tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57129387257915492622024-03-13T23:59:41.032-05:00Cap'n Frank and The Truth about Cats and BlogsCapn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-23950201562930051042011-05-05T16:36:00.005-05:002011-05-05T16:51:18.929-05:00Shorewood Concert Band has a new web homeLooking for information on the Shorewood Concert Band?<br /><br />Check out the band's new web home at:<br /><a href="http://www.shorewoodconcertband.org/" target="blank"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.shorewoodconcertband.org</span></strong></a>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-29417981613372279542010-08-12T15:50:00.003-05:002010-08-12T16:07:59.029-05:00Recovering from a Birthday....So yesterday was my birthday. It was my number swap birthday, where the digits in my age are the opposite of my birth year.<br /><br />My parents came down and even though it was really hot we went to the Racine Zoo to try and see the new Lion Cubs. They were smarter than us, sleeping in the shade inside their den.<br /><br />For dinner we went to <a href="http://www.oldemadrid.com/" target="blank">Olde Madrid</a> for Tapas and Paella where my wife and I went for Valentine's Day in <a href="http://capnfrank.blogspot.com/2009/02/night-in-olde-madrid.html" target="blank">2009</a>. This time we tried the Gazpacho, Seville Crab Cakes, Roasted Chicken and Cherries, Almond Crusted Cod, Empanadas, Baked Goat Cheese, Spanish Meatballs, Don Quixote Paella "A legendary combination of garlic, sautéed chicken, and pork tenderloin, baked in a garlic lemon broth." We ended with the Plantana al Carmaleo "Sautéed banana with caramel sauce and ice cream."<br /><br />I have not been that full in a long time :)<br /><br />Today I got up early and checked the Weather Channel, more hot and muggy weather all week so went out started mowing the lawn **again**. I wish it would quit raining so the grass would go to sleep! I have two cordless electric lawnmowers which are nice and quiet but one of them stopped working - the ignition switch broke so it's a trip to the repair shop. But that's not the worst thing! "Me Ole Bamboo" from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/" target="blank">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</a> got stuck in my head! So here it is because the best way to get rid of an "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_worm" target="blank">Ear Worm</a>" is to share it!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQgXccbxHbM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQgXccbxHbM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-56293614205596911242010-07-12T23:27:00.002-05:002010-07-12T23:29:37.550-05:00Caravan by Juan TizolOne of the number we are playing at Thursday's nights Shorewood Concert Band concert is Juan Tizol's Caravan.<br />Here he is with the Duke Ellington Orchestra taking the solo on his valve Trombone:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KfDgTxTit6w&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KfDgTxTit6w&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-1415920132136748082010-07-12T23:18:00.002-05:002010-07-12T23:23:26.987-05:00"Big Band Salute"This Thursday is the fourth and final free concert of the year for the Shorewood Concert Band.<br />7 pm in Atwater Park, where Capital Drive meets Lake Drive in Shorewood Wisconsin!<br /><br />"The Shorewood Concert Band Presents: Big Band Salute" will feature these numbers and possibly some surprises:<br /><br />Welcome March<br />High Society<br />La Virgen De La Macarena<br />Boogie-Woogie Band<br />L’Inglesina<br />Waltzes from Sari<br />Elmer Bernstein’s Jazz Selections<br />Progress March<br />Ballin’ The Jack<br />Caravan<br /><br />Hope to see you there!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-1810100591742784472010-07-03T22:46:00.003-05:002010-07-03T22:50:37.271-05:00A Star Spangled BandThe third concert of the 2009 Season is coming tomorrow July 4th at 6:30 pm at <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a>.<br /><br />National Emblem - EE Bagley<br />You're A Grand Old Flag - George M Cohan<br />Bucky Badger - arranged by Wayne Becker<br />This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie<br />I Am The Guard - Arthur Fields<br />The Star and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa<br />Washington Grays - Claudio S Grafulla<br />Independentia - RB Hall<br />Semper Fidelis - John Philip Sousa<br />Armed Forces - The Pride of Americ - arranged by Larry Clark & Greg Gilpan<br />Beer Barrel Polka - L. Brown, WA Timm, V Zeman and J Vejvoda<br /><br />Our last concert of the year will be Thursday July 15th at 7 pm.Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-53100066492499712132010-06-23T19:44:00.003-05:002010-06-23T19:49:03.138-05:00Shorewood Concert Band - second concert tomorrow night!Tomorrow Night June 24th, 2010!