Coraline, that gigantic entirely-hand-made stop-motion filmed-in-3D movie based on the Neil Gaiman novel?
Set in Ashland, Oregon; home of Southern Oregon University.
Any of my college freinds could tell you that it's an apt choice of settings-- any time I tell a story about my college days? When others look puzzled or unconvinced, I feel myself start to whine "but it felt magic at the time!!!".
I'll be a very happy camper when I finally get to see it.
Since NONE OF YOU supplied me with music in the key of 'D', I'm improvising. Playing by ear, mostly.
And you know what? WAY EASIER WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK.
I figured out "Auld Lang Syne" a few nights ago, and now that I'm sitting here with a cuppa Hot Buttered Rum, and I had Aretha Franklin's "Son of a Preacher Man" stuck in my head... well, now I know how to play the chorus of "Son of a Preacher Man" on a goddamned TINWHISTLE.
WOOOOOOOO!
Oh.... and since we're talking music? How about something REALLY REALLY CATCHY?
As far as I can tell, the days of hobo signs are long past; they go by word of mouth now, as very few urban campers travel cross-country anymore, and tend to stay in one area. (I have this information on good authority by a field agent of the local posse of Seattle's ever-colorful homeless kids.)
What a shame for a clever system like that to die!
Well, the good folks at cockeyed.com (the ones who ask how much gold is actually in Goldschlager) have drawn up a new set of hobo signs for the urban traveller.
Right, so now I have a second tinwhistle, this one breathy and soft and nice to play in small apartments.
The problem: I need music in the key of 'D'.
What kind of music? - SCA/Folk stuff
- SCA dance music
- Not interested in Irish reels, jigs, etc.
Even better would be some sort of way to trans...pose(?) midi sheet music (ala Noteworthy Composer) into the key of 'D' (This should be possible but I haven't figured out how).
I've found a few sites here and there with stuff, but precious little that isn't reels, jigs, etc. :(
The picture to the left is from the "Nate the Great" series of picture books, the right is the first appearance of Emily Strange and her cats.
Verdict: Not accidental.
I suppose it could be interpreted as a sort of homage to the original, but Emily has spawned a vast empire of Hot Topic trash for disaffected suburban youth to brandish with no apperent kickback or even awknowledgment of the original.
As for the "maybe they thought it was and original idea but it was just a vivid memory" crowd? Ehhhh, not quite buying it. I, for one, don't believe in photographic memory, and tiny details like white mary jane shoes are too close for comfort. Even the tiny tiny cat to Rosamund's right is replicated true to the original.
... except it does not mean what they thinks it means.*
An internet meme is a phrase, image, or concept that spreads like herpes among various message boards (the "chans") and forums (Fark's and SomethingAwful's, among others), and eventually your mom's inbox.
Here's a cute video to help:
One thing that is not a meme is Silly Quizzes.
These online personality quizzes are thoughtful, fun, and amusing, but they are not memes. Same goes for those lists of probing personal questions.
In WWII someone claimed to have seen me swallow a German Bomber whole, while modern Russians think I might be some form of giant mutant beaver, proving that Vodka is a mighty alchohol indeed.
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