The Manufacture of a Texas Sonata

Hi Gilliat,

That's a wonderful sailing ship, the Elissa. Wow !! They are so elegant, yes ?

When I was 7 I remember seeing a fleet of large sailing ships sailing near Edinburgh. Unforgettable sight !!

Thanks for this.

Good old Texas !!!! Nice people there.

Robert

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

Yanni, (and Robert if you happen to stop by)

“…these couple of centuries old beauties…” Did you intend to post pictures of those worthy schooners? Were they among the thousand ship armada launched by a face?

Here is a picture of the Elissa…

http://www.galvestonhistory.org/Elis...n_the_Gulf.jpg

…a more seaworthy vessel than Heyerdahl’s reed sponge.

Her home port is Galveston Texas. I haven’t sailed on the Elissa, but I caressed her hull, stole glances at the supple curvature of her gunwales, marveled at her firm stern, but when she turned her bow towards me revealing those inflated jibs, my untamed desires set sail on the uncharted waters of wild abandon.

By the way, there is a Greek connection with Elissa and no, I’m not referring to Elissa, aka Dido / Carthage / Aeneas / Troy / Iliad. I just read in the attached link that Elissa was in Greece on her way to being scrapped.

Link to Elissa:

http://www.galvestonhistory.org/1877...hip_Elissa.asp


Music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_50zj7J50U


“RA”; Heyerdahl’s reed sponge:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...xpeditions.jpg


It is interesting to note that the first chapter is titled: “One Riddle, Two Answers and No Solution”, which brings to mind the dynamic duo dilemma of Bach / Handel.


In Texas the hogs are feral, mean and too tough too rub. Your preferred dietary theorem is a wise application when faced with one of these:

http://open.salon.com/blog/mrs_micha...1233526969.jpg


Gilliatt

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I have thrown every wurst and all sorts of mustard on Rev Robert to get him off my back but nix.

Grey Poopon, La Dijonaise was it?

Spreading this old brand has proved messy in the past. Perhaps as a measure of last resort!

From the good old-fashioned diving days at Tarpon Springs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd61i535SgQ

Claude Debussy
The Sea ('La Mer')
1st Movement

(Port Aransas, Texas)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO25P...eature=related

Well I see you two have gone from wurst to nuts!
Pecans are my favorite and let’s not forget that we’re talking about the Texas state tree!

http://www.lsjunction.com/tree.htm

Here’s an interesting morsel I found inside of one; Governor James Stephen Hogg requested that a Pecan tree be planted at his gravesite, a sentiment that eventually lead to adopting the Pecan as the State tree.
By the way, Hogg named his philanthropist daughter “Ima”.
Many have claimed that he had a second daughter named “Ura”, and a son named “Hesa”, but that is an urban legend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

(Now we’re back to the hog theme!)

Yanni,
Thanks for: “Beneath the 12 Mile Reef” – “…bringing you the intrepid adventurers who challenge the bottomless oceans for booty, more power, for love!”

Musicology,
Thanks for “Le Mer” and the video of Port Aransas. I’m listening as I type.
The rise of the sun orbiting the earth is beautiful.
Port Aransas is a favorite hang out for migrating birds and those who watch them from the reeds.

http://www.portaransas.org/birds.html

Speaking of nuts, I just realized September is nearly passed and I failed to get my load of Fire Frisbees from Dumas. The missus back home is checking to see if the Dreary Beery has stepped into the modern age by offering online orders. Unfortunately, I am unable to make my annual excursion.
Looks like a cold winter ahead, so keep your Bachs to the wind and Handels in your gloves.


Music (?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjAX...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFsu...eature=related


Gilliatt

I had recently informed the Blokes of the 10th annual Texas Bigfoot Conference that was held yesterday (30th Oct) in Tyler Texas. The conference is hosted by the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy (TBRC).
While perusing the TBRC website for latest updates on activities, sightings, field camera results, broken twigs, fur wedged in tree bark, etc., I noticed a blurb heralding the attendance of representatives from MDM Productions LLC.
No, no…look closer, that’s MDM not MGM.

MDM Productions is currently working on a film entitled “Skookum”, one of many monikers used to identify gigantopithecus.

Link to “Skookum” website:

http://skookumthemovie.com/

Link to the TBRC’s blurb regarding the movie:

http://www.texasbigfoot.org/index.ph...ws/48-news/184


Now it’s been a while since I’ve watched a movie in which gigantopithecus plays the leading role, but as far as I’m concerned nothing to date could stand up to; “The Legend of Boggy Creek”.

I saw “The Legend of Boggy Creek” when I was perhaps ten or eleven years old. To this day I am still haunted by the blood curdling screams issuing forth from that hairy forest dwelling banshee.

The Legend of Boggy Creek trailer (screams come in about 1:00 minute):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9V44D9xZ70

The bathroom scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SANux...eature=related


It will be interesting to see how MDM’s Skookum stands up to “The Legend of Boggy Creek”…those are some big shoes to fill.

