Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 19, 2010
April 18, 2010
April 20, 2010
Transcript:
Alice: We're getting a piano at Blisshaven! Petey: You know what Johann Sebastian Bach said about playing the piano? "Hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." Alice: HA! I can hit things! This is going to be easy! Petey: He also had 20 kids and wore a wig the size of a bath mat.
margueritem about 14 years ago
Little known facts about JSB…
leakysqueaky712 about 14 years ago
That fazes Alice not in the least.
rayannina about 14 years ago
Just got a mental picture of Alice hitting the piano keys with a wooden mallet, while wearing a bath mat on her head …
margueritem about 14 years ago
rayannina LOL!
GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago
Seconded Marg!
SCOTTtheBADGER about 14 years ago
I would think that Alice, and Johann’s son PDQ’s music would be a match made in heaven.
ds133 about 14 years ago
Small children and loud musical instruments do not mix well. I predict tears and many time outs to come of this.
lewisbower about 14 years ago
You’ve never bought your little nephew a drum for Christmas?
pibfan868 about 14 years ago
ah, Alice–such boundless confidence!
mrsullenbeauty about 14 years ago
I don’t see naptime lasting very long at Blisshaven.
Muzition about 14 years ago
Bach had 20 kids because he had no stops on his organ.
lazygrazer about 14 years ago
A piano at a pre-school should be considered a dangerous weapon.
fritzoid Premium Member about 14 years ago
What a grand plotline! RT could spinet out for weeks.
Only 16 more Chopin days until National Cartoonists Day!
Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 14 years ago
My favorite son of JS Bach is PDQ Bach.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 14 years ago
♫I want my baby bach, baby bach, baby bach.♫
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I thought Bach’s technique involved hitting ALL the keys at the SAME time.
“Tonight, Miss Alice Otterloop makes her Carnegie Hall debut with selections from The Short-Tempered Clavier.”
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
You go for it Alice!
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Don’t you know, shytimes?
“To temper, fugue it!”
comics4brown almost 14 years ago
Alice would be perfectly “in tune” with PDQ Bach! I can just see her now — not sure what her favorite piece might be but since Petey brought up the wig the size of a bath mat — maybe her favorite PDQ Bach piece would be “The Seasonings” which is performed by a robed choir…
trock7 almost 14 years ago
You know what they say: children aren’t born believing they can’t sing (or play the piano), they have to be taught that lesson.