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Ladies and gentlemen—

Mieskuoro Huutajat

the Finnish Men’s Shouting Choir.

  1. Have I mentioned how much I hate people who link to web pages that give off loud sounds, without noting it on the link?
    Patrick Nielsen Hayden    Dec 8, 03:14 PM    #
  2. To be fair, a link to a shouting choir might necessarily suggest one punch the speakers down a few notches before clicking...
    Dylan Meconis    Dec 9, 02:50 PM    #
  3. When I played their rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, Midge started barking in this odd, percussive way that was almost impossible to distinguish from the music.

    Too bad she's not male-- she could get a gig with them.
    Victoria    Dec 9, 05:55 PM    #
  4. So Midge is Finnish, then?

    And, yes, if one were to click on the photograph, as opposed to the text link below, one would be surprised by a brief burst of Tarzannish yodelling. While Dylan's cheerful defense is a bit beyond the expectations of good internet citizenship, it honestly hadn't occurred to me that a brief but startling yelp was grounds for a warning; an endlessly cycling MIDI theme, sure, but not a once-off. Then, I didn't think the DEBS short was unsafe for work, either. —One learns something new just about every day, if one does it right.

    --k.    Dec 9, 06:10 PM    #

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