Entremet Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh "“Like most people in the US, I grew up knowing the words to this carol and even (shudder) singing them occasionally (singing is not a strong point of mine), but never really thought about what they meant, how the carol originated, or what birds were involved”, says Dr Rasmussen in email. So she decided to figure it out. Dr Rasmussen, who’s tied for third for the most bird discoveries in the world, is probably also the world’s foremost avian sleuth, due to her meticulous detective work a few years ago that uncovered the many ornithological thefts and records frauds in museums that were committed by eminent British ornithologist, Richard Meinertzhagen. But who would ever have thought that an old Christmas carol might also hold an avian mystery? “After all, it’s just a Christmas carol!” Dr Rasmussen points out." https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/meet-the-real-birds-of-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-fame-grrlscientist-5a8bc09350c9
I had retired in 2001 and started to listen to artists that I knew was famous and good, but had never taken the time. I had also taken a keen liking to rap music, something that I never listened to before. My kids thought I was nuts. Then I thought, what other music had I not listened to? I listened to a GH album of Hank Williams. I loved it. Now I knew where the songs my close friend in 'Nam used to pick and sing came from. That was my first intro to country music and when I got out of the field, I listened to FM rock, as I always did.
ReplyDeleteNext, I listened to James Brown. Boy, did it turn my head around! I'm always late to the party. Next, I tried Blue Grass when I heard it on the speakers at Tower Records (before they went totally gone) I loved that genre also! So I stopped listening exclusively to songs between 1966 and 1970. Then about 2009, I rediscovered the Blues. My tastes had certainly expanded in my dotage!
Bob Dylan had to steal a lot of records to learn his craft, back in the day. Nowadays, we have the Internet.
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