<br />7 pm!!<br />Atwater Park, Shorewood Wisconsin!!!<br />Free!!!!<br /><br />"The Shorewood Concert Band Presents: Movie Magic" will feature these numbers and possibly some surprises:<br />Noble Men - Henry Fillmore<br />Ewok Celebration - John Williams<br />Highlights from South Pacific - Richard Rodgers<br />I've Made My Plans for the Summer - John Philip Sousa<br />Highlights from The Pink Panther - Hanry Mancini<br />Under The Double Eagle - JF Wagner<br />Hollywood Serenade - Albert Oliver DavisCapn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-2822125090676040662010-06-11T23:16:00.001-05:002010-06-11T23:16:54.337-05:00The Muppets sing Danny Boy<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OCbuRA_D3KU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OCbuRA_D3KU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-16487940547288841142010-06-09T22:38:00.003-05:002010-06-09T22:44:44.138-05:00Shorewood Concert Band - First concert this Saturday!It's time to kick of the 2010 Shorewood Concert Band Season this Saturday at 12:30 pm in Atwater Park in Shorewood Wisconsin.<br /><br />"The Shorewood Concert Band On Broadway" will feature these numbers and possibly some surprises:<br />"Highlights from West Side Story" Leonard Bernstein; arr. Ted Ingram<br />"Manhattan Beach" John Philip Sousa<br />"Danny" Edwin Franko Goldman; arr. Erik Leidzen<br />"Rubber Ducky" Jeffrey Moss; arr. Paul Yoder<br />"Colonel Bogey" Kenneth J. Alford<br />"The Phantom of the Opera Medley" Andrew Lloyd Weber; arr. Jonnie Vinson<br />"Brighton Beach" William P. Latham<br />"The Klaxon" Henry Fillmore; arr. Frederick Fennell<br />"Die Fledermaus" Johann Strauss; arr. Charles Carter<br />"The Hustle" Van McCoy; arr. Andrew Balent<br />"A Festival Prelude" Alfred Reed<br /><br />Order and pieces might change depending on instrumentation of the band.<br />In case of inclement weather the concerts will be cancelled - although the Shorewood Men's Club Chicken Bar-B-Que will continue so please still stop by and pick some up!<br /><br />Hope to see you there!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-59999394141099719022010-05-23T11:43:00.002-05:002010-05-23T11:52:15.966-05:00Shorewood Concert Band 2010 ScheduleIt's summer so once again it's time for the Shorewood Concert Band!<br /><br />This all-volunteer band plays a series of four concerts in June and July in <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a> in Shorewood, Wisconsin.<br /><br />2010 marks our 30th year!<br /><br />This year's concerts:<br /> Saturday June 12th 12:30 pm <- note new time, we are starting this year's entertainment for Shorewwod Men's Club Chicken BBQ<br /> Thursday June 24th 7:00 pm<br /> Sunday July 4th 6:30 pm<br /> Thursday July 15th 7:00 pm<br /><br />If you would like to join the band please email me - shorewoodcncrtband [AT] sbcglobal.net.<br />We have 4 practices, June 10, June 17, July 1 and July 8 from 7pm to 9pm in one of the school district's band rooms.<br />You are welcome to play even if you can only make it for some of the concerts.Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-27661071219589649592010-03-29T12:17:00.002-05:002010-03-29T12:30:18.035-05:00It's Kitten Season!A quick foster kitten update:<br /><br />Rosamunde who we had living in our bedroom for over a year is no longer with us.<br />She had gotten *very* attached to me, meowing constantly as soon as I walked in the door from work.<br />Trish, another Kindred Kitties volunteer was in the same situation with Little Bear and Oochie Smoochie, 2 girls that were adopted but were returned because they were so shy.<br />We swapped cats and after a week and a half the girls are coming out from under the bed and will allow us to pet them little, but it will be several more weeks of socialization before we try to adopt them out again.<br /><br />Walker is an 8 year old cat who was hanging out on Milwaukee's East Side after having been dumped. He was very skinny but is very friendly. He has some dental problems and will require special care in the future so we might have him long-term. He is staying in our Computer Room, but does come out and mingles with our 5 permanent cats for a couple of hours at a time.<br /><br />Banu (Perisan for Princess) was found in a parking structure on 3 Mile Road in Racine and was picked up by a nice woman and dropped off with us. A Silver Tabby she was at our house only a couple of days before moving to another foster's. She was adopted from Petco two weeks later!<br /><br />Tonight we are getting four new 8 week old kittens who will be in a kitty kondo until we determine they are all healthy and we go up for adoption in a month or so.<br />Time to pick more names.....<br /><br />Pictures to follow!