Comments on: The Man with the Bag http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3438 Dave Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:18:06 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3438 You can almost feel the saliva, can't you? You can almost feel the saliva, can’t you?

]]> By: Beer Activist http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3437 Beer Activist Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:27:40 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3437 Hypnotized, yes. With hilarity! This clip had me gripping my stomach in laughter. Then that long breath at the end sent me onto the floor laughing hysterically. I fucking love it! Hypnotized, yes. With hilarity! This clip had me gripping my stomach in laughter. Then that long breath at the end sent me onto the floor laughing hysterically. I fucking love it!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3436 Dave Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:39:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3436 Gina - I think you'd have to order, though maybe one of the instrument stores in State College could do that for you. If you click on the link I gave, you can order through that website, apparently. I don't think you'd get it intime for V-Day, though. Gina – I think you’d have to order, though maybe one of the instrument stores in State College could do that for you. If you click on the link I gave, you can order through that website, apparently. I don’t think you’d get it intime for V-Day, though.

]]> By: Gina Marie http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3435 Gina Marie Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:27:13 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3435 Did you have to order the instrument, or is it something that is available at music shops? (My musician boyfriend would love this... perhaps a V-day gift?) :-) Did you have to order the instrument, or is it something that is available at music shops? (My musician boyfriend would love this… perhaps a V-day gift?) :-)

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3434 Dave Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:11:24 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3434 Yep, bamboo. The twang is not so much in the instrument itself as in the way I shape the notes with my mouth. The vibrating tongue of bamboo somehow manages to produce a tone cluster that includes a low drone note, if I'm describing that correctly. This kubing was a gift from an uncle, after he returned from the Philippines to bury his wife, who was Filipina. I haven't really ever played a metal jew's harp, except to fool around on one a few times when I was a kid. But as luck would have it, last night I went to a free showing of the 1939 John Ford movie <em>Young Mr. Lincoln</em>, in which Abe was pictured playing a jew's harp often to help himself think. (His explanation for the metal instrument's strange name: "It's descended from the harp that David played in the Bible"!) Yep, bamboo. The twang is not so much in the instrument itself as in the way I shape the notes with my mouth. The vibrating tongue of bamboo somehow manages to produce a tone cluster that includes a low drone note, if I’m describing that correctly. This kubing was a gift from an uncle, after he returned from the Philippines to bury his wife, who was Filipina. I haven’t really ever played a metal jew’s harp, except to fool around on one a few times when I was a kid. But as luck would have it, last night I went to a free showing of the 1939 John Ford movie Young Mr. Lincoln, in which Abe was pictured playing a jew’s harp often to help himself think. (His explanation for the metal instrument’s strange name: “It’s descended from the harp that David played in the Bible”!)

]]> By: Indistinction http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3433 Indistinction Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:44:57 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3433 Your jaws/jew's/juice/mouth harp is constructed from bamboo, then, and not metal? Have you ever played a metal mouth harp? If so, how does this one differ? Listening to your audio file, I can detect perhaps a lack of twang, but...? Your jaws/jew’s/juice/mouth harp is constructed from bamboo, then, and not metal? Have you ever played a metal mouth harp? If so, how does this one differ?

Listening to your audio file, I can detect perhaps a lack of twang, but…?

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3432 Dave Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:31:55 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3432 Good lord, A-M, I didn't realize you were blogging in English again! That's great! (Well, great for us Anglophones, anyway. Though I suppose just about everyone in the Netherlands knows English, too.) Good lord, A-M, I didn’t realize you were blogging in English again! That’s great! (Well, great for us Anglophones, anyway. Though I suppose just about everyone in the Netherlands knows English, too.)

]]> By: A-M http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3431 A-M Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:21:40 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/02/11/the-man-with-the-bag/#comment-3431 This is an hypnotizing instrument, I can easily imagine myself dancing frantically around a fire. This is an hypnotizing instrument, I can easily imagine myself dancing frantically around a fire.

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