Comments on: Twas the Night Before the War On Christmas http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/ America's favorite blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22459 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:45:05 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22459 I seem to have missed those (I particularly like "Every Highway Shall be Asphalted"), but I did attend a sing-along Messiah in Oakland, CA where "Every Valley" was sung by a tenor doing falsetto jazz ornamentation; the whole section beginning "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" was done in Spanish and accompanied by a mariachi band (very good, too); the soprano soloist scatted one of the longer arpeggios; the Pastoral Symphony was performed by a klezmer band (excellent!); and the aria "He was despised" was sung by Debbie de Coudreaux, the only American other than Josephine Baker to headline at the Moulin Rouge, as a pure torch song. It was fine. Come to Oakland next December and rock the Messiah! I seem to have missed those (I particularly like “Every Highway Shall be Asphalted”), but I did attend a sing-along Messiah in Oakland, CA where “Every Valley” was sung by a tenor doing falsetto jazz ornamentation; the whole section beginning “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” was done in Spanish and accompanied by a mariachi band (very good, too); the soprano soloist scatted one of the longer arpeggios; the Pastoral Symphony was performed by a klezmer band (excellent!); and the aria “He was despised” was sung by Debbie de Coudreaux, the only American other than Josephine Baker to headline at the Moulin Rouge, as a pure torch song. It was fine. Come to Oakland next December and rock the Messiah!

]]> by: another Matt http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22458 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:02:03 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22458 For those who went to see Handel's "Messiah" this season, i hope you enjoyed the arias "The Strumpet Shall Sound", and "Every Highway Shall be Asphalted" and the bestiality chorus "We All Like Sheep" For those who went to see Handel’s “Messiah” this season, i hope you enjoyed the arias “The Strumpet Shall Sound”, and “Every Highway Shall be Asphalted” and the bestiality chorus “We All Like Sheep”

]]> by: Katie http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22440 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:14:39 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22440 Hey, Adam..... Would you share your recipe for Gingerbread Secular Humanists? Or is it a closely guarded family secret? OH, and Thanks for forever ruining Silent Night. I've been wondering what the rest of the lyrics could possibly be. Hair can be any color..... personally, when I get my 20-yr Army letter in April, I am planning on purple. Or maybe magenta. or both. Hey, Adam….. Would you share your recipe for Gingerbread Secular Humanists? Or is it a closely guarded family secret?

OH, and Thanks for forever ruining Silent Night. I’ve been wondering what the rest of the lyrics could possibly be.

Hair can be any color….. personally, when I get my 20-yr Army letter in April, I am planning on purple. Or maybe magenta. or both.

]]> by: Marion in Savannah http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22430 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:53:37 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22430 I'm coming VERY late to this party, having just found you through a linky at FDL, but I had to tell you how much I love the Mondegreen "Hark, it's Harold's Turn to Sing." I sort of collect them, and this is a classic. Thanks! (I'd always heard it was "Hark, The Harelipped Angel Sings...") I'll be back now that I've found you. I’m coming VERY late to this party, having just found you through a linky at FDL, but I had to tell you how much I love the Mondegreen “Hark, it’s Harold’s Turn to Sing.” I sort of collect them, and this is a classic. Thanks! (I’d always heard it was “Hark, The Harelipped Angel Sings…”) I’ll be back now that I’ve found you.

]]> by: Ann http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22363 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:51:18 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22363 Season's greetings from Iowa, where they do indeed have no snow. I'm writing this on my parent's Mac, which is not as intuitive to use as they'd like you to believe (especially for one of Bill's worker-bees!). My flight home was delayed for three days because of the snow in Denver, and for my luggage it was four days. But we were reunited at last! I want to extend my gratitude to all of you for keeping me entertained, outraged, and inspired this past year, and to say how much I'm looking forward to the next Felberpalooza! Season’s greetings from Iowa, where they do indeed have no snow. I’m writing this on my parent’s Mac, which is not as intuitive to use as they’d like you to believe (especially for one of Bill’s worker-bees!).

My flight home was delayed for three days because of the snow in Denver, and for my luggage it was four days. But we were reunited at last! I want to extend my gratitude to all of you for keeping me entertained, outraged, and inspired this past year, and to say how much I’m looking forward to the next Felberpalooza!

