how strange, how strange

[darkoshi]

I spent the first several minutes of this video trying to determine if there was a problem with my browser, or if the video aspect was really supposed to be nearly 3:1, with parts of people's heads cropped out of view. It seems to be that way on purpose, like a wide screen movie.

"The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu" (Watch on YouTube)

Video title: The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu
Posted by: The HU
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE


I wonder what these round cylindrical fibrous things on the top of the cliff are:
https://youtu.be/v4xZUr0BEfE?t=147

Of the 2 videos by that band which I've watched (there's also this one with motorcyles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc ), I'm not sure how I feel about their lyrics. Taken one way, they're cool in a "don't mess with me" kind of way. Taken another way, I'm not sure.


This video has throat-singing *and* bagpipes:

"Hunnu Guren - Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli" (Watch on YouTube)

Video title: Hunnu Guren - Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli
Posted by: AuliEtnotranss
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztRqe_CHC0



I suppose that drone-mounted cameras make these kind of videos easier to film these days. I wonder how they did it in the old days... helicopters, hang gliders, small aircraft?

Vegan Bagpipes - oh yay, there is such a thing. Maybe... or maybe just a non-hide drum... boom boom, boom boom...

Comments

[nozomi604]

When I was in Edinburgh, they even had vegan haggis in a tourist shop. Then again, I can't imagine that traditional haggis is in very high demand among tourists.

That bagpipe page is fascinating! If you do take it up, though, be careful about fungus getting into the pipes. https://www.livescience.com/55842-bagpipe-lung-hypersensitivity-pneumonitis.html

[darkoshi]

Bagpipes would be fun to try, and I'm curious what they are like close up, but considering that I haven't had any notable successes on the few other instruments I've tried, I think I probably wouldn't be very good at them. I'd end up making a bunch of discordant noise. :D

[fayanora]

The problem with bagpipes is that bagpipers tend to get a disease called "piper's lung" or "bagpipe lung."

[darkoshi]

It sounds scary, but doesn't really seem to be that common. All the top search results are about one man who died from it.

But that's another benefit of synthetic/non-animal bagpipes - they have a zipper for opening it up and airing it out:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37152871

"If you have a sheepskin bag, I was told that I should wash it out with hot water and bleach every year. That should get all the germs killed and prolong the life of your instrument.

"Of course, most people today tend to play synthetic bags. I tell my players that they can unzip those to let the bag dry out."

[darkoshi]

I wouldn't have thought there was a vegan haggis, but I'd try it out of curiosity (though I've never been curious about what the real one tastes like).