Just an idea I had as I was going home from the Leinster Fleadh that everyone should write their favourite tunes! Mine has to be Colonel Frasers Reel! What about yours!
You will probably get a load of people going on about how the question is meaningless, With a bit of luck they'll get heated and rude. Don't take it personally if they do.
However, my favourite tune today is still Crested Hens
I remember Joy Division and The Bucks. It was a little side project they tried before New Order started, after Ian died. Actually, I think it was called (Rehashing) Joy Division (for) The Bucks.
...and finally, I'll go with what Reverend said. It's usually the last one I learned, or am in the process of learning. The Ladies Pantalettes and The Eavesdropper are the two currently on the woodshed table.
Speaking of which, does anyone know the name of that song that uses The Eavesdropper for the tune? Something about how his brothers are all priests and they read from the Book of Psalms, but he's a loafing musician and he reads from the Book of Songs that he bought at the fair?
SWFL- never heard the song, but that's The Fiddler of Dooney, by Yeats. Great poem, one of the few I put to memory a few years ago when I was studying metrical use of language.
Old Borodin could write a tune or two, Llig old chap. In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Polovtsian Dances for example. And what about the slow movement of Beethoven's late E flat quartet? Gorgeous. Oh, and that Titanic tune.
It's always difficult to bring sad news, but you should know...
There was a great loss today in the entertainment world. The man who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey" died. What was really horrible is that they had trouble keeping the body in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and ... well, you know the rest.
"The Derriere," better known as the song, "Fanny Boy":
O Fanny Boy
The pipes, the pipes, are clogging
From Men's to Men's rooms
'Cross the county wide
The plumber's gone
And all the noses dying
'Tis you, 'tis you, must go
I'll wait outside
But run ye back when plumbing calls your botto
O when the stalls are flushed and white as snow
'Tis you'll be there, your buns consigned to shadow
O Fanny Boy, O Fanny Boy . . . don't overflow
Joe CSS—
Well, as everyone knows, "Fanny Boy" was actually written by a Brit. And the fact that not enough babies are being born in Britain to replace the aging population throws new light on their confusion over the meaning/location of the fanny.
SWFL—
I understand. And irony of ironies that's the one room you can rely on for finding a tissue. That's life in a nutshell for you, right there.
Dr Gilbert; and if we're getting all classical, I fell in love with the
Nielson Clarinet Concerto - Stanley Drucker's recording of it when I
was 15 and worked really hard trying to master it. Now looking
back on that piece, it has some of the same rhythmic and melodic
features that got me into Irish Trad. I should have cut to the chase.
I heard Paddy Fahey's on that Bothy Band download the other week and now I can't the damn thing out of my head and onto my fingers fast enough. So that must be my new favourite.
I Vow To Thee My Country - should be the UK or at any rate English national anthem. Has all that is required as far as words and tune are concerned, and I do think it's a marvellous tune. It was composed by Gustav Holst in his Planets Suite in the early 1900s.
Hup- my roommate in college wore out his vinyl copy of the Nielson as he was preparing the work for his clarinet recital. Not long after, he met Stanley Druker in NYC and thanked him for the recording that got him through the whole challenge.
Wow Greg! The closest I ever got to performing it was trying it in
a concerto competition with piano accompanist. I failed dismally,
trying to play it from memory. It capped off my realization
that I didn't have what it takes. Drucker retires this year after **62**
seasons in the NYPhil, and that was not his first professional gig.
Hup,
The aforementioned roommate seems to have lots in common with you; he is from New Jersey and now lives in Australia (Caringbah, NSW) I'm sure all three of us would like to buy Stanley Druker a cold beer or two, and maybe have a few tunes afterward...
Steve,
I once had a coughing fit in the middle of the slow movement of the Ravel concerto, onstage in the double bass section where everyone could see (and hear)...very embarrassing
Definitely live music; apart from that:
Bach´s suites for cello,
Shenandoah
Midnight on the Water (waltz)
Kid on the mountain
Across the Black River (Kevin Burke
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry (early Bob Dylan) -
ask me next week and the amswer will be different...
Banish Misfortune was my favourite tune, until I learnt O'Farrell's Welcome to Ireland (aka An Phis Fhliuch). The one I want to become my favourite tune is Sean sa Cheo, John in the Fog, but I have no hope of playing it properly......yet.....
The latest tune I'm getting stuck into - "Morgan Rattler", the Sussex version in C, which is very close to the first two and final sections of the version here with one or two minor note differences.
The Greatest tunes of all time!
The Greatest tunes of all time!
Just an idea I had as I was going home from the Leinster Fleadh that everyone should write their favourite tunes! Mine has to be Colonel Frasers Reel! What about yours!
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by whistlin_bouy
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The last one I learned
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Reverend
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The one I am about to learn!
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Feargal French
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"The Morpeth Rant" (or so they say in Morpeth!)