I’ll keep the Forum posted on “Skookum’s” development.
No trouble at all, you can thank me later.



Gilliatt

Happy post mortem birthday Mozart (Jan 27th)
Your(?) music shall live forever.

In your honor I wanted to share a few excerpts from a journal I kept during my adventure to Dumas back in 2009:

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

"...Sitting in a dark corner was an old man with the appearance of an inebriated shaman. Following introductions with the boys at the bar, I inquired about the old man.
“Why that’s ole Jack Russell the “Terrier” he’s older than the hills”.
“Hell Billy, we ain’t got no hills round here.”
“Well he’s older than dirt anyway, and a smidgeon wiser ‘an Aristotle even with one arm tied behind his back!”
“Especially when it comes to eighteenth century classical music”, interjected one ginner.
“The Terrier taught us all bout that classical music stuff, specially bout that Motes Art feller from Australia.” “That’s Austria you dim wit” This was followed by another shot of Marillenschnaps and a round of back slapping and guffaws.

At this point the Terrier made a grumbling sound which brought an immediate, respectful silence throughout the bar. The shaman stood and began to shuffle toward me wiping a dribble of Schnapps from the corner of his mouth. Being new to these parts, I naturally grew tense. Perhaps he is coming to exorcize the intoxicating spirits from my mind?

“Cityslicker, I see you come for a truck load of our most prized commodity, but there is something I’ll share with you that is far more precious than fire Frisbees”

The dung loader popped his head into the bar to let me know the chips were about ankle deep in my truck; “jes wunderin if I should keep shovelin in more BS”.

“Yes, yes; let’s keep piling it on.”

Annoyed at the interruption, the Terrier continued: “City slicker, are you familiar with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
“Yes, to some degree and please, you may call me Gilliatt.”
“As you wish Gilliatt, do you believe that Mozart authored all of the wonderful compositions generally attributed to the creative juices of his own mind?”
“Well, yes, that’s what I been told and taught”
“Ah ha! You see fellas? He says: that’s what I’ve been told and taught”
“A typical response from an unenlightened, city slicked mind. Well let me enlighten you my friend. Mozart couldn’t compose his way out of a paper bag! He was a sham, a lackey made famous by the plagiarizing of music born right here on the high plains surrounding Dumas.”...

...“SILENCE! Silence! you numb skulls why do you continue to espouse these confounded theories; It was the Franciscan’s, no it was the Jesuits and God only knows why, but Dusty over there believes Mozart’s notoriety was propagated by a sect of underground New Age Templar Knights. And you Rowdy, why do you insist that Mozart was capable of composing his own music?”

“D--n it all, how many times have I told you Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was the genius, the ghost writer if you will, behind Mozart’s success? Remember it was Coronado who, during that futile search for Cibola, first heard and recorded the wonderful melodious music emanating from the limitless ocean of sage and yucca that lay before him on this very spot. It was a cold winter night in 1541, a blue norther with a full head of steam was bearing down on Coronado and his men as they lay drunk and entangled in the sage following a night of debauchery. Soon a stiff cold wind was passing across the leaves of the sage, grasses and yucca creating the most wonderful music to the ears of the nauseous conquistadors. Coronado immediately put quill to paper and transposed the notes, sharps, flats, rests, staccatos, etc. He was a man possessed, feverishly documenting the wind born sonatas, concerto’s, operas and requiems. Coronado’s music eventually found its way back to Salzburg Austria, falling into the hands of Johann van Beethoven. It was Johann, who had a proclivity toward manufacturing great composers (such as is own son) that took interest in a young street urchin named Mozart. Johann had Mozart copy Coronado’s music so it would appear as though it came from his own hand and the rest, as they say, is history!”..."

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Violin Sonata K526:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A943YXT-nko

"Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_a7r...eature=related


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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

....I noticed a blurb heralding the attendance of representatives from MDM Productions LLC.
No, no…look closer, that’s MDM not MGM.

MDM Productions is currently working on a film entitled “Skookum”, one of many monikers used to identify gigantopithecus.

Link to “Skookum” website:

http://skookumthemovie.com/

Link to the TBRC’s blurb regarding the movie:

http://www.texasbigfoot.org/index.ph...ws/48-news/184


Now it’s been a while since I’ve watched a movie in which gigantopithecus plays the leading role, but as far as I’m concerned nothing to date could stand up to; “The Legend of Boggy Creek”.

I saw “The Legend of Boggy Creek” when I was perhaps ten or eleven years old. To this day I am still haunted by the blood curdling screams issuing forth from that hairy forest dwelling banshee.

The Legend of Boggy Creek trailer (screams come in about 1:00 minute):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9V44D9xZ70

The bathroom scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SANux...eature=related


It will be interesting to see how MDM’s Skookum stands up to “The Legend of Boggy Creek”…those are some big shoes to fill.

