WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG . . .
We interrupt this blog to tell you this blog is a year old.
Special thanks to our major donors (commenters). We could have done it without you, but it wouldn’t have been as interesting.
In no particular order, thanks to Marc, Jessica Schreiber, Gerald Ross, Robert K S, Shawn Fink, Teddy, Adrianne Greenbaum, Bill Jones, Mark Schilling, Harvey Kugelman, Wolf Krawkowski, Terri Zupancic, Ellen . . .
David, Irwin Weinberger, John M. Urbancich, Jane Lassar, Zach, Gary Gould, Robin, Ben Cohen, David Budin, Alice, Alan Douglass, Diddle, Don Friedman, Kenny G, Richard Grayson and Steven Greenman.
Get your name on this list next year by contributing at least $2,500, or writing in a lot.
Google Analytics — a spy op — has uncovered Klezmer Guy readers in every state except the axis of evil: South Dakota, Nebraska and Arkansas. Google also hears Klezmer Guy “chatter” from many foreign countries. The most active Klezmer Guy cells are in Canada, Israel, England, France and Germany. And there is a lone-wolf reader in Libya. ( Salaam, bro, don’t shoot.)
Google doesn’t divulge readers’ names, by the way, just cities and countries.
Expect some Klezmer Guy video this coming year. These video clips should appeal to a broader readership: non-readers. Some nudity in the clips. (Facial and hand.)
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Quiz-time
Several Klezmer Guy readers report: “I’ve read every word of your blog!” Kathy, one of these extreme readers, has asked for a quiz. She thinks she will win.
[The quiz is now in the “comments” section of this post. 5/21/10]
See you at the next Yiddishe Cup concert or “Driving Mr. Klezmer” duo gig. Or if not there, here.
The bell rings. Round two.
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2 of 2 posts for 5/12/10
9 comments
I’m no Steve, but my guesses are: 1-B 2-A 3-A 4-B 5-A 6-ABC 7-A 8-A 9-B
10-C 11-A Nu? When do we get the answers?
To Bill Jones:
I’ll post the answers Friday.
This quiz is VERY stressful for me, who hangs on to every word every single week — but obviously NOT tight enough!!!!! I know I missed a few answers, damn it! Don’t ever stop writing. Please. No, really, please.
This is one of my favorite blogs. (I read a lot of them.) Looking forward to your second year of blogging.
Enough on the quizzes! This Kathy sounds like a rabble rouser!
I read your blog religiously (wearing kippah, talit katan, black hat). Just kidding. Wouldn’t miss a week!
I know you/Alice count the posts, so I’m adding a comment to beef up the numbers on this one. I agree with Johnny U on the rabble rouser comment. Quiz is fun to read, but I’m not jumping in. Thanks for the name recognition. Glad to make the cut.
What are the prizes for winning the quiz? 1.b 2.a 3.c 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.b 8.3 9.a 10.b tiebreaker AB
I hope Ted, the Jeopardy winner, steers clear of this quiz. He’s the only one who could beat me.
1. What was the name of Yiddishe Cup before it was Yiddishe Cup?
A. Wild Horses
B. It has always been Yiddishe Cup
C. Kosher Spears
It has always been Yiddishe Cup.
2. Who invented klezmer?
A. The Jews
B. The Klezmorim (Berkeley)
C. Henry Sapoznik
The Jews
3. What was Toby’s legal first name?
A. Tobias
B. Wayne
C. Theodore
Theodore
4. What something-extra went into Toby’s coffin?
A. Chlor-Trimeton
B. Nothing
C. Clarinet reed
Nothing. Though Toby did joke about packing some Chlor-Trimeton. He was a minor-league hypochondriac.
5. The musicians in Yiddishe Cup call their bandleader?
A. Ding-a-ling
B. Pissant
C. Sir
Sir
6. Yiddishe Cup has played:
A. Brooklyn, N.Y.
B. Brooklyn, Ohio
C. Kentucky
Brooklyn, N.Y. It is very disturbing Yiddishe Cup hasn’t played Kentucky. Brooklyn,Ohio – that’s a West Side suburb.
Typically a landlord’s biggest problem:
A. Water leaks
B. Bugs
C. Tenants in “the Industry” (hospitality/food service business)
Water leaks
8. Clarinetists are almost always:
A. Telling clarinet jokes
B. Practicing scales
C. Uncool
Uncool
9. Toby’s favorite sport:
A. Tennis
B. Counting Jews in Chinese restaurants
C. Bowling
Tennis
10. A gigging musician’s main interest:
A. Music
B. The food situation
C. Breaks
The food situation
Tiebreaker: What was Toby’s blood type?
A. O
B. AB
C. A
AB
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Alice, my wife, won. The prize is me.
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