When, a few minutes later, she reaches the strange line "Ghengis Khan, he could not keep all his men supplied with sheep," you get a whole new idea what those sheep were for.Stay for the end, when he actually uses the word "grok."
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Great moments in CD reviewing
I normally don't listen to All Things Considered on NPR, as I generally commute by mass transit with my own audio, but yesterday I was coming home in my car and caught this review of the new Maria Muldaur CD. I found it quite fascinating, partly because I like music reviews on audio, particularly when the reviewer pulls illustrative clips from both the item at hand and other sources, so you can really get a sense of what is being discussed. The other reason for fascination was because I couldn't tell if the reviewer had a really subtle and odd sense of humor, or, well, not. Example:
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I saw your posting about Maria Muldaur on NPR. I heard it too and thought it was wild. I love that the reviewer used different audio clips. I am definitely going to buy this album...I guess amazon is the best choice although sometimes I go to the record label's website, a friend of mine told me to do that. According to amazon, she is with Telarc.
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