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-32624224159387910472010-01-02T16:47:00.004-06:002010-01-11T23:19:05.047-06:002009 Book List Part 2Here are the audiobooks I listened to in 2009:<br /><br />The Sword of Truth Book 10: Phantom<br />The Sword of Truth Book 11: Confessor<br />Pontoon (Lake Wobegon Novels)<br />Service With a Smile (A Blandings story) - PG Wodehouse<br />"A" is for Alibi<br />"B" is for Burglar<br />"C" is for Corpse<br />"D" is for Deadbeat<br />"E" is for Evidence<br />"F" is for Fugitive<br />"G" is for Gumshoe<br />"H" is for Homicide<br />Anansi Boys<br />Catch Me If You Can<br />Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<br />The Anglo Files - A Field Guide to the British<br />Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution<br />Wikipedia Revolution, The: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia<br />The Monkey's Raincoat<br />Three Cups of Tea - One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations... One School at a Time<br />Calendar Quest, A 5,000 Year Trek through Western History with Father Time<br />Orbit<br /><br />I'll remember this year as the year I discovered non-fiction on audio disc.<br />After several years of long-format fantasy, [The Wheel of Time (well worth a listen), the Magic Kingdom of Landover (a classic comedy fantasy series) and The Sword of Truth (some interesting ideas but there were long parts of books 6 and on that I was bored stiff during)] I wanted a change. I dabbled in thriller/mysteries - the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series, The Monkey's Raincoat and also in Sci Fi - Orbit, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but for some reason the non-fiction portions of my library's web page kept calling me, and I'm glad I answered.<br /><br />Non-fiction Highlights for the year:<br />Patriot Pirates about the war at sea during the American Revolution<br />The Wikipedia Revolution about the founding of Wikipedia<br />Three Cups of Tea, the story of a mountain climber and how he created a foundation to build girl's schools in Afghanistan and Iraq.<br />XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX - the audio book I finished today so I won't talk about it until next year's round-up <br /><br />Fiction highlight of the year:<br />Anansi Boys a book by Neil Gaiman, read by <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0377901/" target="blank">Lenny Henry</a> of <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108723/" target="blank">Chef</a>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-24820889904198420692010-01-01T19:18:00.002-06:002010-01-01T19:48:10.923-06:002009 Book List Part 1So last Jan 1st, 2008 I decided to keep track of all the books I read or listened to using my <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/capnfrank" target="blank">LibraryThing profile</a>. You can see the 2008 list <a href="http://capnfrank.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-years-worth-of-reading.html" target="blank">here</a>.<br /><br />The big news this year on my reading situation was the arrival of my Kindle DX in June.<br /><br />Books I have finished in 2009:<br />Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep Book 1: Blackstaff Tower<br />Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep Book 2: Mistshore<br />The Citadels Book 4: Sentinelspire<br />The Dark Disciple Book 3: Amber and Blood<br />Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons<br />Adventurer's Vault<br />The Empryean Odyssey Book 2: The Fractured Sky<br />Small Gods [library]<br />The Tales of Beedle the Bard<br />Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1 [library]<br />Opening Atlantis [library]<br />Dragon Magic<br />The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story [library]<br />Abolethic Sovereignty Book 1: Plague of Spells<br />The United States of Atlantis [library]<br />The Lanternlight Files Book 1: The Left Hand of Death<br />Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3 [library]<br />Ravenloft: Shadowborn<br />The Haunted Lands Book 3: Unholy<br />Thorn of Breland Book 01: The Queen of Stone<br />Martial Power<br />Cairo, A Graphic Novel [library]<br />The Complete Persepolis [library]<br />Flight Volume 5 [library]<br />The Savage Sword Of Conan, Vol. 5<br />Kong, King of Skull Island<br />The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island<br />Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead<br />Dungeon Delve<br />The Making of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith<br />Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Monsters Revisited<br />Grantsville Gazette II<br />1634: The Ram Rebellion<br />Ruled Britannia<br />The Wilds Book 01: The Fanged Crown<br />Red Sands<br />Player's Handbook 2<br />The Little Nugget<br />Book: The Sequel<br />Bill The Conqueror<br />Money In The Bank<br />***June 15th Kindle