Here’s a very nice song from Ansembel Lojze Slak from Slovenia. This song is about Mount Triglav the national symbol of Slovenia and the subject of many Slovene songs and folklore. Hope you enjoy this beautiful song. My thanks to “polkasdu07″ for posting this on Youtube.

Wow…this brings back memories!!!! These guys are from Switzerland and the name of their group is Top Secret Drum Corps.  Very cool.

Dear Friends...

A Night With The Jersey Devil

Hear me now!
I was born 13th child, ‘neath the 13th moon
Spit out all hungry and born anew

Daddy drag me to the river tie me in rocks
Throw me in where it’s deep and wide
I go down, I don’t die
Hole in the river bottom, I crawl through
Come back kill six brothers and sisters, kill papa too
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They gonna know me wherever I go

Into my bed with her kerosene my mama creep
Set my flesh to burning, whilst I sleep

I burn, burn, burn, till my soul burn black
Black rains fall, I come back, I come back
Get down Mama, get down low
They gonna know me wherever I go

16 witches, cast 16 spells
Make me a guitar outta skin and human skull
Sing you a song like the wind in the sandy loam
Bring you baby out your happy home

Ram’s head, forked tail, clove hoof, love’s my trail
I sup on your body, sip on your blood like wine
Out world theirs, this world mine

So kiss me baby till it hurts
God lost in heaven, we lost on earth
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They gonna know me wherever I go
Wherever I go, wherever I go

Well I got a brand new lover
I love her yes I do,
She’s my one and only and her name is Baby Blue …

Richard Wright 1943-2008

Keyboardist and founding father of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, has died from cancer. Due to his very private demeanor, Wright was probably the most unknown member of Pink Floyd, though his contributions are irrefutable. What would 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon be like without his compositions “Us and Them” and “The Great Gig In The Sky” or his beautiful vocal harmonies blending with David Gilmour and Roger Waters lead vocals?

I found Pink Floyd, as most American teenagers do, during my high school years and my love for them grew through college and continues to this day. I have very fond memories of listing to Echoes from the Meddle album which is based around Wright’s single piano note. I was never fortunate enought to see Pink Floyd during their last tour but the Pulse album and concert DVD are near the top of my all time favorites list.

It is a sad day for the music community as Wrights passing puts to rest not only a gifted musician and by all accounts a wonderful person, but also any chance of a reunion of the founding members of Pink Floyd.

R.I.P Richard Wright…The Great Gig In The Sky awaits!

It’s always a sad day when a legend dies, but even more so when most people didn’t even know his name. Don LaFontaine was “THE VOICE OF GOD” narrator of thousands of movie trailers, tv promos and commercials. We all knew his voice and finally saw him in a rare on camera spot for Geico Insurance.

As an audio engineer in the video post-production world I knew who Mr. Fontaine was and loved his work. Honestly, I dreamed of recording him one day.  He had a unique style and delivery and could make our imaginations run wild with a few short words.  Who knows…maybe God will contract Don to do his voiceover work!

This is great!  Awesome combination of saint names in this song….must have taken some time to get them right.  If you’re Roman Catholic and haven’t heard of SQPN.com go check them out.  They have a great group of podcasts there and Father Roderick is very entertaining.

This is a cool video I found based on a video posted here on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website. I just think this is a very innovative and artistic way to use this flight pattern data. No to mention that it is staggering to believe how many planes are in the air without incident.

Below is the explanation from the NASA page.

Explanation: What are these Earthlings going? Millions of people move about planet Earth by airplane every day. Hundreds of thousands of airplane flights take place over the US every day. A dramatic graphical depiction of these flights was created by Aaron Koblin and is shown above. Clicking on the above image will bring up a movie in many web browsers, a movie that might better be visible here. The movie depicts flight patterns that occurred over a few days in 2005 March. The count on the lower left shows the number of USA-related flights at the time listed on the lower right. The trails shown are not contrails but rather generated artificially by a computer algorithm. Major cities in North America and the USA are discernable. Inspection of the movie shows that some times of the day are busier than others, indicating that flights leave some destinations at times that are convenient for travelers. In terms of distance, flying to a distant location is much safer than driving to that location. Flying in an airplane, however, remains slightly more dangerous than driving to a nearby airport.

I also think the music worked pretty well too!

As a music school graduate I know first hand how hard conduction can be.  Well this amazing video shows a conductor with perfect timing. This conductor’s timing is programmed I assume.  Very cool none the less. I don’t think any human conductors are shaking their batons in worry of being replaced.

This is probably my all time favorite songs by Lojze Slak.  I believe that the title “V Dolini Tihi” is translated roughly to “The Quiet Valley”.  I understand the song is a sad tail about a friend that has left.

Here’s a great video of America’s Polka King, Frankie Yankovic, performing on the Tonight Show hosted by the Kink of Late Night Television, Johnny Carson, back in 1986.