tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post115703105879235198..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Folk Nights and RedemptionKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1158912639572243982006-09-22T09:10:00.000+01:002006-09-22T09:10:00.000+01:00Millerqueen - welcome to my ramblings. I really en...Millerqueen - welcome to my ramblings. <BR/><BR/>I really enjoy your rendition of "Hit me baby one more time". I think next time you should put your hair in bunches for extra effect :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1158861303672661482006-09-21T18:55:00.000+01:002006-09-21T18:55:00.000+01:00Sorry I'm a lot late to this party, but I AM that ...Sorry I'm a lot late to this party, but I AM that ukulele player! Bwah ha ha!!! and yep the word disturbing could be used about me...millerqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571491029316810828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157319436713520952006-09-03T22:37:00.000+01:002006-09-03T22:37:00.000+01:00Mandolins sound wonderful, really evocative. I do ...Mandolins sound wonderful, really evocative. I do envy you being able to play one.<BR/><BR/>A chap I used to know used one when he was performing with his band, they did mostly rock stuff, but the mandolin gave it quite a unique sound. <BR/><BR/>Foot Eater, is the band you referred to the Sneaker Pimps? They aren't really folk, but one of their albums featured a cover of Willow's Song and several other tracks had a Wicker Man feel to them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027028952998373863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157206402637325042006-09-02T15:13:00.000+01:002006-09-02T15:13:00.000+01:00Nikki - I'd love to have one. I can't imagine havi...<B>Nikki</B> - I'd love to have one. I can't imagine having an instrument but not playing it.<BR/><BR/><B>Andraste</B> - I envy you playing the drums. I've never been able to figure out what to do with them.<BR/><BR/><B>SafeTinspector</B> - In the sidebar, go down to the "Who am I?" selection and "101 things" is the first option. You might be surprised at what you'll find out about me (or bored stupid)<BR/><BR/><B>Dr Maroon</B> - Thank you - at least someone has actually read what I write. I'm beginning to suspect that some people just look at the pictures and make a random comment, and as I don't usually include pictures in my entries they don't get looked at at all.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157204519627175482006-09-02T14:41:00.000+01:002006-09-02T14:41:00.000+01:00I don't believe you lot. Ayres can hardly type a p...I don't believe you lot. Ayres can hardly type a paragraph without somehow bringing that mandolin into it.<BR/>And Kim, perhaps you should mention to Sarah that it is made from the wood of seasoned malt whisky casks. <BR/>The way you put it, one could be forgiven for thinking that they they used an old skirting board or roof-rafter from the attic.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157200402299060822006-09-02T13:33:00.000+01:002006-09-02T13:33:00.000+01:00Goodness! For some reason I never knew you played ...Goodness! For some reason I never knew you played any kind of instrument. <BR/>See, now you need to upload an MP3 of it for us.<BR/>Go ahead. We're waiting...SafeTinspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270872012571601820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157141608926522462006-09-01T21:13:00.000+01:002006-09-01T21:13:00.000+01:00I envy you your talent and musical ear. I play gui...I envy you your talent and musical ear. I play guitar and drums, and can barely tune the bastards without help.Andrastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995089221441792487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157139908263174782006-09-01T20:45:00.000+01:002006-09-01T20:45:00.000+01:00My Dad brought one of those home from his time in ...My Dad brought one of those home from his time in Turkey when I was knee high to a grasshopper.<BR/><BR/>It hung in a place of honor in our home.<BR/><BR/>Dad played guitar - all classical and ragtime, and played the 6 string banjo (all self taught), but could never learn to play his "Turkish Banjo" LOLNikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09959561240011073465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157124685861383522006-09-01T16:31:00.000+01:002006-09-01T16:31:00.000+01:00Quinn - I love trying out different kinds of music...<B>Quinn</B> - I love trying out different kinds of music. When I was in Canada on a student exchange I got involved in playing South American, Andean music with a couple of guys from Peru, and even a bit of Chinese music with a woman from Hong Kong.<BR/><BR/><B>Foot Eater</B> - folk is one of those things that I enjoy playing in a session at the pub, but otherwise don't tend to listen to much, so I'm completely out of my depth if anyone asks the name of something I've played or where the tune comes from<BR/><BR/><B>Sarah</B> - you are right to feel disturbed. Last session she did a rendition of "I will Survive" on the ukulele.<BR/><BR/>If you read the <A HREF="http://kimayres.blogspot.com/2005/10/101-things-about-me.html" REL="nofollow">101 things about me</A> you'll find that the mandolin is number 2 on the list.<BR/><BR/>The one I have is beautiful - it's made from recycled wood fromthe Talisker Single Malt Whiskey distillery on the Isle of Skye, off the West Coast of Scotland. You can see a photo of it on my blog entry <A HREF="http://kimayres.blogspot.com/2005/11/mandolin-heaven.html" REL="nofollow">Mandolin Heaven</A>Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157119287451827842006-09-01T15:01:00.000+01:002006-09-01T15:01:00.000+01:00"a ukulele player who covers everything from Georg..."a ukulele player who covers everything from George Formby to Britney Spears.."<BR/><BR/>i can't quite explain why, but i find that statement to be disturbing.<BR/><BR/>i had no idea that you played the mandolin. UGH! i LOVE the mandolin and have always wanted to know how to play it. i have 2 guitars that i haven't played with for quite a number of years.. so redemption for me is further away music wise.<BR/><BR/>did you know nicholas cage learned how to play the mandolin for his role in Captain Corelli's Mandolin?<BR/><BR/>is it beautiful? your Mandolin?sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668939110660039602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157064188972945832006-08-31T23:43:00.000+01:002006-08-31T23:43:00.000+01:00I love folk music. Eliza Carthy is one of my favou...I love folk music. Eliza Carthy is one of my favourites; she does a great folk/techno thing and her image is somewhere between punk and Goth. Ther's a folk band who did a whole album based on the classic 1970s horror film The Wicker Man, whom I heard a programme about late one night on Radio 3, but for the life of me I can't remember their name.<BR/><BR/>Danny Boy, on the other hand, is the most diabolically horrible ditty ever composed and the person responsible for it should be drowned in his own effluent. Why has it stayed so popular when Ireland has produced so many beautiful folk songs?Foot Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706459658926034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1157056909179786942006-08-31T21:41:00.000+01:002006-08-31T21:41:00.000+01:00I think that is so cool, I love that you were not ...I think that is so cool, I love that you were not only able to take the time to try to make it work but that it did work out and the two of you enjoyed it. Next get together you will both be able to demonstrate how a little patience and some diligence can blend these instruments together and purhaps one of those other musicians may be inclined to also give it a moments try. IT will be interesting to see, who knows you may have discovered a whole new blend of enjoyable music.<BR/><BR/>I wish I were musically inclined but I am not really, I love all kinds of music...I have always like the bagpipes ( not an instrument we hear often here ) but I think I come by that honestly as my heritage is Scottish.( I only found that out later in life it did help to explain my interest some.)<BR/><BR/>Anyways, sounds like you ended up with an enjoyable evening in the end and that is all that matters.34quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885260880775198364noreply@blogger.com