Yet there is still that voice (in my head and of a few more outspoken friends) asking, okay, what, exactly, are you going to do during bird year? And I remember the annual articles telling us every January that we need to have tangible, assessible goals, made publicly to those that support us, for any resolution to have a chance of sticking. Which means, I can't just say, "This is BIRD YEAR" and have a reasonable expectation of it turning out nearly as cool as I envision.
I must say, "During Bird Year I Will:"
1. Observe Birds
2. Eat and Cook Birds
3. Read "Bird" Things
4. Learn about Birds
5. Watch and Listen to "Bird" Media
6. Write about Birds, Figuratively and Literally
According to my reading of the annual resolution articles, I should have sub-goals for each of these, with something like this, preferably tied to time lines:
2. Eat and Cook Birds
Rocky Mountain National Park, June 1 2015 I apparently don't have enough bird photos and need to re-use them |
i. chicken
ii. turkey
iii. quail
iv. duck
v. goose
vi. pheasant
vii. guinea fowl
viii. capon
ix. something else (ostrich, emu, partridge, squab . . . )
x. turducken
B. I will learn to:
i. pluck a bird
ii. bone a bird
iii. fry chicken so it is delicious
iv. handle poultry so it doesn't creep me out
v. make great stock
C. I will also try
i. curing bird meat
ii. cooking with many different parts of birds
a. giblets
b. fat
c. skin . . . . AND SO ON
But I'm not quite up to the full list now, and none of you is up for reading it, so I am starting with calls for what goes on the "GREAT BIRD MIX TAPE" (which, if actually created, would be the "Great Bird Compilations CD" but I'm old school and I am envisioning this on a cassette).
GREAT BIRD MIX TAPE: Beginnings
When Doves Cry- Prince
Chicken Man- Indigo Girls
Fly Like an Eagle- Steve Miller Band
Blackbird- Beatles
Anne Murray- Snowbird
Lobo- The Albatross
What else?
The Bird Band Mix will be separate, and apparently not all caps, and will include: The Eagles, Counting Crows, Black Crows, Dixie Chicks and, of course, the Byrds.
Who else?
2 comments:
Doo wop is full of birds. Try:
"Gee," the Crows
"I Only Have Eyes for You," the Flamingos
"Crying in the Chapel," the Orioles
"Earth Angel," the Penguins
"Lover's Island," the Blue Jays
"Come Back My Love," the Wrens
"I Found a Love," the Falcons - not exactly doo wop, I guess - early Wilson Pickett
The rock band called The Wrens are superb, but are not doo wop.
"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan would be a good one.
Also some version of Charlie Parker's "Ornithology."
Thanks AR!
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