SOUNDTRACK: TIME FOR THREE-Tiny Desk Concert #291 (July 27, 2013).
Time for Three are a string trio who play many types of music. There are two violinists Zachary De Pue and Nick Kendall with a double bassist Ranaan Meyerand. And over the course of their three songs (all original) they play classical, jazz, bluegrass and just about everything in between.
“Banjo Love,” features two contrary violin solos which get support from Meyer’s expressively propulsive bass. It opens with the two guys strumming the violins before breaking into some lovely bowed playing. Both violinists switch off solos (the blond player is a bit faster and more “showoffy” (but great)). There’s even a bit of a bass solo after which the three guys all make a big grunt before continuing to the end of the song.
They say they are honored to be on the Tiny Desk series and compliment them on their new offices.
“Sundays” is a slow piece that features lots interesting bass parts behind the slow violin melodies.
They have funny stories about the origins of their songs. “Don Don” is so named because the baseline goes don… don. This has more of a bluegrass fiddle feel than a classical feel. It’s super fast and fun with perfect slides and solos to really keep the song moving.
The notes say that they wished the guys played more, and I do too. Interestingly I see that they have covered Daft Punk and Kanye West, so I guess they’re up for just about anything.
[READ: December 8, 2015] The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966
A whole bunch of ideas that I think of as BIG PEANUTS ideas come along in this book. May of 1965 introduced the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm and Snoopy’s desire to meet his siblings. In July of 1965 we get the first instance of snoopy at the typewriter writing “it was a dark and stormy night.” We see Charlie Brown refer to the tree as a “kite eating tree” for the first time. In July 1965 it’s the first time I can recall seeing the phrase “jelly bread.” It’s the first appearance of Snoopy as Beau, the World War 1 flying ace (Oct 1965). And in September 1966 we get the first appearance of Peppermint Patty!
The pop culture references seem to have dimmed somewhat too, although in January 1965, Linus cries “Annette Funicello has grown up!”
The “Happiness is” quotes are fewer, although Lucy squeezes Snoopy and says “Felicitas est parvus canis calidus,” which is Latin for “Happiness is a Warm Puppy.” Of course later when he kisses her she freaks out “get some disinfectant, get some iodine” and he says “next time I’ll bite her on the leg.”
Linus’ blanket also takes on a mind of its own in March 1965 actually hissing at and attacking Lucy. (more…)
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