A must view, for the sheer fun and pleasure of it! Thanks to Roberta, for pointing this out to me, and to Not Totally Rad (a radiologist’s blog) for posting it.
The Laryngospasms (the Spasms, for short) are a group of nurse anesthetists who can really sing. More of their music videos are available on their website.
Marcus Welby was not necessarily the inspiration here, of course. Alienation – and the dissatisfaction that comes with a midlife crisis — pervaded the zeitgeist in the seventies.
Whatever happened to alienation, anyway? Perhaps it fell along with the Berlin Wall. Or succumbed to Prozac.
In 1980 the historian G.S. Rousseau expressed concern that modern physicians no longer embodied the humanist tradition of their predecessors. Now that medicine had become overwhelmingly a science rather than an art, he claimed, the interests and accomplishments of physicians had narrowed.
It was not uncommon, for Victorian and Edwardian doctors … to write prolifically throughout their careers. … In twentieth-century America … only the most imaginative physicians can hope for this artistic lifestyle as a consequence of the economic constraints and housekeeping demands placed upon the doctor.
Here’s an interesting observation on the associations between musical instruments and social class. It’s from Paul Fussell’s Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (emphasis and paragraph breaks added). There seems no place where hierarchical status-orderings aren’t discoverable. Take musical instruments. In a symphony orchestra the customary ranking of sections recognizes the difficulty and…
Source: The Huffington Post February has been American Heart Month since 1963, and it’s surely no coincidence that February features Valentine’s Day. For the American Heart Association, it’s a month devoted to increasing public awareness of heart health and raising money. In support of such a good cause, a gentleman from Ohio (Jeff Ondash) raised…
Source: Moore’s Lore Part two of this post discussed disillusion with the idea of progress and a yearning for a higher purpose. How did we end up in this unsatisfactory situation and is there hope that things will change for the better? I recently read Robert Reich’s book Supercapitalism. I was impressed with the clarity…
Source: Wunderground Warm Up o Michael Buble – I’ve got you under my skin o Jamie Cullum – These are the days o Linda Ronstadt – That’ll be the day Stretch o Willie Nelson – Stardust o Willie Nelson – Georgia on my mind Circle o Greencards – The Ghost of who we were o…
Source: flickr Warm Up o Elton John – Blessed o Renee Olstead – On a slow boat to China o Rod Stewart – It had to be you Stretch o Caccini – Ave Maria o Kitka – Tikho Nad Richkoyu Circle o Bello Veloso – Toda Sexta-Feira o Jehro – Continuando o Otis Spann –…
Source: Wunderground Warm Up o The Ink Spots – My Prayer o Rod Stewart – Embraceable you o Jason Mraz – I’m yours Stretch o Ella Fitzgerald – Reach for tomorrow o K D Lang – Hallelujah o K D Lang – After the gold rush Circle o Liz Wright – Stop o Blues Etilicos…
Source: flickr Warm Up o Big Bands – You made me love you o Rod Stewart – As time goes by o B52s – Love Shack Stretch – Scarves o Offenbach – Tales of Hoffman Barcarolle o Delibes – Lakme/Viens, Mallika o Eva Cassidy – Songbird Circle o Emmylou Harris – Here there and everywhere…
Source: Ellf House Warm Up o Rod Stewart – I only have eyes for you o Rod Stewart – Let’s fall in love o Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – For a dancer Stretch o Caccini – Ave Maria o Rachmaninoff – Vocalise Circle o Eric Clapton – Malted milk o Cher – Believe o…
Lisa Thompson, right, with Marion Rosen Warm Up o Madeleine Peyroux – I’m All Right o Kiri Te Kanawa – I got the sun in the morning o Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Rich Woman Stretch o Tracy Chapman – I’m ready & Save a place for me o Natalie Cole – The very…
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Killing the blues o Talking Heads – Take me to the river Stretch o Richard & Linda Thompson – Dimming of the day o Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris – You’ll never be the sun o Carl Orff – In trutina from Carmina…
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Iz – Somewhere over the rainbow – What a wonderful world o Neville Brothers – Little piece of heaven Stretch o Ella Fitzgerald – I cried for you o Ella Fitzgerald – I hadn’t anyone til you o Ella Fitzgerald – I’m getting sentimental over you o Ella Fitzgerald –…
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Rod Stewart – Smile o Pink Martini – Hang on little tomato o Carly Simon – You belong to me Stretch (Partners) o Hot Club of San Francisco – Till we meet o Linda Ronstadt – Blue Train o Norah Jones – Lonestar o Tracy Chapman – Less than strangers…
Source: New7ob Warm Up – Hot club of San Francisco – Lullaby of the leaves – Sandrine Kiberlain – M’envoyer des fleurs – Brett Dennen – The one who loves you the most Stretch – Eva Cassidy – Over the Rainbow – Kitka – Tikho Nad Richkoyu Circle – Bing Crosby – Blue Skies -…