]]> by: dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22356 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:19:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22356 Hedera beat me to reminding Rebecca that one can be brunette (or blonde, or <i>red</i> for pity's sake) for as long as one pleases. And my niece knows that part of my annuity <b>will</b> be used to purchase (and apply) Flaming Auburn to my hair when I am no longer able to make my wishes known. She has my Hair Power of Attorney. Hedera beat me to reminding Rebecca that one can be brunette (or blonde, or red for pity’s sake) for as long as one pleases. And my niece knows that part of my annuity will be used to purchase (and apply) Flaming Auburn to my hair when I am no longer able to make my wishes known.

She has my Hair Power of Attorney.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22353 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:23:06 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22353 Here's a more disturbing scenario that played out in my life - My hair is only going to stay in <em>how</em> long? It could be worse, unge. Here’s a more disturbing scenario that played out in my life - My hair is only going to stay in how long? It could be worse, unge.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22349 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:14:21 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22349 It was a big plus for my (then prospective) husband on one of our first dates, when we wondered why the winery we were touring was so empty, and realized it was because the entire staff was in the back watching the Stupid Bowl... A man who doesn't watch sports obsessively, or at all, is a major catch. Of course, mine goes hiking for a week at a time, but that doesn't involve the TV. In fact, we haven't turned the TV on except to watch DVDs and tapes for at least 10 years. I think you might at least wonder what he <i>does</i> plan to watch on that 27 inch flat panel - as long as it's just DVDs... historyenne, I <i>adore</i> the troublemaker's carols. They remind me of the old classic hymn, "Christ the Royal Master Leans Against the Phone". Rebecca, the older you get, the more like your parents you will become, but as for the grey hair - there's always Clairol! "You're not getting older, you're just getting blonder," as one of Charlotte MacLeod's characters commented. It was a big plus for my (then prospective) husband on one of our first dates, when we wondered why the winery we were touring was so empty, and realized it was because the entire staff was in the back watching the Stupid Bowl… A man who doesn’t watch sports obsessively, or at all, is a major catch. Of course, mine goes hiking for a week at a time, but that doesn’t involve the TV. In fact, we haven’t turned the TV on except to watch DVDs and tapes for at least 10 years. I think you might at least wonder what he does plan to watch on that 27 inch flat panel - as long as it’s just DVDs…

historyenne, I adore the troublemaker’s carols. They remind me of the old classic hymn, “Christ the Royal Master Leans Against the Phone”.

Rebecca, the older you get, the more like your parents you will become, but as for the grey hair - there’s always Clairol! “You’re not getting older, you’re just getting blonder,” as one of Charlotte MacLeod’s characters commented.

]]> by: Rebecca http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22347 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:04:57 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22347 Smallberries, there <i>was</i> snow on the ground here in Eagan. Briefly. Like, for about two or three hours. And maybe it's time for you to defrost that freezer of yours. ;) cooper, since I'm still really close to my parents, I know what I'm going to be like in 40 years. And it frightens me. (My hair is only going to be brown for <i>how</i> long??? Aaah!) Smallberries, there was snow on the ground here in Eagan. Briefly. Like, for about two or three hours.
And maybe it’s time for you to defrost that freezer of yours. ;)

cooper, since I’m still really close to my parents, I know what I’m going to be like in 40 years. And it frightens me. (My hair is only going to be brown for how long??? Aaah!)

]]> by: historyenne http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22346 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:37:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/12/24/twas-the-night-before-the-war-on-christmas/#comment-22346 There's this great old children's book called <i>Mrs Coverlet's Magicians</i> wherein one character, the 6 year old troublemaker, sings such classics as "Good King Wence's Car Backed Out On the Feet of Stephen," and "Dig the Holes With Trowels, By Golly," not with any mischievous intent, but because he doesn't know the actual words. Some of us never learn to drive . . . not cars, at least. There’s this great old children’s book called Mrs Coverlet’s Magicians wherein one character, the 6 year old troublemaker, sings such classics as “Good King Wence’s Car Backed Out On the Feet of Stephen,” and “Dig the Holes With Trowels, By Golly,” not with any mischievous intent, but because he doesn’t know the actual words.

Some of us never learn to drive . . . not cars, at least.

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