I listened to this twice, it’s fabulous, thank you for sharing. I also sent it to my co-conspirator at the Beethoven Fest, the French pianist George Lepauw. This is a great example of the type of acts we would have had at the festival.
Love this reference myself! I was the art director for the International Beethoven Festival (this time of year always reminds me of the Beethoven Birthday Bash as big B was born on December 16th) and even during the 2020 covid festival, I ran a 6 hour live stream that broadcast in several countries featuring the likes of the Bonn Symphony out of my bedroom in my jammies with a glass of wine in hand. One of my finest moments, even if I do say so myself.
Never have faecal matters been dramatised in such detail, and it could not be more entertaining. Hopefully the train continues to veer further off the meta-narrative tracks in Part 5.
I knew you would appreciate that, Isaac. I can't tell you how obsessed I've been with wombats since you introduced me to the Oatmeal comic. And as I told Thumbnail Green below, "I've transferred my abundant affection for Isaac to wombats and vice-versa."
When I set up my caret simulation game at my retrometro.com domain, I hope you'll consider moving onto Wombat Way at the intersection of Apocaloptimist Lane. I think that Thumbnail might join you.
After Thumbnail reminding me about the platypusses (platypi?) and noticing when she subbed me (!) that Alice reads The Curious Platypus, should we have a Platypus Place off of Wombat Way? Or a Platypus Plaza?
Oh this was SO good. So many brilliant lines, I loved it. I mean "he would indeed make an exquisite corpse".... Brilliant. How chuffed I was to feature as a Luna loving cat as well.... thrilled in fact. Well done both of you 👏👏👏 and thank you again Tonika for instigating such ridiculous fun, we all need some of that.
The precedent set by you, Isaac and Tonika forced me to heights of absurdity I didn't know I had in me ;-) And proves that it's never to late to develop a penchant for scatological humor!
It was Kathleen who remembered the cat and said we needed to name it. We looked at Apollo as the counterpoint to Luna but then Whalley was such a perfect Philipesque cat name and the perfect vehicle for our 'omage. And we still slipped Apollo back in at the end.
The exquisite corpse line wrote itself, along with the visceral adventures. And the best part, among so many best parts, was that it gave me an introduction to you, April. Well met!
You had me at wombat. I see a lot of dead ones on the side of the road. They are awesome when alive though and are the only animal that does a square shaped poo. Australia is like that. We have Platypus and fresh apricots and cherries at christmas right off the tree
Haha! I've been enamored of wombats ever since Isaac linked that comic from The Oatmeal, which is my all time favorite. As it recommends, I now think about them often. And I've transferred my abundant affection for Isaac to wombats and vice-versa.
The platypus! Another excellent silly creature I need to incorporate into something else I'm working on. And you have dingoes! No fair that you've cornered the market on anthropogenic animals--easy to project with colorful personalities.
And let me use this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed your video with Tonika, the collab queen. For some reason Substack wouldn't let me post a reply to you at the time, so I lost my appreciate rant. But hopefully that's fixed and this goes through.
Oh, we got another one cooking, T! I have to wrap up some projects before the new year, but TG wrote a banger and I wanna help put some visuals to it to draw more attention. Hold your breath!
Appreciate you and Tereza bringing your juju to this creative project, Kathleen! I love how it always has a life of its own, the exquisite corpse! Of course I typed corpse and my Apple phone gave me zombie emojis… so there ya go: 🧟 🧟♀️ 🧟♂️
And the best part, among so many best parts, was getting to conspire with you and make Tonika jealy ;-) Yes, this will definitely be a year of deepening our 'real life' connections, and that isn't just those in physical proximity.
You two make fine conspirators! I hope you’re right about the deeper connections, T. I think humanity has come to the precipice. We can’t sugar coat our way of anything anymore. And frankly, after binging on gummy bears, one feens for a good old fashion chicken soup or something, right? I’ve cut away all “friendships” in my life that are simple surface level. No interest or time to invest in shallow conversations. Or am I just getting old?
"Yes, this will definitely be a year of deepening our 'real life' connections, and that isn't just those in physical proximity." Instant big smile. XOX
I wonder if Elise will appear in the next episode, since her Für appeared in this one.
And here are 17 improvisations on that tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHq7zWWr7BU
I listened to this twice, it’s fabulous, thank you for sharing. I also sent it to my co-conspirator at the Beethoven Fest, the French pianist George Lepauw. This is a great example of the type of acts we would have had at the festival.
Love this reference myself! I was the art director for the International Beethoven Festival (this time of year always reminds me of the Beethoven Birthday Bash as big B was born on December 16th) and even during the 2020 covid festival, I ran a 6 hour live stream that broadcast in several countries featuring the likes of the Bonn Symphony out of my bedroom in my jammies with a glass of wine in hand. One of my finest moments, even if I do say so myself.
Wow, what a great job that must have been, with so much great music to choose from.
What a visual Tonika. Hidden talents on top of obvious talents. I think that scene you just described could be a natural jumping-off for the next EC.