DX arrived***<br />The Adventures of Sally [Kindle]<br />1632 [Kindle]<br />1633 [Kindle]<br />The Ring of Fire [Kindle]<br />Grantsville Gazette I [Kindle]<br />The Clicking of Cuthbert [Kindle]<br />For Love of Mother-Not [Kindle]<br />Pride and Prejudice [Kindle]<br />Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem[Kindle]<br />A Princess of Mars [Kindle]<br />The Gods of Mars [Kindle]<br />The Warlord of Mars [Kindle]<br />Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom [Kindle]<br />Thuvia, Maid of Mars [Kindle]<br />The Chessmen of Mars [Kindle]<br />Eberron Player's Guide<br />Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Kindle]<br />The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Kindle]<br />Life, the Universe and Everything [Kindle]<br />The Briar King [Kindle]<br />The Charnel Prince [Kindle]<br />The Blood Knight [Kindle]<br />Monster Manual 2<br />The Lost Symbol [Kindle]<br />Divine Power<br />The Savage Sword Of Conan, Vol. 6<br />Revenge of the Giants<br />The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1) [Kindle]<br />Thorn of Breland Book 2: Son of Khyber<br />Wheel of Time Book 12: The Gathering Storm<br />Barmy In Wonderland<br />The Draconic Prophecies Book 1: Storm Dragon<br />The Draconic Prophecies Book 2: Dragon Forge<br />City of Ember<br />The Fall of Highwatch<br />Urusei Yatsura Volumes 1-15<br />Arcane Power<br />Eberron Campaign Guide<br />The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos<br />James Cameron's Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora - An Activist Survival Guide - finished Dec 31st.<br /><br />Just like last year, a lot of fantasy, D&D books and graphic novels.<br />But new this year were some classics - Jane Austin, more Sci Fi - Alan Dean Foster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Douglas Adams, and some mainstream fiction - Dan Brown, James Patterson, JK Rowling.<br /><br />This year's new to me <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_Wodehouse" target="blank">PG Wodehouse'</a>s novel was "Barmy In Wonderland".<br /><br />Highlights for the year were "<a href="http://capnfrank.blogspot.com/2009/05/book-sequel.html" target="blank">Book</a>: <a href="http://capnfrank.blogspot.com/2009/06/im-published-author.html" target="blank">The Sequel</a>", "Pride and Prejudice", "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", and "The Gathering Storm" - Book 12 in the Wheel of Time and the first published since Robert Jordan's death which Brandon Sanderson helped finish.<br /><br />Most Disappointing goes to Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" which is very similar to the other books and since it takes place in Washington DC and deals with the Free Masons felt an awful lot like the novelization of the movie "National Treasure 3".<br /><br />Looking at the list today I noticed I have stopped going to the library since June. I can check out audio books through my library website and I have a NetFlix subscription so I'm not going for movies or TV shows. Since Amazon offers 10-15 free books every month for download to the Kindle I am getting eBooks faster than I can read them.<br /><br />My 2009 audio book list tomorrow!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-14430319253553256942009-12-31T20:35:00.004-06:002009-12-31T22:44:04.607-06:00So long 2009...What? 2010 already? It can't be.<br />It seems like only a year or two ago we were running around Rockwell testing each PC and marking it with either a Green Y2K compliant sticker or a Red Non-Y2k compliant one. (As a side notes it's scary but some of those PCs are still in use on the manufacturing floor 10 years later!)<br />And then on New Year's Eve 1999 we were watching the massive fireworks from around the world, starting in Sydney, then Tokyo, and so forth to welcome in the new millennium (a year early). I remember rushing home to see the Paris and then the London displays, and the rows of fireworks running up the reflecting pools in Washington DC.<br /><br />I guess I've been a little lazy about updating here but here's a dozen blog posts I never actually posted but meant to:<br /><br />1) My Kindle DX review (amazing piece of equipment I love it!)<br />2) My Kindle Cover from Oberon Design review (even prettier in person!)