From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net
On 2007-03-23 10:12 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:
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> Sarah Thyre:
> She was there one day; an Irish band was on the
> show and brought shilleleahs to Conan and Andy, and Andy had a 30 gallon
> fishtank. She picked one up and started swinging it back and singing --
Not being Irish, I thought the object she was talking about was a musical
instrument of some sort, possibly related to the ukulele. (Yes, I know the
ukulele is Hawaiian in origin, but I obviously was reaching.) Then I looked
it up, and here are my findings, in case anyone else was wondering:
shillelagh (also shillalah): A cudgel of oak, blackthorn, or other
hardwood. [After Shillelagh, a village of east-central Ireland.]
What's a cudgel? "A short, heavy stick; a club." (Definitions from the
American Heritage Dictionary.)
In other words, a shillelagh is a blunt-force weapon, kind of an ancient
version of the nightstick. So no surprise that it shattered the glass on
the fish tank.
> Lindsey Buckingham:
> - From Fleetwood Mac, and with the new CD 'Under The Skin'. As
> Long As I Can would seem to be a plausible title.
A good guess, but I looked this up on Buckingham's web site, and the actual
title is "Shut Us Down." This was one of the better performances I've seen
on Conan recently. Pretty good guitar work -- instead of routinely
strumming chords, he did some fairly intricate picking while he was singing.
Does anyone else think solo performances come across better on the show
than larger acts? I think it has to do with the configuration of the studio
-- the stage isn't very big, so bands with more than two or three people
might be cramped. It may also be my own musical preferences showing
through, as I tend towards more intimate music, especially late at night.
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