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SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
French Accordion Tango

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Bumble Bee Blues

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Walking Spanish

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Rollin' And Tumblin'

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
I'm An Asshole (fuck you denis leary)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
quando quando quando

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Subterranean Homesick Blues

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Comme Un Garcon

WHAT IS 2+2?
Lombelico Del Mondo

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Goodnight Vienna

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Your Neighborhood Spaceman

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Positively 4th Street

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
My Blue Heaven

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Witch (Alternate Take)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Knock On Wood

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Raspryagayte khloptsy koni

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Passport

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
She's alright

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
John Henry

WHATS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Aa Dekhe Zara

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Get an Ugly Woman to Marry You

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
We'll Meet Again

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Burma Shave

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
You Never Even Call Me By My Name

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Dies, Nox Et Omnia

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Vertigogo

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Grapefruit moon

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
willie mae

Raigen, congratulations. You are one of the insightful thinkers on the sift, as proven by your wooly cap. I'm not sure how that proves intelligence, but I guess we could call it a brain cozy?

Ornthoron, you've had some great sifts. My favorite is the "Can you hide your geekiness?" Because I think someone who plays accordion knows that answer. Good song in that video, by the way.

Gorillaman, in honor of your achievement, I think we should grant your wish. We are going to execute everyone whose opinions differ from yours.

Huzzah!

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And thanks for this one.

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Hi, my name is Arvid, and I live in Oslo, Norway. I have just finished a degree in physics from the University of Oslo, but I can't seem to let go of the student life just yet. I enjoy sifts that mess with my head, such as these.

I discovered VideoSift because Fedquip kept referring to it on his old AOL blog. I lurked here for over a year before finally signing up this autumn. For a norwegian, I have an almost unhealthy interest in american politics, and I deeply regret the decline and death of http://newsbloggers.aol.com.

On my freetime I am a musician. I have played the Euphonium since I was eight, but have in recent years switched mostly to Trombone. I mostly play and listen to jazz, first and foremost in a Big Band. I was a member of a now dead 30's swing band, and I am soon starting a new band to play some more modern jazz. I sing in a choir as well. My muscial heroes are among others Bach and Bartok, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, Pink Floyd and Steely Dan.

I read both fantasy and classics, and my favourite authors are Kurt Vonnegut jr., George R. R. Martin, Tolkien, Dostoyevski and Gert Nygårdshaug. My username is a witness to my geeky past, as it is the Sindarin translation of my real name.

I catch onto minor hobbies sporadically as well. I used to game a lot, but this has cooled off lately. I was an avid Guitar Hero player, and got to be pretty good. I have been into sailing. I have been into fencing. I enjoy walking and skiing in the majestic norwegian mountainscape. In the summer I play with the Diabolo. My latest fad is Origami, which I used to do when I was a teenager and have just now picked up again. I have also been an extra in some norwegian music videos and minor film productions. I am the emo-looking guy playing accordion in this video.

I follow both norwegian and international politics with interest, and I have a blog in norwegian about politics and science which I update very sporadically.

Oh, and I am the older brother of Haldaug, who has a higher integrity as a sifter than me. That is why I have higher ranking than him, even though he has been a member longer than me. So go to his pqueue if you want to find some musical/thoughtful/absurd gems.

edit: Forgot to mention my favourite beverage, Brakspear Oxford Gold organic ale. Try it out.

If I was in the back section of that accordion bus, I would have pooped myself!

This movie won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice film festival.