<br />3) The Kindle DX screensaver Author Challenge (Try to read at least one book by each author who's picture is part of the screen saver. Of the 15 authors I had read 7 before getting the Kindle, and finished one since - Jane Austin, and started another - Alexander Dumas)<br /><br />4) my reviews of the 3 free books I got from the Early Reviewers program at LibraryThing:<br />Dance in a Buffalo Skull<br />Dragon Forge<br />Any Given Doomsday<br /><br />5) NetFlix and how I love discovering new TV shows (Castle, Big Band Theory, Leverage, Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures, Heroes, Chuck) or revisiting old ones (To the Manor Born, The Grand, Flambards, Brideshead Revisited, The Good Life/Good Neighbors, Keen Eddie)<br /><br />6) Monty Python For the First Time (One of the guys I work with told me he has never seen Monty Python. None of the TV shows or movies! So I took the TV show DVDs in to work and we are watching them at lunch. It's fun watching him encounter the dead parrot, Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern -schplenden -schlitter -crasscrenbon -fried -digger -dangle -dungle -burstein -von -knacker -thrasher -apple -banger -horowitz -ticolensic -grander -knotty -spelltinkle -grandlich -grumblemeyer -spelterwasser -kürstlich -himbleeisen -bahnwagen -gutenabend -bitte -eine -nürnburger -bratwustle -gerspurten -mit -zweimache -luber -hundsfut -gumberaber -shönendanker -kalbsfleisch -mittler -raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm, the Nudge-Nudge Wink-Wink Guy and the animation of Terry Gilliam for the first time.)<br /><br />7) Return To Marching Band (I played in the South Milwaukee Heritage Days parade)<br /><br />8) Return To The DM's chair (I had so much fun running the Free D&D days sponsored by Wizards of the Coast that I started a 4th Edition campaign with 4 of my friends. We're meeting roughly every other Saturday.)<br />(On another side note today Dec 31st, 2009 is the 32nd Anniversary of the first time I ran D&D. Peter Nelson got the basic set for Christmas 1977 from his uncle and I read and ran it at our family's yearly New Year's Eve get together.)<br /><br />9) Return of the Owls (they are back in the neighborhood, I heard two of them in the woods hooting at each other while I shoveled snow for the first time this season.)<br /><br />10) Root Canals Are No Fun (I really don't recommend them)<br /><br />11) TurkeyCon 2009 (Our annual board game event the day after Thanksgiving, attendance down a little from last year but a good time was had by all)<br /><br />12) The summer cats - this I feel the worst about, I don't have pictures of all of the foster kittens from this summer and I'm sure I've forgotten some of their names.<br />Rosamund (who is still with us)<br />The Great American Composers - Cole, George, Irving, Vivian and Jerome<br />The UK Counties - Stafford, Claire, Cornwall, Devon and Kent<br />The Tea Babies - Darjeeling & Jasmine (both adopted Dec 20), Oolong and Rooibos who died before they could be adopted and the two unnamed ones who died before we got them from the barn<br />Arwen from the same barn who only lasted a week and Brambles who lasted barely 4 hours<br />Ovaltine (adopted Dec 20th)<br />Frodo Baggins who was adopted but then returned and we kept him (Michelle scooped me on this <a href="http://laycockdesigns.com/announcements/new-addition-to-our-family/" target="blank">story</a>)Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-14479536935966692202009-08-29T18:23:00.002-05:002009-08-29T18:36:26.911-05:00Domo Arigato, Mr. Scott-oThe Office<br />One of very few TV series that we still watch (on www.nbc.com).<br /><br />We fell in love with the British version when it was broadcast on BBC America and think the US version is one of the few who has successfully made the transfer over, unlike Coupling or Fawlty Towers.<br /><br />Season 5 comes out on DVD Sept 8th and Season 6 starts on September 17th!<br /><br />To hold you over here's a tribute video to the old Styx song:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9H3LB_8TdeQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9H3LB_8TdeQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-19158296381999535522009-07-30T22:43:00.004-05:002009-07-30T22:49:11.201-05:00Crayola Doesn't Make A Color For Your EyesSo I was listening to A Prarie Home Companion last week and this song totally got stuck in my head!<br />The singer plays patty-cake as a percussion line while she is singing.<br /><br />Crayola Doesn't Make A Color For Your Eyes by Kristin Andreassen & Megan Downes<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Exw7QAqP9Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Exw7QAqP9Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Crayola Doesn't Make A Color For Your Eyes, with Danny Knicely on a spectacular whistle solo!<br />Sunspot Concert Series at the Lyceum in Alexandria, VA, 06Jan07.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TCed-z1XuDo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TCed-z1XuDo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is the version from A Prarie Home Companion that someone put behind a still picture of the singer, it's a little easier to understand the words on this video.Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-49117378002671366092009-07-15T23:01:00.002-05:002009-07-15T23:05:00.842-05:00American Overture for BandHere's another video from the Shorewood Concert Band's 2009 Fourth of July Concert.