Although he Twittered the opposite, Stowe’s a real accordion fan:
Thanks to Stowe for posing for these shots!
Category: Accordion, Instrument of the Gods
Master Chief feels the accordion love!
On Saturday, the Ginger Ninja and I attended my friend Hector Catre’s birthday bash. I met Hector about thirty years ago through his brother Nic, with whom I went to high school and played in a Billy Idol/Platinum Blonde cover band. Hector’s been around for all sorts of hijinks (including the Worst Date Ever), and I was more than happy to celebrate another trip around the sun with him. Happy birthday, Hector!
Rule #1: Accordion + booze = fun.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
I’m glad to see that people still remember AC/DC’s Big Balls.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
“Any requests?”
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
Stone Temple Pilots’ Plush is an accordion song that doesn’t know it yet.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
The people at the next table asked for some Smashing Pumpkins; I gave ’em Cherub Rock.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
“Thank you! I’m here all night!”
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
Me and Hector, enjoying the elixir of life.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Brown.
If you missed the first set of photos, they’re in this entry.
One More Accordion Convert…
I didn’t get a photo of Anneke trying out the accordion, but Michele did:
Click the photo to see it on its original Flickr page.
Photo courtesy of Michele Perras.
…and Me!
We can’t forget Yours Truly, pictured below in his Accordion Happy Place…
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Photo courtesy of Michele Perras.
There are more photos in Michele’s photoset of the party.
I attended Tom and Michele’s housewarming party on Saturday and took some pictures. Here are my favourites…
The “College Girl Dorm Room Poster” Shot
Tom did a little birthday dance number to entertain the crowd — first solo, then joined by Michele. It concluded with this smooch, which just cried out for the Robert Doisneau black-and-white treatment:
Coming soon to an Imaginus poster sale near you!
Another Accordion Convert
I’m always happy to let a friend try on the accordion, and since Michele asked, I got these photos.
She hasn’t hit that moment of accordion transcendence yet…
…ah, there we go!
My original accordion, a Titano student model, has been through a lot, from the streets of Accordion City to Burning Man to saving my butt from a mugging in Prague (see this story for details). In spite of a few broken chord buttons, some missing key tops and a slight air leak, I can still get some sweet sounds out of it.
These days, I keep it at the TSOT offices in case of emergencies. You’d be surprised at the number of times having an accordion handy has paid off.
Click the picture to see the video on Facebook.
Last week, I did a quick little medley at the office, and my coworker Dan Williams shot some video of the event and posted it on Facebook. If you’ve got a Facebook account, you can see it here. I’ll see if I can get the video from Dan and post it someplace a little more easily accessed, like YouTube.
A friend of Dan’s saw the video, and she commented that if it were posted on a dating site like LavaLife, I’d get responses like crazy. The accordion has already served that purpose, but maybe it’s time for me to give lessons.
The ladies love the accordion. Would a 1960’s comic lie?
Comic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.