“I’d go down all the time, when Buffy was in town, to watch her play. And one of the things that amazed me about her was, she used to wear flamenco shoes at that time. Like a…kind of a…with a little heel and she would stand on one foot with her leg cocked up behind in the classical movie kiss position, y’know, when a girl lifts up one leg. With her eyes closed—and she never banged her nose on the microphone. That amazed me, I’d think ‘My god’…I used to sing with my eyes closed and I always banged my nose against the microphone. So I was very impressed with the ballet, as well with her writing. Because there weren’t many women writing songs at that time. Buffy was building a repertoire, and her songs were intelligent, crafted, and she was a stunning performer.”—Joni Mitchell on Buffy Sainte-Marie.
How do I make friends on here? Does anyone with common interests want to save me from my loneliness and boredom? Gonna add some hash tags of my interests/things about me!
Republic of China Air Force Cadets, on their way the USA for training, compare instruments with American Coast Guardsmen. They are aboard a US Coast Guard manned transport off the coast of India.
Coast Guard Combat Artist Joseph DiGemma has his violin while two of the cadets hold the Chinese instrument Hu-chin (also have seen spelled Hu-ching). Seaman First Class Arthur Witt is the other Coast Guardsman while the Chinese cadets are unidentified.
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the top left gif is someone with short black and gray ombre dyed hair braiding a section of it down the center of their head from behind. the top middle gif is of someone writing the word, “demi-girl” over a colored drawing of the demigirl pride flag. the top right gif is a mircrophone being picked up from a pile of wires.
the left middle gif is of two pink bows still on their packaging being turned in someone’s hands. the right middle gif is of a pink, gold, and white glittery shaped resin piece being turned in someone’s hands.
the bottom left gif is a gray fountain lit so when the water falls, it looks like music notes. the middle bottom gif is of someone piping white and pink icing using a decorating needle on a cookie meant to look like the demigirl flag. the bottom right gif is of someone dotting the “i” and writing an exclamation point next to the words, “ooh, shiny!” in silver ink.
There is a dni banner at the bottom with a pink background with a blue star overlay. There are images of Zombie Misa from Chulip shaking her head from side to side on each end. The text on the banner reads: DNI if terf, truscum/transmed, lgbt-phobic, racist, antisemitic, map/nomap, proshipper, ddlg/kink, or discourse blog, thank you!!“ end ID]
500 years ago, Da Vinci invented a ‘‘viola organista’’ but it was never built… until today… thanks to Poland (I love Polish people). Listen to this gorgeous thing in concert for the very first time.
It is a marvel.
Read more about the instruments history and creation by “a Polish concert pianist with a flair for instrument-making.”