<br /><br />Joseph Willcox Jenkins began composing short pieces while in elementary school. American Overture for Band was composed in 1955 while Jenkins served on the arranging staff of the United States Army Field Band and he dedicated the work to their conductor, Colonel Chester E. Whiting. Reminiscing about the piece, his first for band, Jenkins states, “I wanted to write something for our magnificent horn section, because I was tired of them having to play off-beats. That was the inspiration for the piece. I have to admit that I was also inspired somewhat by the last movement of the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra. I heard it on a Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast as a teenager and it really impressed me. Some of the themes in American Overture remind me of that piece.”<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFX6FdQ8t0Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFX6FdQ8t0Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-8538514132623474272009-07-14T12:08:00.002-05:002009-07-14T12:21:08.078-05:00SCB Goes To The Circus!The fourth and final concert of the Shorewood Concert Band's 2009 season is coming this Thursday July 16th at 7 pm in <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a>.<br /><br />Our salute to the Great American Circus will be filled with the sounds of circus bands and music about the circus including:<br /><br />Entry of the Gladiators - Julius Fucik<br />The Billboard - John N. Klohr<br />William Tell Overture (Finale) - G. Rossini<br />Circus Bee - Henry Fillmore<br />Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim<br />E Pluribus Unum - Fred Jewell<br />Lassus Trombone - Henry Fillmore<br />The Show Boy - Will Huff<br />The Walking Frog - Karl L. King<br />Bravura - C.E. Duble<br />The Big Circus March - Robert E. Foster<br />Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite Karl L. King<br /><br />In honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday and the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Penny we are holding a penny drive to support the Shorewood Band Parents organization so please dig deep into the cushions of your couches, clean out your car’s coin holder and bring them to the concert!<br /><br />Here's a number from our Fourth of July concert, Herman "Dodo" Hupfeld's 1931 novelty hit "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7gQ0sH7wMQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7gQ0sH7wMQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-32557050105866832102009-07-03T19:54:00.005-05:002009-07-14T12:12:59.192-05:00Stars & StripesThe third concert of the 2009 Season is coming tomorrow July 4th at 6:30 pm at <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a>.<br /><br />National Emblem - EE Bagley<br />You're A Grand Old Flag - George M Cohan<br />American Overture for Band - Joseph Willcox Jenkins<br />Music from Les Miserables - Alain Bouil and Claude-Michel Schonberg<br />When Yuba Plays the Rumba On The Tuba - Herman Hupfeld<br />Theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith<br />Summon The Heroes - John Williams<br />Bucky Badger - arranged by Wayne Becker<br />Armed Forces - The Pride of America! - arranged by Larry Clark and Greg Gilpin<br />America the Beautiful - Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward<br />This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie<br />I Am The Guard - Arthyr Fields<br />Highlights from Oklahoma - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein<br />The Star and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa<br /><br />Our last concert of the year will be Thursday July 16th at 7 pm.<br /><br />Here's a couple of videos from the second concert:<br /><br />Instant Concert by Harold L. Walters<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A25IevB5VXs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A25IevB5VXs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The 2009 version of Beer Barrel Polka now with 4 Tubas!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4jzs4uIdt-I&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4jzs4uIdt-I&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-86825077132680669982009-06-22T21:20:00.008-05:002009-07-02T18:51:16.288-05:00BandologyThe second concert of the 2009 Season is coming this Thursday June 25th at 7pm at <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a>.