For Your Friday Listening Enjoyment....

[+ Gar1eth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsiejneGr-E

 

Gman

[+ Truereview]

a raccoon as a pet? They like living dangerously!

 

Thanks for the musical break, @Gar1eth

[Nvr2Thick]

For me hammered dulcimer music is pretty dull, unless you're both watching and listening.

[rvwnsd]

Apparently, he is the Bela Fleck of the hammered dulcimer.

 

Thanks for the musical interlude, Gar1eth

[+ nycman]

Apparently, he is the Bela Fleck of the hammered dulcimer.

 

Thanks for the musical interlude, Gar1eth

 

To save you all some time: Who the FUCK is Béla Fleck?

 

Seriously?....you used an obscure reference to a "Master Banjo" player while talking about a bizarre hillbilly "Master Dulcimer" player with pet raccoon?

 

It's getting weird in here....

 

Grin

[rvwnsd]

To save you all some time: Who the FUCK is Béla Fleck?

 

Seriously?....you used an obscure reference to a "Master Banjo" player while talking about a bizarre hillbilly "Master Dulcimer" player with pet raccoon?

 

It's getting weird in here....

 

Grin

 

The "Bela Fleck" quote came from the press kit page of Ted Yoder's website. Since you sophisticated NYC-ers don't seem to know who Bela Fleck is, I supposed it should not be surprising you don't know that Goshen, Indiana is nowhere near "the hills"from which "hillbillies" originate.

 

Saul Steinberg was right.

 

Oh, wait...you won't get that either. Here you go:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue

 

[+ Gar1eth]

The "Bela Fleck" quote came from the press kit page of Ted Yoder's website. Since you sophisticated NYC-ers don't seem to know who Bela Fleck is, I supposed it should not be surprising you don't know that Goshen, Indiana is nowhere near "the hills"from which "hillbillies" originate.

 

Saul Steinberg was right.

 

Oh, wait...you won't get that either. Here you go:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue

 

It's very strange that it leaves out the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Gman

[rvwnsd]

It's very strange that it leaves out the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Gman

I think that's because it is a "view" looking west from 9th Avenue illustrating a Manhattanite perception that there is nothing west of Manhattan. However, you raise a good point: does a Manhattanite think there's nothing east of the city?

[+ Truereview]

does a Manhattanite think there's nothing east of the city?

Well, duh! The Hamptons.

[rvwnsd]

Well, duh! The Hamptons.

But don't they need to cross a bridge to get there?

[+ Truereview]

But don't they need to cross a bridge to get there?

I think there are landfills in between. Don't take my word for it tho. my driver usually just wakes me up when we get there. I honestly prefer the chopper. By the way, what's this thing you call 9th ave?

[rvwnsd]

I think there are landfills in between. Don't take my word for it tho. my driver usually just wakes me up when we get there. I honestly prefer the chopper. By the way, what's this thing you call 9th ave?

I'm not sure, to be honest with you. I only visit cosmopolitan cities. NYC is too provincial for me.

[+ nycman]

The "Bela Fleck" quote came from the press kit page of Ted Yoder's website. Since you sophisticated NYC-ers don't seem to know who Bela Fleck is, I supposed it should not be surprising you don't know that Goshen, Indiana is nowhere near "the hills"from which "hillbillies" originate.

 

Saul Steinberg was right.

 

Oh, wait...you won't get that either. Here you go:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue

 

 

I always thought that cartoon WAAAAAAY over emphasized the importance of New Jersey....grin

[rvwnsd]

I always thought that cartoon WAAAAAAY over emphasized the importance of New Jersey....grin

I'm always surprised it acknowledged the presence of that place called "Chicago."

[+ Gar1eth]

The "Bela Fleck" quote came from the press kit page of Ted Yoder's website. Since you sophisticated NYC-ers don't seem to know who Bela Fleck is, I supposed it should not be surprising you don't know that Goshen, Indiana is nowhere near "the hills"from which "hillbillies" originate.

 

Saul Steinberg was right.

 

Oh, wait...you won't get that either. Here you go:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue

 

 

It's very strange that it leaves out the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Gman

 

I think that's because it is a "view" looking west from 9th Avenue illustrating a Manhattanite perception that there is nothing west of Manhattan. However, you raise a good point: does a Manhattanite think there's nothing east of the city?

 

I think my point was, and forgive me if this is obviously wrong as geography and I aren't usually even nodding acquaintances, that NJ is east of NYC. And east of NJ is the Atlantic Ocean. But this shows the Pacific Ocean lying east of NJ which you would have to circumnavigate the majority of the earth to get to traveling east from NJ.

 

 

Gman

[rvwnsd]

I think my point was, and forgive me if this is obviously wrong as geography and I aren't usually even nodding acquaintances, that NJ is east of NYC. And east of NJ is the Atlantic Ocean. But this shows the Pacific Ocean lying east of NJ which you would have to circumnavigate the majority of the earth to get to traveling east from NJ.

 

 

Gman

Yes, the Atlantic Ocean is east of New Jersey. The cartoon depicts a view looking west from 9th Avenue in Manhattan. When looking west, one would see the Hudson River and then New jersey. One would not see the Atlantic Ocean, as it lies south of Manhattan at that point. Immediately east of Manhattan is the East River.

 

It is important to note that the illustration is a piece of satire, depicting a stereotypical parochial New Yorker's view of the rest of the world. The Wikipedia page describes it as follows:

 

"The illustration is split in two parts, with the bottom half of the image showing Manhattan's 9th Avenue, 10th Avenue, and the Hudson River(appropriately labeled), and the top half depicting the rest of the world. It is a westward view over 10th Avenue. The rest of the United States is the size of the three New York City blocks and is drawn as a rectangle bounded by North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, with a thin brown strip along the Hudson representing "Jersey", the names of five cities (Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas; Kansas City; and Chicago) and three states (Texas, Utah, and Nebraska) scattered among a few rocks for the United States beyond New Jersey, which is in bolder font than the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. Washington, D.C. is depicted as a remote location near Mexico. The Pacific Ocean, slightly wider than the Hudson, separates the United States from three flattened land masses labeled China, Japan and Russia. Notably, the image depicts the world with a back turned to Europe, which is absent from the painting."

[mike carey]

Just as the first 'foreign' territory that one reaches travelling south from Detroit is Canada, the eastern tip of New Jersey (south from NYC) is further east than parts of Manhattan. but as depicted in this cartoon New Jersey writ large is west of NYC. Points east of the vantage point from which this view could be had (as noted earlier, the Hamptons et al, but also Europe) are comfortably in New York's perceived sphere in influence, it's back yard. Beyond the Hudson lie regions of profound distain.

[+ Truereview]

All these directions are making my head spin...i just want my bagel and regular kawfee

[+ nycman]

Beyond the Hudson lie regions of profound distain.

 

More like...."Beyond the Hudson is....the REST of you"