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by TomB-R
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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/370
but ask me tomorrow and it 'll probably be another one.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Henk Bos
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"Too Shy" - by Kajagoogoo. Oh wait, you meant Trad? Then I'm with Rev on this one.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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You will probably get a load of people going on about how the question is meaningless, With a bit of luck they'll get heated and rude. Don't take it personally if they do.
However, my favourite tune today is still Crested Hens
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/562
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by greg sheils
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The Bucks
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Or the spike island lasses
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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No, wait, Beethoven's 7th symphony
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Rubbish, it's Hide and Seek by Jerry Douglas
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Rubbish, it's The New Policeman
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Philistines the lot of me, it's that cute little jig, Sport
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Don't be ridiculous, it's the second movement of Mozart's pino concerto in Dmin.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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I laugh in the face of that. It's Schuberts String quintet. The one with two cellos.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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dunnee be daft, it's Around the World for Sport.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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But you forgot about that one ... you know .... christ, I never did know it's name ....
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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etc
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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etcetera
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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etcetera etcetera
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by ...
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Surely someone must like Gan Ainm!
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Bannerman
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"Ain't No Need" by Merle Spears- greatest tune ever!!!
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by pipewatcher
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Any tune someone will pay me not to play
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by greg sheils
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Atmosphere by Joy Division and The Bucks
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by strayaway
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http://www.lafferty.ca/files/flute-geezers/patsyh1.mp3
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by slainte
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I remember Joy Division and The Bucks. It was a little side project they tried before New Order started, after Ian died. Actually, I think it was called (Rehashing) Joy Division (for) The Bucks.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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Also, epic Llig Spam in this thread! Good lols!
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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...and finally, I'll go with what Reverend said. It's usually the last one I learned, or am in the process of learning. The Ladies Pantalettes and The Eavesdropper are the two currently on the woodshed table.
Speaking of which, does anyone know the name of that song that uses The Eavesdropper for the tune? Something about how his brothers are all priests and they read from the Book of Psalms, but he's a loafing musician and he reads from the Book of Songs that he bought at the fair?
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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Brahms Clarinet Quintet.
Bach unaccompanied cello sonatas.
Beethoven Rasumofsky Quartet, Op. 59 #1.
Or.... Out on the Ocean
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by David Levine
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SWFL- never heard the song, but that's The Fiddler of Dooney, by Yeats. Great poem, one of the few I put to memory a few years ago when I was studying metrical use of language.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Jon Kiparsky
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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2881
Oh, is it still today?
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Henk Bos
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Thank you Jon!
Well, learn yourself The Eavesdropper and sing that sucker!
The Fiddler of Dooney
By William Butler Yeats
WHEN I play on my fiddle in Dooney,
Folk dance like a wave of the sea;
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet,
My brother in Moharabuiee.
I passed my brother and cousin:
They read in their books of prayer;
I read in my book of songs
I bought at the Sligo fair.
When we come at the end of time,
To Peter sitting in state,
He will smile on the three old spirits,
But call me first through the gate;
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance:
And when the folk there spy me,
They will all come up to me,
With ‘Here is the fiddler of Dooney!’
And dance like a wave of the sea.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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Nick Hornby has a lot to answer for.
So does Channel 4 with their endless 'top 50','top 100','best ever' etc.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by biggus dave
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Old Borodin could write a tune or two, Llig old chap. In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Polovtsian Dances for example. And what about the slow movement of Beethoven's late E flat quartet? Gorgeous. Oh, and that Titanic tune.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Steve Shaw
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So far, I like all the tunes I've played EXCEPT Morrison's and Cooley's, for some reason. I especially like Father Kelly's and Humours of Ennistymon.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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LA Woman by The Doors - opened my A level results to this one, and found out I'd got the grades I needed.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by minijackpot
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Tom Billy's.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Sugarfoot Jack
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The one that helps you Breathe More Easily (usually the honey flavoured one, often third in the tube, starting on the left).
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by pfft
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The Hokey Pokey
...cuz ultimately, that's what it's all about.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Will Harmon
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the kerfunten
oh and at the monent:
kitty's wedding, the tongs by the fire,
oh and I've always liked out on the ocean
and the gravel walks
and The musical priest, If I could just play the thing well.
Hmmm. I am so decisive....
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by richrua
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banish misfortune too
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by richrua
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and the Kid on the mountain, in a bothy band stylie.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by richrua
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will,
It's always difficult to bring sad news, but you should know...
There was a great loss today in the entertainment world. The man who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey" died. What was really horrible is that they had trouble keeping the body in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and ... well, you know the rest.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by John Culhane
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"The Derriere," better known as the song, "Fanny Boy":
O Fanny Boy
The pipes, the pipes, are clogging
From Men's to Men's rooms
'Cross the county wide
The plumber's gone
And all the noses dying
'Tis you, 'tis you, must go
I'll wait outside
But run ye back when plumbing calls your botto
O when the stalls are flushed and white as snow
'Tis you'll be there, your buns consigned to shadow
O Fanny Boy, O Fanny Boy . . . don't overflow
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by NEW Pure Drop® Ear Canal Oil
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That last post was actually hilarious, especially considering the meaning of "fanny" in the UK.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by Joe CSS
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[sniff sniff] That one always makes me cry. I think it's the fumes.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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Joe CSS—
Well, as everyone knows, "Fanny Boy" was actually written by a Brit. And the fact that not enough babies are being born in Britain to replace the aging population throws new light on their confusion over the meaning/location of the fanny.
