tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post1959068904518910176..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: Gig of the year?Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-73369499784148349812011-12-16T03:54:47.744+00:002011-12-16T03:54:47.744+00:00It was indeed a hell of a show. Junior Boy Jones b...It was indeed a hell of a show. Junior Boy Jones brought the house down with the late blues set, and the supporting musicians were pretty awesome too. Possibly the best upright bass player I've ever seen!Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-31264701498177088072011-12-16T03:51:07.443+00:002011-12-16T03:51:07.443+00:00Happy Christmas, Weebs. When will you be back?Happy Christmas, Weebs. When will you be back?Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-12348165666931676022011-12-15T17:15:28.085+00:002011-12-15T17:15:28.085+00:00"Booey Lehoo" is someone's idea of a..."Booey Lehoo" is someone's idea of a cute mispronunciation of 不亦樂乎 ('bù yì lè hū' in modern Mandarin reading; probably something like "*pu iek rauk xuo" at the time Confucius spoke, but of course we've all got to pretend that everyone has always spoken Mandarin). It means "is [that] not also a joy?" -- part of the famous opening passage in the Analects of Confucius: 有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎, "Is it not also a joy to have friends come from far away?"<br /><br />Sounds like it will be a joy indeed. I'll be far away -- the flight leaves in a bit less than six hours -- and that will also be a joy.The Weeblenoreply@blogger.com