This instrument is called a “hang drum”.
The woman playing it is named Yuki Koshimoto.
Pretty darn cool.
Man, I love music so much.
What a world of music….even the birds….especially the birds!
This world could have been a gray and soundless place.
We lucked out, huh?
This is pretty foreign to my experience.
I grew up in the Lutheran church tradition.
We didn’t clap a lot….or play unusual musical instruments….or sit on fancy pillows and burn incense.
That’s not the way Lutheran worshippers roll.
I like this music, though.
It’s sensitive…..considered….and these guys really seem to listen to each other.
That’s good music….the listening part is as important as the making noise part.
You have to listen when you’re improvising like these guys are.
We’re all improvising…every day….even if we’re not playing music….but we don’t always do such a good job of listening.
God reaches out….but we don’t listen.
It’s hard to listen when the goal is to be heard.
I wonder if I’ll ever learn to really listen well?
Slow TV.
Leave it to the Norwegians.
Vikings.
Brave.
Norwegians! The only people fearless enough and patient enough to broadcast a 7 hour train trip in real time….and enjoy watching the results.
I can waste a lot of time “fast”….how much better would it be if I took a long trip….slow?
Those Norwegians….we’re pretty darn cool.
What a job….getting sent someplace different from what you know….to report on it.
What a good deal to be able to experience some of these things.
Here’s a story about a reporter who goes to Northern Finland to meet a Saami reindeer herder who lives in the wild for part of the year to care for his herd.
That is cool.
It must be the Norwegian in me that responds to all this cold and snow.
Good stuff….herding reindeer and getting to go see it….for a job.
Nice work if you can get it.
Awwwww.
Nice.
When you’re done being a rockstar, this is what you should do with your money.
Here’s the YouTube description of this video….
Alban “Snoopy” Pfisterer is still perhaps most well known as the drummer for the rock-band ‘Love’ who rose to fame in the late 60’s. After leaving the group though, Alban’s life took a very different turn, leading him away from life in the public eye and into a remote and beautiful cabin in the forests of Olympia, Washington.
This home is filled with organic design and natural elements that gives a true feeling of belonging amongst it’s forest surroundings. Now out of the public eye, here Alban can retreat, find solace and create new music which you can find here: https://goo.gl/yB7FSe
Video by “Living Big in a Tiny House”.
Thanks for another good one!
I don’t think that Jimmy Carter is remembered for having a very successful presidency.
That’s the feeling I get if I listen to Rush Limbaugh, at least.
I don’t want to listen to Rush Limbaugh.
Listen to this speech, though.
He was a different sort of president than…..wellllllll…..what we have now.
I don’t think that you can be an honest man and still be a “good” politician.
I don’t think that you can be a liar and still be a good politician….but you can probably be a “good” politician.
You can’t be a good man if you’re a liar….but you might be a good politician.
That’s kind of confusing, I suppose.
Who do you trust these days?
Yesterday, it was the Congo Dandies.
Today….the “cult of materialism”.
Awwww, what the heck….new stuff is fun.
I like new stuff as much as the next guy.
My motivations are hard to figure out.
There are so many ways to live…..how’d we ever decide on the “right” way?
How’d we ever decide that stuff was so good?
Congo Dandies!
Man, this is intense….materialism at its finest…or worst.
Here’s some dudes who dress up in their fanciest clothes….in an area where most of the people don’t make a lot of money….and, who, through their efforts, are local celebrities because of how dapper they look.
You know, though….it’s only the extreme contrast between the fancy dress and their surroundings that make it look strange.
We all do that….dress to impress.
I’m kind of scruffy….but I suppose that even I do that.
I know that when I wear my old “Dead Air” t-shirt that I’m going to get some good comments on it.
So even “scruffy” has a sense of style.
One of these fellows was showing off a pair of shoes….I think that he called them “Westons”….that he saved for 2 years to get.
He said that normally he would have bought a plot of land with the money, but that he needed the shoes to keep being a dandy.
He has a family that looks like they are having a hard time…. but he looks pretty sharp walking around town in his Westons.
A plot of land would have been a good purchase.
We’re the same, though.
We just don’t have that extreme comparison to draw attention to how weird some of our purchases are.
Who knew that you could convert an E150 into a popup?
I don’t know what purpose it serves, though, other than providing ventilation and raising the ceiling some.
Still, just to show alternate possibilities, it’s fun to see this.
You can buy practically anything to do conversions.
Here’s a site that sells RV stuff….just the first one I pulled up….not endorsed or anything….called “Big Discount RV”.
Conversions.
That’s kind of enticing.