August 31, 2007
Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh (the Ballad of Ho Chi Minh)
I've been doing some research on Native history in the Southwest and starting singing, "Ho-Ho-Hohokom" to this tune but then I realized probably no one else in the office grew up singing it. I googled it and sure enough, here's the video.
And here are the lyrics:
From Viet back to the Saigon Delta
From the mountains and plains below
Young and old workers, peasants and the toiling tenant farmers
Fight for freedom with Uncle Ho.
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, etc.
Now Ho Chi Minh was a deep sea sailor
He served his time out on the seven seas
Work and hardship were part of his early education
Exploitation his ABC.
Now Ho Chi Minh came home from sailing
And he looked out on his native land
Saw the want and the hunger of the Indo-Chinese people
Foreign soldiers on every hand.
Now Ho Chi Minh went to the mountains
And he trained a determined band
Heroes all, sworn to liberate the Indo-Chinese people
Drive invaders from the land.
Fourteen men became a hundred
A hundred thousand and Ho Chi Minh
Forged and tempered the army of the Indo-Chinese people
Freedom's Army of Viet Minh.
Every soldier is a farmer
Comes the evening and he grabs his hoe
Comes the morning he swings his rifle on his shoulder
This the army of Uncle Ho.
From the mountains and the jungles
From the ricelands and the Plain of Reeds
March the men and the women of the Indo-Chinese Army
Planting freedom with vict'ry seeds.
From Viet back to the Saigon Delta
Marched the armies of Viet Minh
And the wind stirs the banners of the Indo-Chinese people
Peace and freedom and Ho Chi Mmli.
(Posted here)
P.S. I have to admit, I felt a little compelled to change the subject quickly so my mom wouldn't have to see a picture of me fellating who knows what on a green screen first thing.
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February 22, 2007
Wind Up Birds Play Saturday!
Wind Up Birds are playing this Saturday at Kelly's Olympian at 9 PM or so. The Hot Toddies open, and they sound adorable.
Anyway, it should be fun, and hopefully I'll see you there!
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December 7, 2006
Wind Up Birds Play Girls Rock Benefit at Satyricon (that's right ... Satyricon!)
Wind Up Birds, Phantom Lights, Pocket Parade and Teri Untalan will be playing a benefit for Girls Rock Camp this Saturday (December 9) at Satyricon.
Yes -- it's back! And now it's all ages -- Satyricon + All Ages + Girls Rock Camp-- it all seems very appropriate.
Cover is $5. Show starts at 8 pm. Satyricon is at 125 NW 6th Ave Portland.
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November 14, 2006
Christian Band Name Generator -- it's here!!!
I've thrown together a Christian Band Name Generator in response to the number of people visiting in search of one based on my previous post on the topic. How to use it: First, go to Random.com and ask for a series of random numbers with the smallest value = 1, largest value = 11. Then, using the chart above and for the first word, go to the first column and the row that corresponds to your number, then for the second word, go to the next column and find the row that corresponds to that. etc. So, for example, I got a sequence of numbers:
7, 4, 3, 6
Which equals to "Sing Their Blue Meaning." Not so bad, right?
7, 4, 3, 6 = Pray God's Beatific Book
5, 4, 11, 9 = Love God's Highest Peace
Not as interesting but, still, passable.
I'm the last person who should do this, though. Seriously! If I were a youth pastor, I think a fun church activity for teens and tweens would be to have them create a Christian Band Name Generator using a table like the one I made (they'd be learning some grammar, too), their Bibles, and flash or something (I don't know what kind of software does that best -- for sure not Word + the internet, like I used) and post it on the interwebs. You know what domain name is still available? Does Mary's Great Ideas really deserve its place in the "Christian Band Name" wordspace? Andsome of the examples are a little potentially worrysome. (Maybe this is a little closer to the point?) I'll bet all those sites are using the same program to make their generators.
On another, related topic: Have I already asked if there is a word or phrase that describes letting your google ranking or analytics results drive your content? "Market based content development," I suppose would be the real term, but there should be something catchier and, if possible, more derogatory. As Chris implied in an email, it's not like I have that much integrity to loose in my own content -- my mission, such as it is, is pretty unsubstantial -- so I'm not apologizing. I'm just saying, there should be a phrase.
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September 19, 2006
Pete Had a Great Idea - and then DID it!
Pete had a great idea.
It's a musical oral history of the future -- with robots.
It's an account of the jealous competition between myth and machine -- with robots.
It's a bitter-sweet documentary of the plight of the post-human workforce -- with robots.
It's an emotional, technological participant observation research project -- with robots.
And it's a CD. You should get one. And then "Robot" XJ3 (aka No They Do) can be your friend.
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August 25, 2003
ratemybandname.com
Rate My Band Name (dot com) would be a forum to share all the great band names that everyone who doesn't have a band comes up.
My band name for the day is: "If That Is Your Real Name." ITIYRN for short. Itty-yearn.
See also "Uncomfortably Full" entry. Or, "Uncomfortably Full Entry." Rrrow.
... OK -- so not surprisingly, the idea expressed here already exists, according to Chris. But he didn't tell me where exactly. Maybe he'll tell me tomorrow in a comment. I'm too lazy to google.
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