SWFL—
I understand. And irony of ironies that's the one room you can rely on for finding a tissue. That's life in a nutshell for you, right there.
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by NEW Pure Drop® Ear Canal Oil
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The Mist Covered Mountian
# Posted on July 14th 2009 by pipersgrip
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Dr Gilbert; and if we're getting all classical, I fell in love with the
Nielson Clarinet Concerto - Stanley Drucker's recording of it when I
was 15 and worked really hard trying to master it. Now looking
back on that piece, it has some of the same rhythmic and melodic
features that got me into Irish Trad. I should have cut to the chase.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Hup
Re: The Greatest tunes of all time!
I heard Paddy Fahey's on that Bothy Band download the other week and now I can't the damn thing out of my head and onto my fingers fast enough. So that must be my new favourite.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Bredna
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My favorite is still Out on the Ocean.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by AlBrown
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I Vow To Thee My Country - should be the UK or at any rate English national anthem. Has all that is required as far as words and tune are concerned, and I do think it's a marvellous tune. It was composed by Gustav Holst in his Planets Suite in the early 1900s.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by nicholas
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whistle--Tarbolton and Ships are Sailing
Banjo--Roscommon reel
There's many, many....
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by shanty
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At this very moment......
The setting of Faral O'Gara's from the fine film ..The Secret of Roan Inish..
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by zoukboy
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Hup- my roommate in college wore out his vinyl copy of the Nielson as he was preparing the work for his clarinet recital. Not long after, he met Stanley Druker in NYC and thanked him for the recording that got him through the whole challenge.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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T.V Eye by the Stooges for Punk
Quarter to twelve by Little Walter for Blues
Maple leaf Rag for Ragtime
Little Pink by 'some old guy' for Appalachian
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by shanty
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Wow Greg! The closest I ever got to performing it was trying it in
a concerto competition with piano accompanist. I failed dismally,
trying to play it from memory. It capped off my realization
that I didn't have what it takes. Drucker retires this year after **62**
seasons in the NYPhil, and that was not his first professional gig.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Hup
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Hup,
The aforementioned roommate seems to have lots in common with you; he is from New Jersey and now lives in Australia (Caringbah, NSW) I'm sure all three of us would like to buy Stanley Druker a cold beer or two, and maybe have a few tunes afterward...
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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There are so many but, The Kerry Fling!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Glass of Beer
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Walla Walla Waltz played by Kenny Hall. Hooray for Ireland!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Leendah
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Slow movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto. No contest.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Steve Shaw
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The Morning Thrush.
And Helvic Head.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
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Steve,
I once had a coughing fit in the middle of the slow movement of the Ravel concerto, onstage in the double bass section where everyone could see (and hear)...very embarrassing
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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Live music, mate. I would have been unfazed!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Steve Shaw
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Definitely live music; apart from that:
Bach´s suites for cello,
Shenandoah
Midnight on the Water (waltz)
Kid on the mountain
Across the Black River (Kevin Burke
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry (early Bob Dylan) -
ask me next week and the amswer will be different...
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by alexweger
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The greatest tune every written is obviously the Mason's Apron.
Seriously!! Just TRY and play that tuen, and look it up on youtube.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/74
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Power27
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haha meant to say tune*
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Power27
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"an phis fliuch", surely!!!!!!! great jig , great tune , great inspiration, hypnotic structure!!!!!!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by fiddlemax
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.......... and more!!!!!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by fiddlemax
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And with a name that slips past the censor in most countries!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
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exactly!
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by fiddlemax
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What, Planxty Pussy?
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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Turns out it's tie, between Lullaby 1 and Lullaby 2:
Chopin’s “Berceuse”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQBIYInzyyU
and the Lullaby section leading to the finale of Igor’s “Firebird”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGA6bpscj8
Both of them will remind you that life is a dazzler.
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by NEW Pure Drop® Ear Canal Oil
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Banish Misfortune was my favourite tune, until I learnt O'Farrell's Welcome to Ireland (aka An Phis Fhliuch). The one I want to become my favourite tune is Sean sa Cheo, John in the Fog, but I have no hope of playing it properly......yet.....
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by sashiko calico
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The Rakes of Mallow or The Wild Rover (You know..the one where we all go Clap Clap-Clap Clap-Clap Clap.....what da ya mean......no imagination??
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by Free Reed
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The latest tune I'm getting stuck into - "Morgan Rattler", the Sussex version in C, which is very close to the first two and final sections of the version here with one or two minor note differences.
# Posted on July 16th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
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The Shaskeen.
# Posted on July 21st 2009 by Kenny