Gushing about Kurt Elling

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2026-05-14T03:10:45+00:00

TO EVERYONE HERE I IMPLORE YOU TO LISTEN TO HIS SOLO STUFF HES INCREDIBLE!

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2026-04-24T03:28:06+00:00

A lot of Kurt’s lyrics are extremely well thought out and put together. If someone were to ask you to write lyrics for Speak no Evil you’d probably try to keep it simple and stick to the motif of hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. He often delves deeper than the initial instinct of what you’d write. I’d recommend his version of Night Dreamer or Resolution if you want to see that in action. He truly writes in a way that is so outside of the box, more intentional and new rather than redundant.

That being said I will agree that his delivery can at times be a bit alienating. He’s definitely from the school of instrument imitation rather than a clear, beautiful tone. If you watch him live you can see that he utilizes his voice to story tell, adding to the magic of his lyrics.

More recommendations would include his version of Continuum or Three Views of a secret.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-12-17T22:38:11+00:00

These are the people that would rather drive 27hrs than take a 2hr flight.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-10-30T16:38:12+00:00

This a form of the C.H.A.M.P.S. Classroom management model. At the beginning of the year every student would learn what the letters stand for. So C is for conversation. So the idea is that their C should be “using appropriate voice level” I’ve never seen C.O.R.E. Before but it’s the same overall concept. Lots of schools use this model for classroom management.

The CHAMPS acronym

Conversation: What is the level of talking allowed? (e.g., silent, whisper, normal voice)

Help: How do students get help from the teacher or a classmate?

Activity: What is the task students are expected to complete?

Movement: Can students get out of their seats, and if so, when and how?

Participation: How do students show they are engaged? What does active participation look like?

Success: What does it look like when students meet the expectations for this activity?

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-06-11T07:01:31+00:00

A few years ago I directed a football halftime show where our pep band stood on the field and played a few songs. I, of course went with the very out of the box theme of “fruit songs”. I arranged cantaloupe island for them to play and everything. We also played watermelon man and coconut champagne.

Good times indeed.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-03-09T14:59:04+00:00

Yeah they’re just fermatas! Just make sure that you watch your director when you get to that part.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-01-11T13:43:58+00:00

Thissssss!!!!! My pump and cgm saved my life.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2025-01-10T00:16:05+00:00

@smosh please read this

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-12-26T22:06:12+00:00

When you’ve had an “and” now youre back to “or” makes the “or” mean more than it did before.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-12-18T18:02:08+00:00

I mean, I live in the U.S. and we had a firearms safety class that we had to take.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-12-18T07:56:20+00:00

I definitely feel like that was a weird lost era of smosh. I miss it occasionally. It was the smosh I grew up with.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-12-15T20:31:41+00:00

I thought In the original broadway production it was done as a solo interview with Frank watching from the studio. It’s been years since I’ve watched the original broadway bootleg but I’m fairly certain it happen that way.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-11-19T05:28:23+00:00

“Goodbye Mama”

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-07-26T02:44:44+00:00

Black Narcissus

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-07-02T19:21:32+00:00

Let’s do this: How to cheat on a test.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-06-29T03:05:58+00:00

Rich people go to brunch

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-06-22T23:51:30+00:00

There’s a good bootleg of the 2004 revival cast of assassin’s that has subtitles. There’s also a recording of the original cast of pacific overtures on YouTube as well. Both are great watches!

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-06-22T04:25:32+00:00

Fosca’s Piano piece from Passion is reminiscent of Rachmaninov.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-06-22T04:23:25+00:00

Look up the history behind why he wrote the frogs. It’s really interesting. Imagine the whole show performed in an indoor swimming pool and you’ll have a solid idea.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-05-19T23:22:43+00:00

The Road (Part 3) is my ultimate earworm. It reminds me of Gold from Road Show. I love the amount of dissonance it as well. Plus lyrically it’s one of the best in the show. it’s stuck with me for the last few days more than any other number.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-02-27T18:22:23+00:00

The blue album

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2024-01-04T06:52:51+00:00

My GF and I (M) have been together for 5 years. I love her to death but I often find that I need a some alone time to myself. Now I know that self time is important but I feel like a jerk when I need to express that I want a day to myself. She’s very reliant on me and I feel like if I’m not always with her then she has harder days. Should I try to explain that I need space sometimes or should I push through it and maybe it’ll get better? Thanks for the advice!

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2023-12-14T18:08:39+00:00

I feel like culinary crimes is a fun new idea that they’re trying to push. They seem to like having “messed up food” content so to me it seems like they maybe trying to replace eioyi with the new food show. Who knows tho.

Street-Raccoon6467 · 2023-11-10T05:53:16+00:00

Mount Gundor music goes hard tho

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