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Calexico/Iron & Wine - He Lays in the Reins(live on KLRU-tv)
If you go to the man's site, there's a jukebox with several songs that will loop for you: http://www.ironandwine.com/
One of them is called "16 Maybe Less" and, vin, I'm going to threadjack for a minute here. There's no good video of that song but like I say you can go listen to it and I'ma post its lyrics right here. It made drunken Calvados sappy one night.
http://lyricwiki.org/Iron_%26_Wine:16,_Maybe_Less
Beyond the ridge to the left, you asked me what I want
Between the trees and cicadas singing round the pond
"I've spent an hour with you, should I want anything else?"
One grinning wink like the neon on a liquor store
We were 16, maybe less, maybe a little more
I walked home smiling, I finally had a story to tell
And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
My brother told me he saw you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting
I met my wife at a party when I drank too much
My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough
Call it predictable, yesterday my dream was of you
Beyond the ridge to the west, the sun had left the sky
Between the trees and the pond, you put your hand in mine
Said, "Time has bridled us both, but I remember you too"
And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
I dreamt I travelled and found you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting
Ninja House
you wouldn't need ninja stealth, the damn cicadas are so loud they drown out all other sound!
English hornets (wasps) scare the living crap out of me
I used to see a lot of Cicada Killers in the midwest US. They're about that size. Terrified the hell out of me when I was a kid. They're about 2 inches long. I don't think they're very aggressive.
Awesome homemade LandWalker robot
Landshuffler ftw!
would lose to a Cicada though.
17 year cicadas outbreak
So true, coupland. But I couldn't think of another "p" word that was clean. And there simply has never been a "plague of cicadas."
As grspec and firefly can confirm, the 17 year brood reaches end-of-days Biblical plague proportions in about three weeks. And that buzzing shrieking noise! So they will always be locusts to me.
17 year cicadas outbreak
This is a locust: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~vivek/Icons/locust.jpg
This is a Cicada: http://www.bestfoto.com/Galleries/Gallery_008/cicadas.jpg
See the difference? The Locust is a kind of Grasshopper.
17 year cicadas outbreak
Back in 96 or so we had a major outbreak in MO and we happened to be painting our house that summer. Let me tell you the noise almost drove us insane. We couldn't even get the radio loud enough to drown it out and after 2 weeks I wanted to shoot myself to end the noise. It was crazy and the amount of cicada carcasses that were on the ground was amazing.
17 year cicadas outbreak
This plague happened in Maryland about two years ago. It was filthy and marvelous.
I have some great pictures of my (then) 2 yr old daughter playing with the giant LOCUSTS ('cicadas' is a term only used by bug professors, prats, and pedants) and their carcasses.
17 year cicadas outbreak
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4820696.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/20/america/NA-GEN-US-Cicada-Invasion.php
Happy Belated Birthday, LadyBug!!! (Sift Talk Post)
me?? hmmmm? i like centio-peeds and mantis-type thangys....dragonflyes preserved from the grill of the horse, and cicada hulls for a mobile above the crib...breedin' scarabs and such....or just usin' the ol' magnifiin' monocle to toast the roasty rows....bugs!