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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 14:33:34 GMT -5
Well, I am looking forward to cooling off a bit with the show tonight! This week, the show travels two ways: we go back in time to May 20, 2006 for a show from Reykjavik, Iceland, where listeners will be treated to a healthy dose of Icelandic history, poetry, and song in a show featuring The Fóstbræõur Male Choir, Bill Holm, Howard Levy, Diddú, John C. Reilly, plus our cast and band. Highlights include Garrison’s “Ode to Silence,” talk with Bill Holm followed by a reading from Choir Story and a reading of few poems. The choir shares Iceland’s National Song as well as a drinking song; Garrison sings with Diddú on “Till There Was You,” plus English Majors, Dusty & Lefty visit Iceland, a few sound effects sketches, and the News. www.prairiehome.org/shows/57177.html
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 14:34:19 GMT -5
May 20, 2006
Segment 1 00:00:00 Logo 00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues 00:02:39 GK talks about Iceland, Norwegians coming to Iceland, Christianity coming to Iceland, Icelandic gods 00:04:43 "Reykjavik" (Railroad Bill) - GK and Shoes 00:07:31 English Majors script 00:09:53 GK intros John C. Reilly 00:11:00 "Shanty" - John C. Reilly 00:13:35 The Lives of the Cowboys 00:24:49 "Barangela" - Diddu and Shoe Band 00:30:00 "Till There Was You" - GK, Diddu, Shoes 00:33:28 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2 00:35:54 GK intros Bill Holm 00:37:25 Bill Holm - Choir Story 00:41:56 "National Song" - Fóstbræður Male Choir 00:43:30 GK Talk To Director 00:44:53 "Eb Atta" (Creation Song) - Fóstbræður Male Choir 00:47:47 GK talks, intros Saga script 00:59:24 Intermission/"Lulu's Back In Town"
Segment 3 01:04:17 GK talks about Iceland 01:08:05 GK song 01:10:00 ELCA script 01:11:44 "Boogie Woogie Feeling" - Pat Donohue and Shoes 01:14:30 SFX script 01:22:57 "Seresta" - Howard Levy
Segment 4 01:22:57 The News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5 01:37:50 "Angel Band" - John C. Reilly and Shoes 01:41:10 "Sveitin Mill Sanda" - Diddu 01:44:06 Bill Holm reads 2 poems 01:47:25 "Ode to Silence" - GK 01:50:40 Ketchup script 01:54:08 GK talks to Choir 01:54:30 "Drinking Song" - Fóstbræður Male Choir 01:55:47 Credits/Close
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 14:34:59 GMT -5
The Fóstbræður Male Choir There is a strong tradition of choral singing in Iceland. And one of the leading groups is the Fóstbræður Male Choir. First formed in 1916, the choir is currently under the direction of Arni Hardarson. The choir keeps up a busy concert schedule in Reykjavik and elsewhere in Iceland. And the group has performed on radio and television, with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, and with the Icelandic Opera. The choir has also traveled widely, visiting many European countries as well as North America. Fóstbræður (the name translates as “sworn brothers”) has won prizes at international choral competitions, including the silver prize at Llangollen in Wales in 1972, the bronze prize at Linderholzhausen in Germany in 1987, and the gold in Prague in 2001.
Bill Holm A poet and essayist who traveled the world, Bill Holm died in February 2009 at the age of 65. He was born in 1943 on a farm north of the town of Minneota, Minnesota. He continued to live there while working as an English professor at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, where he taught for 27 years before retiring in 2007. He wrote more than a dozen books, including The Windows of Brimnes, named for his cottage near the small fishing village of Hofsos in Iceland. He spent his summers there in the land of his ancestors.
John C. Reilly John C. Reilly has been an actor since he was about eight years old. He credits the Chicago Park District for his career choice. “They had great after-school programs for kids — woodworking, drama and music and all this stuff.” Acting kept young John—who grew up in a rough neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side—out of trouble. He graduated from Brother Rice High School, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from DePaul University’s Goodman School of Drama, and eventually became a member of Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theatre. Reilly’s first film was Brian De Palma’s Casualties of War in 1989. Since then, he has had roles in dozens of movies, including Days of Thunder, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The River Wild, Boogie Nights, The Perfect Storm, The Thin Red Line, Gangs of New York, and Chicago, for which he received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2006, he starred as Lefty in Robert Altman’s film A Prairie Home Companion.
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 17:00:24 GMT -5
Welcome aboard!
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 17:01:48 GMT -5
Hey, dw. I'll be a bit late but I'll be here tonight.
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 17:23:49 GMT -5
The Lives of the Cowboys is not for listening to before eating dinner!! lol
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 17:26:49 GMT -5
I'm logged on and have show thread open. I just finished re-watching, for about the 5th time, the Grammy Tribute to the Beach Boys in honor of their 60 years performing! It is 2 hours and a great show so I am hoping it will be released as a DVD. Yes it could probably be streamed again or forever on Peacock, if I subscribed to it, buy I don't trust the permanency of streaming compared to owning a DVD.