😅
Just when I didn't think I could get any more impressed ...
Wish I could have toasted that with you. But we're heading on to bigger and better things.
🫡
Haha, I knew you'd get that reference.
Never have faecal matters been dramatised in such detail, and it could not be more entertaining. Hopefully the train continues to veer further off the meta-narrative tracks in Part 5.
😂
I knew you would appreciate that, Isaac. I can't tell you how obsessed I've been with wombats since you introduced me to the Oatmeal comic. And as I told Thumbnail Green below, "I've transferred my abundant affection for Isaac to wombats and vice-versa."
When I set up my caret simulation game at my retrometro.com domain, I hope you'll consider moving onto Wombat Way at the intersection of Apocaloptimist Lane. I think that Thumbnail might join you.
Welcome to my obsessed world! Apocaloptimist Lane feels like home already.
After Thumbnail reminding me about the platypusses (platypi?) and noticing when she subbed me (!) that Alice reads The Curious Platypus, should we have a Platypus Place off of Wombat Way? Or a Platypus Plaza?
I haven’t been able to follow most of your EC story but I love that you did this and hope you do it again so I can join! 💕✨
What fun that would be, Neshma! With your word-play and fecund imagination (love getting to use that word!) it would be such a feast.
I had to look up “fecund”… I’m glad it means something entirely different than what it sounds like… 😅
Ha! You were thinking of poo innit. 🤓
😂 guilty!
I knew I could get your mind in the gutter, Tonika! Isn't that a weird disconnect between what it means and how it sounds?
Yes! Why you gotta do us non-native speakers like that? 😂
More fun and games required! I’m in sore need and will join soon. 🤓
Come plaaaaaayyyyy!
Oh this was SO good. So many brilliant lines, I loved it. I mean "he would indeed make an exquisite corpse".... Brilliant. How chuffed I was to feature as a Luna loving cat as well.... thrilled in fact. Well done both of you 👏👏👏 and thank you again Tonika for instigating such ridiculous fun, we all need some of that.
Pleasure is all mine, m’dear!
The precedent set by you, Isaac and Tonika forced me to heights of absurdity I didn't know I had in me ;-) And proves that it's never to late to develop a penchant for scatological humor!
It was Kathleen who remembered the cat and said we needed to name it. We looked at Apollo as the counterpoint to Luna but then Whalley was such a perfect Philipesque cat name and the perfect vehicle for our 'omage. And we still slipped Apollo back in at the end.
The exquisite corpse line wrote itself, along with the visceral adventures. And the best part, among so many best parts, was that it gave me an introduction to you, April. Well met!
I thought the “exquisite corpse” and “visceral adventure” along with all the name drops were an insta-win in my book!
Ahhh, the heights of absurdity… how we love it up here! Thank you so much for your kind words Teresa, ditto from me
You had me at wombat. I see a lot of dead ones on the side of the road. They are awesome when alive though and are the only animal that does a square shaped poo. Australia is like that. We have Platypus and fresh apricots and cherries at christmas right off the tree
I also learned about the square poo from Isaac. How bizarre!
Haha! I've been enamored of wombats ever since Isaac linked that comic from The Oatmeal, which is my all time favorite. As it recommends, I now think about them often. And I've transferred my abundant affection for Isaac to wombats and vice-versa.
The platypus! Another excellent silly creature I need to incorporate into something else I'm working on. And you have dingoes! No fair that you've cornered the market on anthropogenic animals--easy to project with colorful personalities.
And let me use this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed your video with Tonika, the collab queen. For some reason Substack wouldn't let me post a reply to you at the time, so I lost my appreciate rant. But hopefully that's fixed and this goes through.
Oh, we got another one cooking, T! I have to wrap up some projects before the new year, but TG wrote a banger and I wanna help put some visuals to it to draw more attention. Hold your breath!
This was so much fun, Tonika. A perfect doom-scrolling diversion. Thanks for getting it going. 😘
Can't wait to see how it all wraps up (pun intended) just in time for Christmas!
Appreciate you and Tereza bringing your juju to this creative project, Kathleen! I love how it always has a life of its own, the exquisite corpse! Of course I typed corpse and my Apple phone gave me zombie emojis… so there ya go: 🧟 🧟♀️ 🧟♂️
And the best part, among so many best parts, was getting to conspire with you and make Tonika jealy ;-) Yes, this will definitely be a year of deepening our 'real life' connections, and that isn't just those in physical proximity.
You two make fine conspirators! I hope you’re right about the deeper connections, T. I think humanity has come to the precipice. We can’t sugar coat our way of anything anymore. And frankly, after binging on gummy bears, one feens for a good old fashion chicken soup or something, right? I’ve cut away all “friendships” in my life that are simple surface level. No interest or time to invest in shallow conversations. Or am I just getting old?
Many people get old without losing their taste for shallow convos. I think you've gotten too young for those.
Ha! Thanks, T. 🤗
"Yes, this will definitely be a year of deepening our 'real life' connections, and that isn't just those in physical proximity." Instant big smile. XOX