Anyway, while going on this walk, Matt brought an extensive collection of giant strange looking sound equipment.
You see, he is a sound engineer in his spare time and this is, well, what he does. And when we found some owls he told us to mosey on down the trail so he could record. And here are some of his recordings - completely changing my view of these owls.
Burrowing Owls by mattglenn
He has more detail about this on this blog.
Not a bazillion miles away from this is this track:- http://www.macjams.com/song/36775 . As you will hear, this is hip-hop remix (by a muso friend of mine) of the superb vocal talents of not an owl, but a pet chicken. Henjoy...
ReplyDeletethat is awesome
ReplyDeleteVery cool, and proof that quality doesn't require autotune.
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute.
ReplyDeleteOf course, whenever I see these birds I have to think of the lyrics of "Stuart" by the 1980s comedic-punk group "The Dead Milkmen"
ReplyDelete"Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl.
Kept bugging his old man. 'Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never
ask for anything else as long as I live.' So the guy
breaks down and buys him a burrow owl.
Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's
the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are
you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl."
I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows
the burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you
think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?"
I know JB, I know. Perhaps one of my favorite songs of all time ...
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