ETA - I was inattentive, I'll tune in now
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 17:29:50 GMT -5
OK I think I am now in sync at 28:50
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 17:33:02 GMT -5
OK, I have arrived.
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 17:39:56 GMT -5
Hey, doc, dw. How's everyone doing?
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 17:40:02 GMT -5
I got distracted looking at summer tours of all the performers from the Beach Boys tribute - there was so many great ones that I was not familiar with. Perhaps see some "local" concerts as far away as Seattle or Vancouver, BC if my chain will stretch that far.
These days I am approving of respect for elders!
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 17:45:15 GMT -5
I am fascinated by the references about Iceland.. especially the way kids are named ... right now the Icelandic day is over 18 hours long.... and there are many live web cams showing various scenes. We went to a nice little blueberry farm celebration earlier today... sadly they did not have fresh blueberries for picking because mother nature chose to wreck havoc on their plants.. but they did have tours of the place, and some nice information and music.. so we had a nice day for it as well.
We find that it is necessary for us to be outdoors (when the weather permits) on a weekly basis for good health and mental sanity!
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 17:47:08 GMT -5
Say, doc. Are you tuning in to the Storytelling weekly broadcast from their their summer program? Bob Jones was on yesterday. It's $175 for the season, weekly through October. Several of us get together bring food, sit around listening for an hour. Then we do a little critique or things that impressed us.. very informal which makes it fun.
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 17:50:44 GMT -5
I am fascinated by the references about Iceland.. especially the way kids are named ... right now the Icelandic day is over 18 hours long.... and there are many live web cams showing various scenes. We went to a nice little blueberry farm celebration earlier today... sadly they did not have fresh blueberries for picking because mother nature chose to wreck havoc on their plants.. but they did have tours of the place, and some nice information and music.. so we had a nice day for it as well. We find that it is necessary for us to be outdoors (when the weather permits) on a weekly basis for good health and mental sanity! Absolutely!
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 17:53:34 GMT -5
Hey, doc, dw. How's everyone doing? Oh I'm not doing much. I am thinking of wedding plans for September - airfare, dress for Mother of the Bride, encouraging Howard to get Pre-Check, researching ship-ahead baggage because I am NOT traveling with Howard any more unless he can get PreCheck line access and no checked bags. I cannot tolerate anymore national TSA alerts and massive airport searches. And as noted, seeing if I can get myself to some summer concerts. Also beginning realtor checks to sell the house, all the unloading and downsizng, mabe estate sale, contract with an antiquarian book dealer. Gen is teaching summer classes while doing wedding prep and also getting ready for grad school as she starts the Ed. D program this fall. Plus she has switched to ice dancing instead of figure skating as she says that is "too competitive" even though she won the gold medal in her recent competition even though her nice new skates were stolen so she had to perform wearing her old ones. Spencer is vacationing in Malta after having worked in Spain for a month, but will be back in the US soon, probably visit us in the next month or so as he wants to get in a visit to friends in BC. Amber seems swamped with her job and the kids as Nadia has long Covid and is enrolled in a study at Childrens' National in Medical Center in DC. Howard is absorbed in NBA playoffs as the Denver Nuggets are doing very well. The Seattle Kraken hockey team went down fighting in their 7th game against the Dallas Stars in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 18:00:20 GMT -5
90% of all homes in Iceland are heated with geothermal energy and they have put pipes under roadways to carry hot water in the winter so that it melts off snow and ice. Wild!
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 18:01:03 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been following individuals' activity, though I seldom post. I don't know, but it sounds like most of your family, except you and Amber, are having a pretty good time. I'm still trying to play catch-up around here before storm season. I hope to make KY in July, then on up to Illinois.
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 18:02:53 GMT -5
And doesn't Amber have a group of unofficial in-laws around her area who could help out with the kids a little bit?
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 18:03:18 GMT -5
Hey, doc, dw. How's everyone doing? Oh I'm not doing much. I am thinking of wedding plans for September - airfare, dress for Mother of the Bride, encouraging Howard to get Pre-Check, researching ship-ahead baggage because I am NOT traveling with Howard any more unless he can get PreCheck line access and no checked bags. I cannot tolerate anymore national TSA alerts and massive airport searches. And as noted, seeing if I can get myself to some summer concerts. Also beginning realtor checks to sell the house, all the unloading and downsizng, mabe estate sale, contract with an antiquarian book dealer. Gen is teaching summer classes while doing wedding prep and also getting ready for grad school as she starts the Ed. D program this fall. Plus she has switched to ice dancing instead of figure skating as she says that is "too competitive" even though she won the gold medal in her recent competition even though her nice new skates were stolen so she had to perform wearing her old ones. Spencer is vacationing in Malta after having worked in Spain for a month, but will be back in the US soon, probably visit us in the next month or so as he wants to get in a visit to friends in BC. Amber seems swamped with her job and the kids as Nadia has long Covid and is enrolled in a study at Childrens' National in Medical Center in DC. Howard is absorbed in NBA playoffs as the Denver Nuggets are doing very well. The Seattle Kraken hockey team went down fighting in their 7th game against the Dallas Stars in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So are you going to take this at a slow pace so as not to get into health problems yourself? SPeaking of health, whatever happened to your toe?
