Comments on: Christmas Present http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: AUNT MARSHA http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11911 AUNT MARSHA Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:48:44 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11911 And a damned good one, too! (also) signed, Elizabeth And a damned good one, too! (also)

signed,
Elizabeth

]]> By: AUNT MARSHA http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11910 AUNT MARSHA Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:47:39 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11910 MY GOD. HE'S A POET! signed, Jim MY GOD. HE’S A POET!

signed,
Jim

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11130 Doug Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:56:59 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11130 Yes, Marsha, I'm practicing away to get ready to play for you when you get here. The song I've been practicing the most starts with this verse, which I imagine as an ode to your bartending skills: <i>Check this strange beverage that falls out of the sky, splashin' Baghdad on the Hudson in Panther Martin's eye. He's high and outside wearin' candy apple red, Scarlett gave him 27 stitches in his head. With a pint of green chartruse, ain't nothin' seems right you buy the Sunday paper on Saturday night.</i> ... and continues through gems like ... <i>Can't you hear the thunder, someone stole my watch I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.</i> ... and ... <i>I can't go back to that hotel room, all they do is shout. But baby I'll stay wit you till the money runs out.</i> Recognize it? Ha! You'll be sick of that song by the time you leave Seattle. Ask my wife. :-) You're right, it doesn't quite feel the same as a real grand piano. There's something about the way the sounds comes rumbling out of this whole big massive frame when you're playing a real grand. But a decent grand, even if you get a deal on a used one, costs several times more than this thing. And this one only weights 80 pounds with the stand and all, so I can move it myself any time I want to re-arrange the furniture. (For a big party in February, say. :-)) Yes, Marsha, I’m practicing away to get ready to play for you when you get here. The song I’ve been practicing the most starts with this verse, which I imagine as an ode to your bartending skills:

Check this strange beverage that falls out of the sky,
splashin’ Baghdad on the Hudson in Panther Martin’s eye.
He’s high and outside wearin’ candy apple red,
Scarlett gave him 27 stitches in his head.
With a pint of green chartruse, ain’t nothin’ seems right
you buy the Sunday paper on Saturday night.

… and continues through gems like …

Can’t you hear the thunder, someone stole my watch
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.

… and …

I can’t go back to that hotel room, all they do is shout.
But baby I’ll stay wit you till the money runs out.

Recognize it? Ha! You’ll be sick of that song by the time you leave Seattle. Ask my wife. :-)

You’re right, it doesn’t quite feel the same as a real grand piano. There’s something about the way the sounds comes rumbling out of this whole big massive frame when you’re playing a real grand. But a decent grand, even if you get a deal on a used one, costs several times more than this thing. And this one only weights 80 pounds with the stand and all, so I can move it myself any time I want to re-arrange the furniture. (For a big party in February, say. :-))

]]> By: AUNT MARSHA http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11110 AUNT MARSHA Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:49:07 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-11110 But, do you FEEL like you're playing a grand when you play it? I have always felt kind of silly when trying any of these new age, micro instruments. Like the little xylophones you got when you were 6 or 8....that tinny sound (for almost any cord/key)...it made while I was doing my Ray Charles movements with my head and body. If only they came with a bigger body.Even a cardboard one. The only instrument I ever REALLY played was the piccolo for the Nishren Sho Shu (spelled it phoenetically...sort of...to the extent that I can even do that)Society. Was in the marching band in Hawaii. Jack Lord (Book him, Danno. Was that his name?) was the Grand MarshalL, and we had rehearsed in Dodger Stadium. I marched along, wearing something synthetic and shiny, playing the two notes I had learned---and felt like Vivaldi or someone (yes, yes--I KNOW VIVALDI DIDN'T PLAY THE PICCOLO). But, I so wanted to play something truly grand--and to do so on a piano. I wanted to lean way to the left and then sort of roll to the right. maybe it was Liberace I was thinking of. I missed your performance at the wedding rehearsal dinner. Will you play for me when I come there for the warming of the house? By then, I will have sharpened my spelling and whipped out some of these mitakes that I hope readers will think are typos. I used to win spelling bees. HUH.Is life a mystery or what? Just asked Granny how to spell it and she said it is spelled with 2 c's. Go Granny! Go, Granny! Go, Granny! You ran away from home??? FROM LAVONNE??? Why? But, do you FEEL like you’re playing a grand when you play it?
I have always felt kind of silly when trying any of these new age, micro instruments. Like the little xylophones you got when you were 6 or 8….that tinny sound (for almost any cord/key)…it made while I was doing my Ray Charles movements with my head and body. If only they came with a bigger body.Even a cardboard one.
The only instrument I ever REALLY played was the piccolo for the Nishren Sho Shu (spelled it phoenetically…sort of…to the extent that I can even do that)Society. Was in the marching band in Hawaii. Jack Lord (Book him, Danno. Was that his name?) was the Grand MarshalL, and we had rehearsed in Dodger Stadium. I marched along, wearing something synthetic and shiny, playing the two notes I had learned—and felt like Vivaldi or someone (yes, yes–I KNOW VIVALDI DIDN’T PLAY THE PICCOLO). But, I so wanted to play something truly grand–and to do so on a piano. I wanted to lean way to the left and then sort of roll to the right. maybe it was Liberace I was thinking of. I missed your performance at the wedding rehearsal dinner. Will you play for me when I come there for the warming of the house? By then, I will have sharpened my spelling and whipped out some of these mitakes that I hope readers will think are typos. I used to win spelling bees. HUH.Is life a mystery or what? Just asked Granny how to spell it and she said it is spelled with 2 c’s. Go Granny! Go, Granny! Go, Granny!
You ran away from home??? FROM LAVONNE??? Why?

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10996 Doug Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:36:53 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10996 Yeah, Nick, it's unbelievable what those things sell for now, the few that are left. It was sure a great way to get tickets, though -- took me just a few months to get three in WA and lose my license, and that doesn't include the ones out of state (Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota) or the times I successfully ran away. Those things were fast. :-) Yeah, Nick, it’s unbelievable what those things sell for now, the few that are left.

It was sure a great way to get tickets, though — took me just a few months to get three in WA and lose my license, and that doesn’t include the ones out of state (Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota) or the times I successfully ran away. Those things were fast. :-)

]]> By: Lynn http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10994 Lynn Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:48:14 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10994 Wow! Wow!

]]> By: nick http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10993 nick Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:34:42 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/12/30/christmas-present/#comment-10993 dont you wish you still had that chevelle in todays economy? just think of what a wealthy gear head would pay for it on line,wowsers.and how do you put up with that view in the morning? dont you wish you still had that chevelle in todays economy? just think of what a wealthy gear head would pay for it on line,wowsers.and how do you put up with that view in the morning?

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