Tag: drum

Pah-Rumpah Pum Pum.

[Found here.]

Heat The Drum Slowly.

 

Witch Heating Her Drum

Evenk shamaness heating her drum over fire. Photo by A. Slapins, 1975

Heating the drum before use was necessary because the heat tightened the drum skin and changed its pitch. Basically, the shaman used the fire for tuning his/her drum.

The Evenks are native to Asia, particularly southern Siberia, and their culture predates Russia – it’s been traced to neolithic times.

[Image & description found here.]

Wall Street Protest Duct Tape Fail

[via Weasel Zippers]

Everywhere is freaks and hairies, dykes and fairies. Tell me where is sanity? Tax the rich, feed the poor, ’til there aren’t no rich no more. I’d love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do.  – Alvin Lee

Yep, they’re changing the world all right, one failed beat at a time. Truth is, the guy’s got no rhythm – he’s a beat off – and if that were a real Benjamin in his pocket he’d be chasing after the dork who lifted it. Capitalism!

[Related post here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.193 – Balloon-Pants-Bird-Dog-Drum-Shoot, Llama Snub, Eat A Rat Owl

[Found here, here and here.]

“PHWEEET! Everybody Out of the Pool!”

Russian single-occupant jacuzzi comes furnished with its own life guard. We won’t EVEN speculate on how it’s heated, where the water jets are, or why it bubbles occasionally. You’re on your own with this one, folks.

[Image from somewhere in here.]