I’ll keep the Forum posted on “Skookum’s” development.
No trouble at all, you can thank me later.

Gilliatt

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Forum members, thank you for your patience. I apologize for the delay, but the long awaited movie update is here.
Beginning with the movie’s website; http://skookumthemovie.com/# , I see that nothing has changed on the homepage since October. Being the adventurous type I decided to click on the Facebook link found under the “news” heading and it is here that we learn that the movie appears to be in the works.

Facebook link to “Skookum’s” photo album:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...03161056416742

A few photos feature a young lady that appears to have been roughed up by Skookum. I’m guessing the young lass is Anna’s sister (read the “synopsis”), but what thrills me most is that we are treated to the first glimpses of the star standing by a tree. I suspect that “Skookum” is male, judging by the male pattern stance adjacent to a tree.

The film poster:

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7520537_n.jpg




I like the tagline; “There’s some truth to almost all legends”. I couldn’t help but think about Mozart and Coronado as I read this.
Since the world didn’t end yesterday, as predicted by Harold Camping, the crew may resume filming, while we wait with bated breath for the arrival of “Skookum”.

Again, you may rest easy and go about your business as I will keep vigil on updates.


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James Arness passed away June 3rd.
He was best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in the longest running American TV series; "Gunsmoke".

Gunsmoke was a staple in the Gurgle household. It was always a thrill to see Marshal Dillon, Festus, Doc Adams and of course Miss Kitty.
James Arness also starred in a couple of B/W Science fiction thrillers; "The thing From Another World" and "Them"
Coincidentally, I had just watched "Them" a couple of weeks ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness

Marshal Dillon (right) and Festus
http://webjoogler.com/wp-content/upl...ke-300x234.jpg


A scene from "Them":

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y32nBaee2k...hem%5B1%5D.jpg

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It was an exhaustive work week, so I apologize for not bringing attention to this on the day it ocurred, however, the world mourns the loss of of the greatest icon of U.S. "camp" TV shows.
I'm speaking of Sherwood Schwartz, the genius behind such treasures as "Gilligan's Island", "The Brady Bunch" and "My Favorite Martian"

Schwartz passed away at the ripe old age of 94 on July 12th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Schwartz


Gilligan's Isalnd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgE6PbBEIc


"The Brady Bunch":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCCG...eature=related


"My Favorite Martian":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RXiJ...eature=related


May your catchy theme songs be forever sung on bus trips to summer camp by young and old alike..."Here's the story of a lovely lady..."

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

Forum members, thank you for your patience. I apologize for the delay, but the long awaited movie update is here.
Beginning with the movie’s website; http://skookumthemovie.com/# , I see that nothing has changed on the homepage since October. Being the adventurous type I decided to click on the Facebook link found under the “news” heading and it is here that we learn that the movie appears to be in the works.

Facebook link to “Skookum’s” photo album:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...03161056416742

A few photos feature a young lady that appears to have been roughed up by Skookum. I’m guessing the young lass is Anna’s sister (read the “synopsis”), but what thrills me most is that we are treated to the first glimpses of the star standing by a tree. I suspect that “Skookum” is male, judging by the male pattern stance adjacent to a tree....

...Again, you may rest easy and go about your business as I will keep vigil on updates.

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Hold on to those size 30 lofers my friends, we have a trailer!:


http://skookumthemovie.com/skookum_the_movie_trailer/


A side note for those interested, the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy (TBRC) is hosting the 11th annual Bigfoot Conference in Tyler Texas, October 1st.-

http://www.texasbigfoot.com/


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Gilliatt, the original anecdote is marvellous and some of the very spirited back & forth was highly entertaining. Thanks. Unfortunately some of the first links you posted to Youtube have been taken down.

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Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin

Gilliatt, the original anecdote is marvellous and some of the very spirited back & forth was highly entertaining. Thanks. Unfortunately some of the first links you posted to Youtube have been taken down.

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Hey hey, there’s a blast from the past and entertaining? Well thanks anyway. I had written this off, leaving it to drift into oblivion.
I have to agree with your “original” comment, just stick to the first 30 or so posts, after that it went way south. I see you’ve been around these Forums for some time, so I imagine you are familiar with our departed friend who held some interesting notions about Mozart among other things. For any newcomers that happen to stumble upon this and are scratching your head, I would suggest you first read this > http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=46636 to understand this^

Better yet, just let sleeping dogs lie and move on to some music.

I attempted to replace at least the first two links that were removed.
Mozart Violin Sonata 35 in A, K 526, mvt 2 - Thibaud/Long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVWq5BARzM

Although the version I heard on that odd day was played by Hillary Hahn and Natalie Zhu, but I can’t seem to find it on YT, so here they are performing Mozart Violin Sonata K.301:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7xPIyePmNk

and the second link was this:

“Ding Dong Daddy’s From Dumas” performed by the great Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99Fokasa2Y