<br /><br />Bandology - Eric Osterling<br />Instant Concert - Harold L. Walters<br />Bombasto - O.R. Farrar<br />The Theme from Mannix - Lalo Schfrin<br />Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione<br />The Rail Splitter - F.C. Menges<br />Ceremonial Prelude - John Cacavas<br />The Cowboys - John Williams<br />Chicago Tribune March - W. Paris Chambers<br />Beer Barrel Polka - L. Brown, W.A. Timm, V. Zeman and J Vejvoda<br />British Masters Suite - Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams<br />The Washington Post March - John Phillip Sousa<br /><br />In honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday and the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Penny we are holding a penny drive to support the Shorewood Band Parents organization so please dig deep into the cushions of your couches, clean out your car’s coin holder and bring them to the concert.<br /><br />The March of the Belgian Paratroopers from the June 13th, 2009 concert:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s1devZhfx6Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s1devZhfx6Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-23343200211267445522009-06-15T16:18:00.004-05:002009-06-15T16:28:30.255-05:00Michelle got her Birthday present today too!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sja63YfMj0I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/rD1Uzv2L75g/s1600-h/bigshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sja63YfMj0I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/rD1Uzv2L75g/s320/bigshot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347667068177911618" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sizzix.com/home" target="blank">Sizzix</a> <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/11748.asp" target="blank">BigShot</a> from Stampin' Up!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-26570290059487552402009-06-15T14:11:00.002-05:002009-06-15T14:13:28.856-05:00Guess what arrived a day early!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/SjadFgC_cSI/AAAAAAAAAOI/wjY86986VOU/s1600-h/kindledx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/SjadFgC_cSI/AAAAAAAAAOI/wjY86986VOU/s320/kindledx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347634325376430370" /></a>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-79564017349724284902009-06-08T21:53:00.005-05:002009-07-02T18:51:56.261-05:00Hands Across The Sea<div align="left">The first concert of the Shorewood Concert Band season is always the most interesting for me.<br />So many questions awaiting answers!<br />Will we have any Saxophones?<br />Can we play another season without Percussion?<br />Can we dodge another weather bullet? So far no concerts of Dr. Pat's tenure have been rained out although last year's opener was a close call!<br /><br />Here is our tentative play list:</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><strong>The Shorewood Concert Band Presents:<br />Hands Across The Sea<br /></strong></div><br /><div align="left">March of the Belgian Paratroopers</div><div align="left">British Master's Suite</div><div align="left">Scottish Ballads</div><div align="left">Pirates of the Caribbean</div><div align="left">Sousa's Hands Across the Sea</div><div align="left">Fiddler on the Roof</div><div align="left">Osterling's Thundercrest</div><div align="left">Star Trek</div><div align="left">At the Summit</div><div align="left">Vaugh William's Rhosymedre</div><div align="left">Holst's First Suite for Military Band</div><br /><br />Hope to see you there!Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-71644061091656538502009-06-03T22:21:00.008-05:002009-07-02T18:52:15.393-05:00Shorewood Concert Band 2009It's June so once again it's time for the Shorewood Concert Band!<br /><br />This all-volunteer band plays a series of four concerts in June and July in <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=43.089241&lon=-87.873878&zoom=16&q1=atwater%2520park%252C%2520shorewood%2520Wisconsin" target="blank">Atwater Park</a> in Shorewood, Wisconsin.<br /><br />I've been playing in the group since the early 1980s and have been the announcer for four years.<br /><br />This year's concerts:<br /> Saturday June 13th 4:30 pm - Hands Across the Sea<br /> Thursday June 25th 7:00 pm - 100th Year of the Lincoln Penny<br /> Saturday July 4th 6:30 pm - Stars and Stripes<br /> Thursday July 16th 7:00 pm - SCB Goes to the Circus<br /><br />If you would like to join the band please email me - capnfrank [AT] sbcglobal.net.<br />We have 4 practices, June 11, June 18, June 30 and July 9 from 7pm to 9pm in one of the school district's band room.<br /><br />Here are some pictures from summer 2007:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic-EuED5-I/AAAAAAAAAOA/9FKyjebCT2k/s1600-h/scbleft.jpg" target="blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic-EuED5-I/AAAAAAAAAOA/9FKyjebCT2k/s320/scbleft.jpg" border="0" alt="The Left Side"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343307733703845858" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic-Ar5rXxI/AAAAAAAAAN4/bUSrLhd5bSc/s1600-h/scbright.jpg" target="blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic-Ar5rXxI/AAAAAAAAAN4/bUSrLhd5bSc/s320/scbright.jpg" border="0" alt="The Right Side"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343307664403947282" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic96ljg2bI/AAAAAAAAANw/3wZghVq5IJE/s1600-h/scbtubas.JPG" target="blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic96ljg2bI/AAAAAAAAANw/3wZghVq5IJE/s320/scbtubas.JPG" border="0" alt="Da Tubas!"