Category: food

05/12/11 02:20 - ID#54272

Cheese

Oddly, this is a follow up to (e:heidi,49711) and the cheese conversation. They're from a tiny village called Germania in Potter County, Pa. Germania has one of the oldest continuously running volunteer fire departments in the state, the Goodyear Hose Company #1.

Germania Hotel (I have some pretty cool pix of the inside - just amazing that the place hasn't been abandoned.)

Germania Store

Stuff inside Germania Store

Real sharp cheddar

Cutting a chunk for us

Some shots from the Germania Old Home Day that supports the fire company.

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Category: food

05/12/11 02:15 - ID#54271

Loot

I went in the Can Can Candy store on elmwood after hitting the coop for lunch. The hot bar choices sucked so I got some discontinued amy's organics freezer food and mango sorbet. And then I got all this loot! Not the aqarius game... That just looked pretty with the candy. All my childhood favorites :-)

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Category: food

05/11/11 02:45 - ID#54264

Cabot!

Cabot with wax coating? I'll have to check it out. In the meantime, I've got this one.

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Category: travel

05/09/11 01:29 - ID#54251

Fail?

Isn't this a little harsh?

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Category: music

05/08/11 12:18 - ID#54240

"We Bid You Goodnight"

How funny that (e:mrmike) would post that title... The Grateful Dead version of this American traditional has been on an inaccessible edge of my consciousness since posting all those bluegrass tunes.

The video on this is terrible but the sound quality seems to be better than average. Alpine Valley, 1989.

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Category: tourism

05/06/11 04:13 - ID#54228

Diner

Lana &i stopped for ice cream between genesseo & batavia at The Barn.

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Category: music

05/05/11 01:50 - ID#54221

A completely different music...

My bff, her hubby & I are considering the DC show of this festival

If I've turned you on to bluegrass, you might want to consider the Hickory Festival (HickFest for short)

Aug. 19-21 in Tioga County.

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05/04/11 02:13 - ID#54213

Country tune

I spent my last $10 (on birth control & beer), Two Nice Girls

((e:lauren), you've heard this, right?)

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Category: home

05/03/11 08:58 - ID#54207

More bluegrass

Uncle Pen is another classic. Here's a 1956 Bill Monroe version.

And a 1990 Phish version (using rock instruments)

A nice description of the difference between bluegrass & country and how they developed:

I think this old country tune nicely illustrates the difference: Buck Owens played I've Got a Tiger by the Tail on The Dukes of Hazard. (This is one of A's favorites and he always makes his bands play it.)

Midnight Moonlight (Old & in the Way version 1973 - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, John Kahn.)

A more modern style: Ain't No Bugs on Me, Garcia & Grisman, Not for Kids Only [(e:enknot), (e:lilho), (e:hodown), (e:metalpeter) - you need this album for all the little ones!]

Another Garcia/Grisman, Grateful Dawg, live 1990.

They're more genre-defying while using the instruments of bluegrass. Amazing artists. What's really fun is tracing all the traditionals that the Grateful Dead covered. I know a lot more old country than I want to admit.

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05/02/11 07:19 - ID#54204

Bluegrass

Bluegrass features instruments not part of the usual country, blues or rock setup: banjo, fiddle, stand up bass, and mandolin. Drums are rarely used. Voices are often arranged in harmonies.

The classic Rocky Top by Osborne Brothers -

Alternate version: Roy Clark with the Muppets

and one more version, just for (e:Mike) - Dolly Parton

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are my current favorite. They're classified as a string band, but it's still Appalachian folk. Here they're covering something popular that I don't think I've heard the original of.

Don't get trouble in your mind

This is one of my favorite covers of a pop song in bluegrass style (altho it has a full drum kit behind it). It makes me laugh every time and I've got plenty of good memories associated with it.

Tioga County-based bands:

The Hickory Project
Grass Stained Genes
Cornpone Sally My friend Liz plays mandolin. Definitely check out "Tioga"

THP (or at least parts) & GHG will likely be playing Memorial Day weekend at the party I go to every year. (e:heidi,48869) GHG played for my 31st birthday party.
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And when do we get to play with this???

metalpeter writes at 05:46:30 05/03/11 - Comment #62134: Sorry To Be Real Blue Grass it must Mention "The Lord" HA... Kidding I like Blue Grass but listen to it much I listened to these videos as I read facebook postings... I'm sure as one listens more it becomes like rock music some bands you like and some you don't... By the Way anyone have any Kentucky Blue Grass...... Ha that isn't music from what I have heard... Seriously though There is some line someplace where some country music becomes blue grass and vice versa and not sure where that is but guessing you wouldn't hear it on Radio or at least not here.... I Wish I had the time to follow the links......

matthew writes at 11:44:31 05/03/11 - Comment #62132: I really like bluegrass music, especially when its performed by Dolly.

lauren writes at 09:22:29 05/03/11 - Comment #62131: I can't get enough of this stuff. I'm always a sucker for tight harmonies and string instruments and I think the texture of the banjo and the fiddle and the mandolin and the jug and whatever else they stick in there makes it all the better.

heidi writes at 12:59:17 05/03/11 - Comment #62130: I almost went looking for that old-tyme one-mic style while I was putting this together but thought it would be too much info... guess not :-) Here's a band I saw at Coudersport High School a couple years back with Cornpone Sally opening: The Hillbilly Gypsies, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which is a wonderful classic. :::link::: Here's a vocal number Drivin' Nails: :::link::: (The banjo player has an extra mic, but you get the idea.)

I have about a 50-hours/year limit on bluegrass tolerance, most of which is taken by the party.

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:53:25 05/02/11 - Comment #62129: Oh, Yeah, I almost forgot. Hit em up is Blu Cantrell song. I love that the percussion for the Carolina Chocolate Drops is the banjo player stomping on the stage with a mike next to his foot. I've been aware of these guys for a while. They rock.

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:43:13 05/02/11 - Comment #62128: I like the energy and honesty of bluegrass.

When I lived in Brevard, NC, a bluegrass musician I knew said that it wasn't real bluegrass unless it followed the"Crowd around the microphone" rule. He said that old school bluegrass had all the musicians arranged around a microphone (sometimes in a circle) and that the featured part (vocal or instrumental would step closer to the mike) to be louder. Apparently, this practice stems from single microphone recording and radio shows from the 1920s and 1930s. I heard that he plays with a fairly well-known group these days. I wonder if he feels the same way now.

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