece is far-reaching, especially in movie music. Listen to the soundtrack of the original Conan movie. That’s one of my all-time favorite scores.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 19:28

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I've gotta work tomorrow so it ain't Friday in my book! Thankfully I get to play with helicopters though so I can't really complain. And I'm getting comp time for it so itll come in handy. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 19:38

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Being a library nerd, I had to read up on it. The piece is a selection of 24 poems out of a collection of like 2400 from 13th century Bavaria about what a bunch of Monks, medieval scholars and students were doing in their drunken free time at the tavern.

Drunken tales of revelry and strip poker at the tavern? Check.

Love, love lost, lust and virgins so full of desire for each other they’re about to explode? Check.

A take on fate and fortune dark enough to make Townes Van Zandt seem like he was blowing sunshine out his ass? Check.

It’s awesome. I’ll have to checkout that soundtrack.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/20/2019 at 20:12

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The p re-concert lecture is going on right now. I think I’ll go out there and share this with the audience. Infinitely more interesting than what the musicologist is prattling in about.

XJDano > ttyymmnn 09/20/2019 at 21:21

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This weekend is open except a kiddo pool party Sunday.

Next weekend it’s crazy With a Cardinals baseball game Friday night, Local Union picnic at Grant’s Farm, NHRA nationals elimination day Sunday.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/21/2019 at 01:06

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Vastly more people would come see this performed if they knew what they were actually singing about. They also wouldn’t bring their kids.

The next time you all perform this, you ought to see of they can project a real-time translation of the lyrics for the audience.

Thanks for posting this. I clicked on the BBC link in your post. It had some very limited subtitles, but it was enough to catch my eye and send me down the glorious rabbit hole of figuring out exactly what I was listening to.

I had no idea previously that it was a nerdy take on 13th century sex, drugs and rock n’ roll (so to speak) Bavarian style.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/21/2019 at 01:34

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The projected subtitles are called “supertitles,” and they are not included in this performance. The ballet company told the patrons that this is an “all ages” production. There is a children’s chorus that sings. I can assure you that most people have no idea what is actually being sung.

Glad you enjoyed it. It’s a gas to play.

Shoop > ttyymmnn 09/21/2019 at 01:51

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I’m putting white steelies on my truck!!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/21/2019 at 03:40

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That BBC performance of it also had a children’s choir. I don’t know if they only sing part of it (maybe the more innocuous movements about spring?), but I’m amused at the juxta position of a children’s choir singing about drunken revelry and unbridled sexual desire in Latin.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/21/2019 at 05:13

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The children’s choir sings one number, close to the end of the piece. 

ttyymmnn > Shoop 09/21/2019 at 05:14

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Pics or it didn’t happen.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/21/2019 at 09:29

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That made me spray coffee on my monitor at the thought of a children’s choir singing L atin lyrics that translate along the lines of “i f a boy with a girl ,tarries in a little room, happy is their coupling. Love rises up, and between them ,prudery is driven away, ineffable game begins in their limbs, arms and lips” or things like “my virginity makes me frisky, my simplicity holds me back...”

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/21/2019 at 12:34

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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/21/2019 at 12:55

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Also found down the rabbit hole was this.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/21/2019 at 13:18

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I’ve seen that. It’s good.

Here’s a somewhat more modern take, an electronic version by Ray Manazrek, formerly of The Doors. I’m not sure where he manages to cut 25 minutes out of the piece. He probably eliminates some of the repeats. 

Shoop > ttyymmnn 09/22/2019 at 02:16

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Give me authorship again lol