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 18:04:43 GMT -5
90% of all homes in Iceland are heated with geothermal energy and they have put pipes under roadways to carry hot water in the winter so that it melts off snow and ice. Wild! Sounds like they've adapted pretty well.
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:06:39 GMT -5
I've been to Iceland but it was in the winter - it was mostly dark then. Here in the 4th corner we are up to 15.5 hours of daylight and 16.75 visible light thanks to our long twilight, which is great long evenings but also sunrise is just after 0500 so I am waking up by about 0600.
All those Nordic countries have a tradition is familial names that translate as "son of" or "daughter of." Very easy to trace the ancestors on the Finland Swede side of the family. And once on a Zoom call there were people from my grandmother's town who actually knew my grandmother's family, at least the ones who are still there and they remember quite well those who emigrated. I could still pursue Finnish citizenship by heritage if I wanted - those folks would help me!
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:15:26 GMT -5
And doesn't Amber have a group of unofficial in-laws around her area who could help out with the kids a little bit? Yes, Betty, their grandmother lives in a MIL apartment on the lower level that Jason built in. He is quite skilled. And Auntie Tee (Jason's sister) lives a few blocks away. I think they are quite/somewhat involved but I can't really tell as I haven't been there much, as some of my trips are when Betty is away (family in west Africe, or visiting her sister in Paris, where she is the ambassador to France) so I can help. If I am visiting with Howard we have to stay at a hotel as he prefers it. Jay I didn't sing up for the Storytelling sessions. The timing is weird for the PNW. Maybe when we moved back east, we'll attend live. Iceland has abundant geothermal energy, WA/OR have a pretty good supply of hydroelectric energy. Neither of those store particularly well, and the environmental impact in WA (salmon need special ladders) is significant. Plus California threatens to send earthquakes if we don't send them power.
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:16:18 GMT -5
We have trolls in Seattle - one lives under the Fremont Bridge in Seattle.
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Post by jspnrvr on May 20, 2023 18:21:26 GMT -5
We have trolls in Seattle - one lives under the Fremont Bridge in Seattle. I've seen pictures of that troll! He's quite a guy.
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 18:29:15 GMT -5
We have trolls in Seattle - one lives under the Fremont Bridge in Seattle. I've seen pictures of that troll! He's quite a guy. Never heard of this, but then I find the more I learn, the less I really know! Neat sculpture though.
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:30:44 GMT -5
Buoy, the Kraken mascot, is said to be a relative of the Fremont Troll.
DW, thanks for asking. My toenail is sort of OK, but I think it will fall off on it's own and heal up fine. It doesn't hurt much any more. Much better than going to the doctor and getting needles, ovacaine and gross stuff involved (I might faint).
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:32:47 GMT -5
//Never heard of this, but then I find the more I learn, the less I really know! Neat sculpture though. //
I think daily of the quote attributed to John Donne "As the islands of knowledge expand so do the shorelines of ignorance."
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:38:41 GMT -5
I think there is still a Norwegian Independence Day parade in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, though I think most of the Norwegian-speaking businesses are limited these days.
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Post by doctork on May 20, 2023 18:49:46 GMT -5
In Ecuador distance was estimated by "Can you see it across a stream, a creek, a small river, a big river, the Amazon River?" The Amazon can be over a mile wide.
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Post by dwarnold on May 20, 2023 18:49:55 GMT -5
Buoy, the Kraken mascot, is said to be a relative of the Fremont Troll. DW, thanks for asking. My toenail is sort of OK, but I think it will fall off on it's own and heal up fine. It doesn't hurt much any more. Much better than going to the doctor and getting needles, ovacaine and gross stuff involved (I might faint). I've never had much negative reaction to proper medical care. Funny thing is that I signed up to donate plasma last year, and for some reason, on a regular basis, they would have to stop the donation process because of a bad stick. I have had to have blood work every 6 months or so for years, and NEVER had a problem, but the plasma folks would complain about being unable to find my vein, or that I had rolling veins, and the machine would fail and I would have a huge bruise etc. But aside from that negative experience, I find the whole medical treatment experience to be exciting and very interesting!
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