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343307559621155250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic9018xUuI/AAAAAAAAANo/zZ6FQg680FE/s1600-h/scbannouncer.jpg" target="blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mz9sxavmJ8o/Sic9018xUuI/AAAAAAAAANo/zZ6FQg680FE/s320/scbannouncer.jpg" border="0" alt="What can one say about John Philip Sousa..."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343307460942844642" /></a><br /><br />And here's a video of last year's encore "Skoda Lasky" aka "The Beer Barrel Polka"<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vhip17U_Fcs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vhip17U_Fcs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-34882364544952758162009-06-02T21:44:00.005-05:002009-06-15T14:13:52.628-05:00My Kindle DX is coming!So I have been waiting for *years* for a decent ebook reader.<br />Back around 1992 I bought an Apple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_100" target="blank">PowerBook 100</a> as my first notebook.<br />I purchased several electronic books in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercard" target="blank">HyperCard</a> format including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Paretsky" target="blank">Sara Paretsky's</a> Indemity Only and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_adams" target="blank">Douglas Adams'</a> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.<br />At a little over 5 pounds in weight it was not very comfortable reading in bed, etc.<br /><br />I have tried several PDAs over the years including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton" target="blank">Apple Newton</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jornada_(PDA)" target="blank">HP Jornada</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Axim" target="blank">Dell Axim</a> but the screens were all too small for easy reading. The main problem has been my rate of reading is faster than I could change screens.<br /><br />I almost bought a Sony 505 Reader in <a href="http://capnfrank.blogspot.com/2008/01/pp1e-ebook-where-are-you.html" target="blank">December 2007</a> after seeing a first-generation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle" target="blank">Kindle</a> which I thought was just ugly. At that time I heard from someone who knew someone that Apple was coming out with their own version. Since then Amazon has released their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/kindle" target="blank">Kindle 2</a> which looks much better physically and Sony has released their new <a href="http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665562069" target="blank">700BC</a> which has a touch screen with a slight loss in letter clarity, but no official word from Apple.<br /><br />Last month Amazon released the specs for their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/kindledx" target="blank">Kindle DX</a> and I was hooked. This version is the size of a hardcover, rotates the screen automatically when you turn it and has native pdf support so I can read my RPG documents and anything else I create. I just got word today that it is being officially released on June 10th and mine should ship the 15th!<br />Go watch the video on Amazon's site, it's amazing!<br /><br />I'm going to be able to download for free any of the thousands of public domain books from <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="blank">Project Gutenberg</a> and many other places around the web.<br /><br />Now the question is what to read first?<br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a783" target="blank" target="blank">PG Wodehouse</a>? <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b#a48" target="blank">ER Burroughs</a>? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Sequel-classics-Inventive-Imposters/dp/B002ASABGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1243697566&sr=1-1" target="blank">Book: The Sequel</a>?Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712938725791549262.post-39479176949442305942009-06-01T21:45:00.004-05:002009-06-01T21:52:31.789-05:00I'm a published author!My submission was accepted and will be included in Book: The Sequel!<br /><br />You can get more info here at their <a href="http://www.btsbook.com/" target="blank">website</a>!<br /><br />Or check out the widget on the right ----->>>Capn Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16420810050271268592noreply@blogger.com1