The Mongoose That Played Sitar

Ulric plays an original composition on the guitar that is heavily inspired by "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."* In the song, a mongoose** travels throughout India carrying a sitar. He encounters different animals (a tiger, a jackal, etc.) who want to eat him. The mongoose challenges each animal to a sitar-playing contest. If the other animal wins the contest, that animal gets to eat the mongoose, but if the mongoose wins, he gets to continue on his journey. Fortunately, the mongoose is a virtuoso sitar-player and escapes each time with his life. As far as I know, there is no golden sitar for the grand prize. Ulric prefers to keep the story realistic, after all.

Addendum: Ulric says, "The Mongoose also pulls out other instruments (fiddle, Ud, ukulele, Japanese stringed instrument, etc), but those are kind of random."

By the way, here is a clip of Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello playing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" with bassoons. (Fuse#8 and Goddess of Clarity should be pleased.) The sound quality is low, and I recommend you use headphones in order to appreciate the nuances of Colbert's and Dinello's bassoon performances. Urgh.

Notes:
*This is a McSweeny's link. Cheers to Nonny!
**The plural of mongoose is "mongooses," not mongeese, in case you were curious. I was.

Th' Yardarm o' th' Night

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! I'm not much for talking like a pirate (though Stephen Colbert can, and does). However, from time to time, I've been known to attempt to sing like a pirate. Here, then, is a nautical rendition of Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want to Have Fun:

I come homeport in th' mornin' light
Me mother says when ye gonna live yer life starboard
Oh mother dear we`re nay th' fortunate ones
An' lasses they want t' be havin' fun
Oh lasses jus' want t' be havin' fun

Th' phone rings on th' yardarm o' th' night
Me father yells what ye gonna do wi' yer life
Oh daddy dear ye know ye`re still number one
But lasses they want t' be havin' fun
Oh lasses jus' want t' be havin' -

That`s all they really want
Some fun
When th' workin' tide be done
Lasses - they want t' be havin' fun
Oh lasses jus' want t' be havin' fun

Some boys take a beautiful girl
An' hide th' lass' away from th' rest o' th' world
I want t' be th' one t' keel haul in th' sun
Oh lasses they want t' be havin' fun
Oh lasses jus' want t' be havin'

That`s all they really want
Some fun
When th' workin' tide be done
Lasses - they want t' be havin' fun
Oh lasses jus' want t' be havin' fun,
They want t' be havin' fun,
They want t' be havin' fun....

On Notice Board

I was seduced by the sway of Fusenumber8's "On Notice" board, and finally had to create my own. If you, too, need your own version of Stephen Colbert's On Notice board generator, then click away.