Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed

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  1. Sisyphos

    Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

    Ohh! Help! I want my music, not the BCRCO!

  2. kreole

    kreole said, 2 months ago

    Is that a cig he’s (maestro) been chewing on the last few days?

  3. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Or a cigar.

    First on the playlist: “The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give” by P.D.Q. Bach (instrumental version).

  4. pbarnrob

    pbarnrob said, 2 months ago

    P.D.Q. Bach Discography found at (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/pdq/disc.html), biography at (http://www.schickele.com/pdqbio.htm). Examples as well…

  5. Avolunteer

    Avolunteer said, 2 months ago

    Isn’t this strip supposed to be in the USA? If so where did the “Royal” come from? Love the use (appropriately!!) of the word cacophonic!

  6. Jo Jo

    Jo Jo said, 2 months ago

    How ‘bout a rousing chorus of “Deck Us All with Boston Charlie”?

  7. NebulousRikulau

    NebulousRikulauGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    And perhaps a nice rendition of Cage’s 4’33”.
    With a full encore?

  8. jrbj

    jrbj said, 2 months ago

    Maestro Limekiller is English, hence the Bloom County “Royal” Cacophonic Orchestra.

  9. AddADadaAdDad

    AddADadaAdDad said, 2 months ago

    “Music is all around us, if only we’d listen”

  10. cholldekkgher stenstenstaffgher

    cholldekkgher stenst... said, 2 months ago

    How can Opus play that Baritone horn (for that is truly what it is, compared to the Tuba) with a honker like he has???

  11. SherlockWatson

    SherlockWatson said, 2 months ago

    And this is how Opus got his formal training before joining Billy and the Boingers.

  12. Bill Evans

    Bill Evans said, 2 months ago

    Being a string bass player, I especially appreciate what ever
    cartoon animal that is in the cartoon playing the bass.

  13. ChukLitl

    ChukLitlGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I think that’s Phil the woodchuck on a cello.
    Baritone usually has a bent bell. Opus plays tuba. The wrap-around version of the bass horn would be a sousaphone. Same notes & sheet music, tuba has better tone quality, sousaphone is easier to carry in a parade or half-time show.

  14. yyyguy

    yyyguyGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    i played a tuba in high school. it was a very large instrument which was shaped like the one Opus is holding, except the bell was bent so as to face forward. what cholldekkgher is calling a”baritone” is (i think)something we knew as a “euphonium” - similar shape to what i describe, but smaller and higher pitched. we also had a smaller tuba in the band which was called an “e-flat bass” as opposed to the “bb-flat bass” which i played.