SOUNDTRACK: ADAM ARCURAGI-Tiny Desk Concert #42 (January 10, 2010).
I had never heard of Arcuragi before this show and in the five years since I haven’t heard of him elsewhere. Bob introduces the show by raving about Adam’s voice.
But I don’t really think there’s anything special about his voice. It’s a good decent string voice, but nothing notably unique about it or anything. So it was a bit of a set up for a let down. Which is shame because Arcuragi and his mates sing three delightful songs.
“She Comes to Me” features acoustic and electric guitars and mandolin. “Steal People’s Medicine” uses the electric guitar a a slide guitar, which sounds remarkably different from the first song (no mandolin either). “Bottom of the River” which switches the mandolin for a tambourine is the most fun of the three songs. It’s a bit more upbeat, there’s some good harmonies and the crowd even starts clapping along. And Adam does wail a few notes showing that his voice is better than I suggested.
Watch it here.
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I was unaware of The Vault of Simpsonology Series. This is the third book in the series, the other two being from Homer and Bart with future books from Lisa, Grandpa and Bartman. I’m also not exactly sure why our library received this book, But it’s a fun little addition to all things Simpson.
The book is 64 pages about 6 inches square and it is chock full of insights into Mr Burns.
On the first page is an envelope with a poster. Given the incompleteness of the back, I assume that all the books have similar posters with which you would make one giant poster.
The introduction (by Mr Burns) explains that he just wants to entertain with this volume–not to give away secrets. So we get Burns’ bucket list (#29–keep a meal down completely; 17- Buy the EPA and rename it the Environment Profit Administration) and Secrets to Burns’ long life (a bizarre medical contraption involving syringes, a small devil and a drooling baby). (more…)
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