Here's the rundown, also from wikipedia. The entire video makes sense in context of reading this.
"He has plans to acquire a whole train of smuggled fuel, which he finds at cut-price. To obtain a loan that would subsidize the heist, he visits Grga Pitić, a wheelchair-bound old gangster, who's an old friend of Zarije Destanov, Matko's father and Zare's grandfather. Matko then plots the details of the job with an ally of his named Dadan, a rich, fun-living, drug-snorting gangster type who has a harem, juggles grenades and cheats at cards. However, Dadan double-crosses him and glitches up the deal by giving Matko a drink that is drugged, and carrying out the job while Matko is unconscious, which means that Matko owes Dadan a great deal of cash. Matko cannot afford to pay, so Dadan makes a deal whereby he would forgive the debt, thereby wiping the slate clean, if Zare and Afrodita, Dadan's midget sister whom he desperately wants to marry off, get married. However, Zare is in love with Ida, a barmaid who works in an establishment run by her Roma grandmother Sujka, and Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams. Dadan coerces Afrodita into marrying by dunking her in a well, while Zare first learns of the scheme to marry him off from Ida, who has overheard Dadan and Matko plotting it in the restaurant where she works. Meanwhile, Zare retrieves Zarije from the hospital where he is being kept, with the aid of a gypsy band.

The two reluctantly endure the wedding ceremony held at Matko's house, which Dadan refuses to postpone after the sudden apparent death of Zarije. They were not supposed to have a wedding while in mourning, but Dadan decides to delay the death announcement, so Matko and Zare hide Zarije's body in the attic, packed in ice. Zare is dismayed, since he wants to leave the place, and had hoped that the required mourning period for his beloved grandfather would give him the opportunity to get away, and thus avoid being married off against his will. Ida and Sujka provide the catering for the wedding, and Ida is upset at seeing her beloved married off to someone else. By contrast, Dadan is really enjoying himself, whether dancing to gypsy band music, bouncing on the bed with his harem, and juggling grenades. However, the bride runs away mid-ceremony, pursued by Dadan and Matko. She stumbles across a six-foot plus giant named Grga Veliki, who is willing to protect her from her villainous brother, and the couple fall instantly in love. Grga Veliki's grandfather, Grga Pitić, wants him to get married, and is delighted that he has found his mate. The old gangster forces Dadan, who had once worked for him, to accept the match.

The groom meanwhile conspires with Sujka and Ida to bring Dadan down a peg, and rigs the outhouse so that the seat will come apart. While the preparations for the wedding ceremony of Afrodita and Grga Veliki are being conducted, Matko and Dadan pass the time by playing cards, with Dadan cheating. Sujka comes in during the game, and serves the unsuspecting Dadan a drink spiked with something that would give him diarrhea. Furthermore, Grga Pitić apparently dies, and Dadan and Matko hide his body in the attic, where Zarije's body is also hidden. However, the two corpses soon both come back to life; they were not dead after all. They are surprised to find themselves together, as they had not seen each other for 25 years and each had thought the other was dead. During the ceremony, Dadan starts to feel uncomfortable and rushes into the outhouse ... and falls into the manure. His harem deserts him, and as he tries to clean himself off on a goose, only Matko remains loyal, and he provides Dadan with a shower from the garden hose. Zare meanwhile grabs the wedding official at gunpoint and orders him to solemnize his marriage with his sweetheart, Ida, and the two sail off together on a riverboat with a fistful of cash stashed in his grandfather's accordion, and the blessing of their respective grandparents."

hey all-

i'm another 25-y.o. david, born on the west coast of the US, went to school in the midwest, and now residing on the east coast. i have meaningless pieces of paper that say i know something about philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, film & media studies, and business, and am trying to get another one that'll let me treat people for diseases in my spare time i like running marathons, drawing, playing piano and accordion, hiking, doing magic, making badass halloween costumes that serve as supplemental income, and sifting. oh, and coffee. cheers!

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Sorry Ziffie, but it's a duperino:

http://www.videosift.com/video/I-feel-weird-for-being-impressed-by-an-accordion-player

Nice. These button accordions look especially difficult. This dispels James Taylor's assertion that the definition of a true gentleman is "someone who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn't."

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heh, when I saw the "accordion" tag, I thought that was the name of a formation or something...!

My twelve year old neighbor was playing "Powerhouse" on his accordion last night. That might sound awful, but it was actually awfully awesome.