Listen, I have had long debates about whether the sad alarm clock from that one Yiddish children's book is a fascist and it is fascist apologia 😂

At some point Hankus talks about needing to know the litvak vs galitz style of certain songs and how they're played, as an important bit of hospitality - (paraphrasing) 'it's like if you have someone from Alabama at the wedding, you gotta play Sweet Home Alabama!'

Me: Ah yes, Reb Lynrd Skynrd

With the force and quirkiness of Baba Yaga, also in the chicken feet hut which is running away into the woods while she directs it at you through the window

Like those machine gun Farm carts from WWI

Guess I picked a good set of the early American dance bands? Tbf it is tough to choose a bad one tho 😅🤩

Bittersweet last day of teaching my 1st class for this festival, which I've been coming to since 2017. The folks taking the class have all been so enthusiastic and engaged! The German was like "it's 3a here, hope my neighbors are cool with me bringing back the golden era RIGHT NOW" 🤣

*stern warning glare with the force of the Evil Eye*

Bc I am still laughing at uncontrollably at "oh noooooooooo":

www.tiktok.com/@jacobsuther...

Maybe I'm just a leftist living a short distance from a National Emergency zone around a natural disaster but i think we've finally gotten to the absurdism point of the 20s and I'm here for coping w dark absurdity

I've seen a rap about the epstein files over All I Want For Christmas, a dumpster floating down the Columbia to a christmas song (?) And a climate change remix of Let it Snow where they cut the vocals down to:

"🎶Oh the weather outside is warm
The planet is dying
Oh noooooooooo 🎶"

🤣💀

Idk, I just, instead of travelling, I take a week where I get up an hour earlier every day. Tomorrow is 5a! It was like this hitting the festival circuit 2020-2022. I love CET. I'm such a night owl. EST is balls. But EST dominates bc sheer numbers in ppl and orgs. EST Yiddish hierarchy is so real.

*cackles in the last 5y of Left Coast Yiddish problems*

So appreciate you sharing your list! Def gonna add some of these to my schedule so I can stream the reruns 🤓