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Phil

@Phil@folksocial.org

Morris dancer, melodeon mangler, smallpipe squeezer, book addict. Happy to be on the EFDSS server.
Bad birdwatcher and climate worrier (check out my alt account) & transport planner. Abibliophobe.
“Any fool can appreciate a mountain, it takes a man of discernment to appreciate the Fens” - Cambridgeshire resident to botanist Harry Godwin

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Phil, to folk
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Given that on top of everything else his party has done over the last 14 years Sunak has called the election for a day when I won’t be able to poll clerk and thereby done me out of a day’s extra earning, I’ve resumed my previous attempt at learning this tune of @squeezyjohn ’s - I think I’ve more or less got it:

https://youtu.be/jBJ6NYORSZ8

Phil, to folk
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Here’s a cracking Jean Blanchard tune I can’t believe I don’t remember before hearing it on Mel’s yesterday so I have to share for - Boite a Frissons

https://youtu.be/n116Noa9ccI

Phil, to folk
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I heard this and thought “Gallopede” but apparently this called “Knife’s Edge” except that if you search for that you find another tune instead… so I don’t know what I’m sharing this except that it is early .

https://youtu.be/Wl-R0I-5-HA?

Phil, to Bagpipes
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I may have mentioned it before, but Billy Pigg’s playing is awesome. Here he is ripping through the Morpeth Rant on - https://youtu.be/CFj8rD2cCkQ

barnetboy, to music
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A short improvised track played on electro-acoustic guitar with added audio effects. Moon Base Omega:

https://youtu.be/ofkaFjelVYA

Phil,
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@barnetboy

I get the vibe of serious opening credits for what it makes you expect to be a serious TV sci-fi series - that then turns out to be a sitcom. (I don’t know why, and it is a comment not a criticism - it’s really quite soothing!)

Phil, to FolkMusic
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Will Allen playing “Portsmouth” on is my tune to share this

https://youtu.be/TG-DY970Zlc?

Phil, to folk
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“La Roulante” by Jean Blanchard - with my usual pedantry that it is a simple and easy basic courtesy to call tunes by the name their composer gave them at least while they’re still alive.
It must be

https://youtu.be/rO_HlcOPwn0


Phil, to books
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My 41st - while still wading through weightier tomes I wanted to read something quicker and easier… which it may be in some ways, but not others. Inspiring, depressing, exhausting… not as good as for example Rebirding but a grounding reminder of the need for action.

Phil, to FolkMusic
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As I've not really played it since getting my Serafini, I'm considering selling my Hohner Erika in G/C.
It's a Mike Rowbotham special, which he set up for me in 2017, and added a third (lower) voice and an extra four bass/chord buttons to give 12. If I let it go I'll be looking for £1,000. Delivery possible within a reasonable distance of Bedford, UK, or postage within the UK at buyers cost. More details in the next post.

Phil,
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The right hand layout has accidentals in two octaves - low on the first button of each row, high in the middle of the half row. There are G/A reversals on each end of the half row.

The usual basses/chords are at the bottom on the left hand, then above there are reversals for C and D on the outside row, and pushed B & pulled Bb on the inside.

Phil,
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Stops let you remove the low voice on the right hand end, and the thirds from the chords on the left.

Pair of Mally straps with buckle covers, and rucksack gigbag, included.

Phil, to folk
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This is divine.
Andy Cutting playing “The Origin of the World”

https://youtu.be/78Nex0PCjPc?si=XZpmUmvu_X8LkYka

Phil, to FolkMusic
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Sod it, have another Morris jig - Princess Royal

https://youtu.be/Zf_MWtXCVKc?si=OlI4lFglQijHmJLC

barnetboy, to FolkMusic
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It was fun recording this song. Six tracks; 3 instruments and 3 choruses. Poor Old Man

https://youtu.be/CTVn1M310mQ

#FolkSong #FolkMusic #shanty #SeaShanty #MakeMineAShanty

Phil,
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@barnetboy nice one, thanks :-)

TheWarOnCars, to random
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It's like they're just throwing up their hands and admitting that they can't even be bothered to try to convince us anymore. There's no viable sales pitch for any aspect of this way of life. This is basically an ad for bicycles, transit and walking... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kmOoQTp8i28

Phil,
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@TheWarOnCars

Nice to see realistic driving conditions depicted for once.

eniko, to random
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Proposal: stop saying stuff like "we're destroying the planet" and change it to "they're destroying the planet", to pivot away from self blame when most of us don't have the power to change things and definitely would if we could, and towards laying the blame squarely on the elites propping up the fossil fuel industry so we can focus our collective anger on those actually responsible

Phil,
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@eniko
Remember to put your letter in a big envelope together with a roof tile (big enough to just go in a post box) and don’t put a stamp on it.
That way they will have to pay the postage not you - and it isn’t like they can’t afford it.

Phil, to FolkMusic
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I just found this and only had time to listen to the start, I am sharing it here so that I can find it tomorrow - plus I suspect some of you will appreciate an hour plus recording of John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris playing St Andrews folk club in 1972!

#Squeezebox #Accordion #DiatonicAccordion #BritishChromaticAccordion #Melodeon
#FolkMusic #Folk #Trad #TradMusic

https://youtu.be/D0Df4cedAVQ?si=AE2O0j9LXGZ0mWWr

Phil, to folk
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A nice gurdy tune for

https://youtu.be/LM-repmDnFM

Phil, to random
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About to attend a webinar on “how AI can solve current transport problems”. I’m on tenterhooks to find out how computer programs pretending to be people will end the gross overuse of automobiles and the blight of air travel. Somehow I doubt they will be defining our transport problems in the same way as me.

barnetboy, to random
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26 degrees already. Could be a warm day. folks

Phil,
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@barnetboy
A mere 25 at my desk. Why do I have a 9am meeting?

barnetboy, to random
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That was an interesting start to the day. Had to take herself to pronto soccorso (ER, A&E) early this morning. At least she's okay now. 😌

Phil,
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@barnetboy
I like the sound of “okay now” far better than “A&E”. Hope it wasn’t too bad.

Phil, to FolkMusic
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My NSP teacher has introduced me to Pennoù Skoulm.
PSA - you also need to be introduced to them, if you don’t know their music already.

Phil, to random
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The side is fuelling up for St Neots Day of Dance - come find Red Cuthbert if you are around and say hello, I’ll be the one with the !

barnetboy, to random
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Pilgrims' Chorus from Wagner's opera Tannhäuser, played on a synth:

https://youtu.be/DdsSNSKggzc

Phil,
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@barnetboy
excellent, I really like classical music on unexpected instruments. I was thinking last night that I should re-learn Die Fiorelle on melodeon and maybe some Wagnerian themes.

Phil, to random
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So, having borrowed a modern A.C. Norman for a month or so at the start of the year this week I have bought my own. It’s not perfect, but it is not at all bad and was nicely priced. It is a and dates to around 1900, but we can’t be too precise as it is a “marriage” box which is apparently what people call a cut-and-shut assembled from several donors to make one working box.
As if I don’t already play too many instruments (badly)…

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