#the kazoo

[osiiiris]

The kazoo - a useless insight.

For very important scientific reasons, this morning I woke up and found out that playing the kazoo isn’t actually as easy as it seems.

My first thought about it was “Aw, how talented” referring to you-know-who, but let’s delve into some details. I have collected my favorite curiosities down here for you:

You don’t just blow into the kazoo, neither you “hmmm” into it. You have to actually sing into it to make it work. Sounds like an effort to me.

The end you have to sing in is the flat one, not the pointy one.

Now, my favorite part. These are some of the syllables identified on Wikipedia to change notes on the kazoo: doo, too, who, rrrrr or brrr. “rrrrr or brrr”, understand?

Before Papa - but not as good as him - the kazoo was used by Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and also Rammstein. Apparently, no pop singer had the same steel balls to use the kazoo in their songs. This makes it a very badass instrument, if you ask me.

In 2011, “At the Royal Albert Hall, 3.910 kazooists played Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries”. Just epic.

The kazoo is strictly related to the PARTY HORN - which is not an instrument - and the Eunuch flute (Mirlitone). And about the Eunuch flute, “the Creole composer, Edmond Dédé wrote Méphisto Masqué for grand orchestra and a fanfare of Mirlitone Instruments”. The devil is always around the corner here.

Papa played a kazoo with a square filter, instead of the more common round one. I hoped to find something interesting about it but honestly no, it is just that. The bravest of you will find a connection with Square Hammer, I just know it.

As a bonus, I’d like to remind you that Papa had a professional, tiny kazoo stand for his precious instrument.

[copias-thrall]

Everything makes me think of him 

[inber]

little drummer boy: OI MISTAH I AIN'T GOT NO GIFT FOR THE BABY KING

mary, recovering from birth in a fucken stable: don't sweat it kid you're like ten or something

little drummer boy: I CAN PLAY ME DRUM FOR HIM, I CAN

mary: no, no, that's really not necessar--

little drummer boy: BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

[angelfoodscake]

im gonna be listening to flavios song on repeat for the next 20 years.

[goblinhoursinsomniaramblings]

dc x dp prompt: Jack Fenton is a long lost Wayne... sorta

Bruce hears rumors of a cousin he hasn't seen in decades, Jackson Wayne. Except he's changed his name, started some sort of ghost-hunting scam, and is hitting all the items on Bruce's checklist for 'obvious theme supervillain.' Clearly, this needs investigation.

Meanwhile, Jack Fenton mainly remembers high society being boring and stifling, picking his mom during a messy divorce that had them leaving Gotham city altogether, and going all in on ectoscience, which resulted in the few members of his gotham family that still spoke to him cutting him out completely. He has absolutely no idea Martha and Thomas Wayne, the famous murdered philanthropist Waynes, were 'Aunt Mar-Mar' and 'Uncle Tommy', and is totally oblivious to lil' Brucie up and disappearing for a few years. So when Brucie calls and wants to reconnect, well, that sounds like a fine idea! Bring the kids! Sure, all of them! Yes, ALL of them.

Bruce was not expecting this. The trip ends up extremely surreal as a result.

[peskyvinot]

ROBO SCAR JUMPSCARE

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Danny covered his mouth to prevent them from hearing him. This was the third year in a row that Danny was pranking the waynes by hiding christmas gifts all over the mansion. This year, Batman himself had come out to play and Danny was doing everything in his power to troll the guy.

Each day, he would hide the next round of presents, and the batman would have elaborate traps that Danny would have to either evade or escape from before the big bad bat came and snatched him up.

He looked pretty livid, which would be fair if Danny's theory about Brucie Wayne being Batman's Sugar daddy/secret boyfriend were true. He's been trolling Bruce the hardest the last 3 years, what with all the annoying toys and indoor glitter bombs. The grand finally gifts from last year was everyone in the Wayne household getting kazoos and a packet of the most annoying songs you can play on one. That year was torture for the billionaire playboy. He even got to see Brucie cover his ears with couch pillows!

For now, though, he just needed to stay invisible and hide Damians present in his room... now only if this little tuxedo cat would stop following him around and meowing at him. Go away, kitty! I don't have your food, and you're going to give me away!

[lotus-pear]

the besties are back in action

[ao3-crack]

(x)

[madpatti]

Wanted to draw something cute so here are a few of my papa bats👀🦇

I don't know how many people enjoy these, but I'd love to turn them into keychains someday :)

[gleafer]

WHO’S WATCHING THE OLYMPICS???

Well you are now. Ancient Greece Olympic wrestling, that is!

Mind those thumbs, SIR!

[osiiiris]

How is it possible that we all moved on with our lives after seeing the leader of a satanic band pull out a kazoo at one point and play it?

[excessive-moisture]

unseen lands kazoo cover

[imaginative-joy]

BD wonders why he wasn't allowed to get a cool Imperial disguise like Cal at Nova Garon.

[amalgamcorps]

chatty frog