Aug 02 2008
Spaghetti Western Orchestra coming to VT
This is something exciting (for me at least). The Spaghetti Western Orchestra, which had its sold-out debut at the Montreal Jazz Fest recently, is coming to Burlington’s Flynn Theater on Oct. 27th, playing tunes by “The Maestro”, Ennio Morricone, as well as with a good dose of musical theater. They’ve come all the way from Australia. Even if you’re not into those films, it looks like a hoot:
The orchestra plays all of these instruments and sound effects (I emphasized some of the more interesting ones):
Asthma Inhaler, Bass Recorder, Bassoon, Bells, Birdwings Sound Effect, Body Drop Sound Effect, Bouncy Ball, Pump, Castanets, Chickens Sound Effect, Child Sized Boot, Claves, Coat Hangers (2), Concert Bass Drum, Concert Tom Toms, Cornflakes (Small Packet and Large Packet), Creaky Door Sound Effect, Deck Of Cards, Double Bass, Drum Kit, Dutch Clog & Tambourine Jingles, Egg Shakers, Electronic Sampler, Fake Glasses, Film Canister, Bird Whistle, Finger Cymbals (2), Footsteps Sound Effect, Frog Clicker, Harmonica (Working), Harmonica (Broken), Horseshoe, Jews Harps (6), Kat Midi Controller (2 Octaves), Kitchen Knife with Sharpening Steel, Latchbolt Sound Effect, Mandolin Maracas (I Pair), Melodeon (2), Nail Clippers, Nail File, Ocarina, One Note Saxophone, Orchestral Whip, Packaging Tape (1 Roll), Pan Pipes, Piano, Plastic Bags (2), Policeman’s Whistle, Ratchet, Reel-To-Reel, Tape Machine, Sticks And Twigs (Locally Sourced), String Can, Suspended Cymbals, Synthesizer, Tam Tam, Tasmanian Lottery Balls, Theremin, Timpani (3), Tin Whistle (5), Trumpet, Tuned Beer Bottles(11), Two Tone Whistle, Ukulele, Vibraphone, Vietnamese Dan Bau, Vihuela Wind Machine, Wooden Cowbells
I wonder what an asthma inhaler solo sounds like. Should be a lot of fun. They’ve got a great website here.
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An asthma inhaler sounds like a brochitis inhaler, only a bit louder
Why using Tasmanian lottery balls and Vietnamese Dan Bau?
What’s wrong with Belgian lottery balls and American Dan Bau?
And yes, Dutch clog jingles, ha ha ha
Maybe the Tasmanian lottery pays off more than the Belgian lottery. And I think Vietnamese Dau Bau are American Dau Baus. We dropped a bunch of Dau Baus on them during the war, and the peasants all scooped them up and appropriated them as their own.
Do you have a pair of Dutch clogs? Isn’t that required to live there?
Actually, few people in Holland have clogs. Holland is famous for three things: clogs, windmills and dikes. There are some windmills, yes, and a few dikes too, especially in the Homo parade on the Amsterdam Canals. But clogs, no. But we do have a lot of weed&speed&coffeeshops&afuturequeencalledmaximafromargentina!
Weed is #1 in my book for things that come to mind in Holland… and you forgot about tulips.