Turkey minus one and counting

[annathepiper]

Turkey has now been acquired for the Annual Murkworks Homeless Waifs Thanksgiving Day Turkeyfest! On the side of the carton ours came in, I saw the words "young hen turkey", which led me to wonder what a male turkey was called. Figuring (rightly!) that this was a question that could be answered by Wikipedia, I learned that a male turkey is called a tom. This led risu to observe that turkeys are half cat and half chicken.

Ponder this, gentle readers (at least those of you who are in the States) as you sit down to your Thanksgiving Day dinners tomorrow!

In the meantime, I must observe that I have downloaded the MP3s available for public download on the sites for Captain Tractor and the Clumsy Lovers, as well as Carbon Leaf. The former is because I'd had them recommended to me by off-LJ friend Thomas, and I liked their album Celebrity Traffic Jam alright; I need to listen to the five tracks off their new album and decide whether I want to also pick up North of the Yellowhead. The Clumsy Lovers are due to rosepurr's recommendation, and of them I can note that I did enjoy listening to the tracks I downloaded, though I'm not quite sure if they are my cup of tea yet.

I also went looking for anything legally downloadable by the Paperboys, as I really do like both of the albums of theirs that I have, but I was disappointed to discover that their more recent albums are apparently only available via CD Baby or at their shows. Can anyone out there provide input on how reliable CD Baby is as a means of purchasing music? I'd like to get more Paperboys. Also, and this is to those of you who are already familiar with my musical tastes, exactly how quickly should I be trying to check out Nickel Creek? They've been recommended to me before.

One last thing: we downloaded the five-minute snippet of the next episode of the NEW new Doctor Who, and that gave me just enough to know that okay, yeah, sure, I'm willing to give this new guy a shot. From some angles, he was even almost cute. I'm not sure yet what to think about what actually happened in that snippet, though. Of which I will not say more, because Spoilers.

Wednesday miles: 2.25 (treadmill + walking)
Miles out of Hobbiton: 507.7
Miles out of Rivendell: 49.7
Miles to Lothlórien: 412.3

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

CD Baby is a good distro company; gaiaconsort among others work with them, and I've heard good things about them elsewhere.

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks for the input. :)

[kieri.livejournal.com]

I had a really good experience with CD Baby! They mailed me a copy of Nightingale's 'Three' all the way to Japan and were really great about it. They even offered to remove the jacket and cd from the box so that the shipping was less. Worked out great.

Plus their customer service emails are kind of funny. :)

Cheers and Happy Turkey Day!

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks for the input. :) Maybe I'll be able to get the other Paperboys discs I want from them, then!

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Nickel Creek!!! (she cries, in full-on new-music-obsession mode ;))

Ahem. I do think you should check them out whenever you get a chance - what you check out, however, would depend on what you're in the mood for. Their first, self-titled album is the most traditional folk/bluegrass of them all, with several really terrific traditional tunes and instrumentals. The second album, This Side, goes slightly more poppish - actually, it reminds me rather of a younger-sounding Sea of No Cares, if that makes sense. The new album, Why Should The Fire Die, is almost a complete step away from anything traditional or bluegrass - kind of folk-meets-Coldplay. I think it's breathtaking, myself.

Also (she cries again), Dr. Who!!! Iff'n you want to speculate on what happened in the new clip, come my way, because I'm always willing to talk about that particular obsession, too. ;)

[annathepiper]

Okay, clearly I'm going to have to go listen to the sample snippets on their site and see if any of the albums sound like they'll grab my fancy. Thanks for the input!

And maybe I'll have to start a separate thread for the Doctor. ;)

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Recommended clips to listen to - from the new album, "When In Rome", "Helena", and "Stumptown". From This Side, definitely "Smoothie Song" and "Sabra Girl"; from the first album, "The Lighthouse's Tale" and "The Fox". :D

[annathepiper]

Having checked out these various samples, alrighty then, I think I'll see about picking up an album. ;)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Oooh, will your Thanksgiving guests get to see the 5-minute Dr Who snippet?

I'm so psyched about tomorrow. :-)

[annathepiper]

I'm looking forward to seeing you and kingchiron and everyone else!

Ask spazzkat or solarbird nicely and we could get 'em to show it on the TV--which requires one or the other of 'em to hook up one of their laptops. Or, we can just show it to you on one of the various computers in the house!

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

I've only heard a couple of songs from Nickel Creek, but from what I've heard, I like.

[annathepiper]

Cool. I'm going to see about picking up their first album when I get a chance; it's got a track on it called "The House of Tom Bombadil", and hey, that sounds like one or more of the people in that group have to be Tolkien geeks. That's an instant win as far as I'm concerned. ;)

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I *wuv* CD baby. Also their confirmation e-mail messages are hilarious.

[annathepiper]

Cool, you're the second one to mention the messages. I shall order Paperboys from them when I have spare buckage. :)