Soundcheck!

What - is -up - pipples ?

Kami here for another great adventure into the life of a Scum, explaining their deficiencies by blaming the music that influenced them through the years (and even before they were born). And boy oh boy am I excited this week.

As you might or might not know, I write this breath-taking column as I go. For example, as of now, the only thing I know is who I'm covering this week. I have no clue what the songs are going to be, I just throw random stories on paper, flame the video a way or another, and that's pretty much it (hence the Master of Segue title bestowed upon me by Iola). And this week, I'm jumping into completely unknown territory.

Indeed folks. When dinosaurs roamed the Earth and man just discovered fire, another being was dwelling in the largest shadows. His size earned him the King of the Jungle title. T-Rex's would bow to him. He was the inspiration for the wheel, he was a model for hot air balloons, he was used as a demonstration when they proved the Earth was round and he has his own gravity. He laughs more about himself than he laughs about other people. He's an accomplished Scum, everyone loves him; ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, His Roundness, Quilp!

It is your turn Qu-ilp,

You don't smell like tulips,

Try not to nip,

On your own lip,

'Cause it hurts like a 'beep'.

This song was incorporated to fit the Soundcheck of Dec. 20th, 2011.

When most of our scum friends' parents were "doing it like they do on the discovery channel", they usual have some ambient music. Rare are those that used CD's, few are those that used cassettes, many are those that used the radio. But unique is Quilp's parents, who paid a group of guys 2 wild cows (I mean, cows must have been wild at some point, right? I wonder if their black and white hide worked great for them as camouflage in the forest) for them to play the flute using a mammoth's tusk and drums with turtle shells. This is what they played :

Well, she's right. Manana is soon enough for me too. The pleasure of procrastinating at its best. You know the story of the starving man found by a fisherman, right? Don't give a starving man fish, teach him how to fish. Well, Quilp would be more like: "You got fish right there, let's eat. You can teach me how to fish tomorrow." And all is good that way.

His Roundness grew up and soon had to attend school. You know... your grand-ma had to walk 15 miles in snowstorms, so Quilp must have had to walk until the climate changed. That period of time is when his roundness started affecting his personality. When you think round, you think smooth. Quilp became smoother and smoother, and so was the music he listened. He didn't get lazy, he didn't get slow, and he definitely couldn't have a flat personality, so this is what he was listening to (which I fail to categorize) :

Yes, that's how special Quilp the Round is. Him and his vinyl discs that have two songs on each side. Great song, very... trippy. I'm honestly at a loss of words on this one, so let's move on...

Our dear friend kept aging, as all of us do, and was soon 21. He could have gone drinking with all his buddies at the local saloon, but he had his mind on something else. Heck, he'd seen the advent of alcohol on this planet, he could wait a bit more. No, he was in love, guys! He was already so smooth with ladies, what he needed was romance. Less trippin', more lovin'.

He's now smooth, and romantic. He's been rolling his way since, happy and trippy, doing stuff he has to do but not too much on the same day, with romance has a middle name. But if you think this last song made him weaker, well take your best shot at backstabbing him before he stumps you flat with his pinky!

That's it folks, I hope you enjoyed this week's Soundcheck! Stay tuned, as next week we receive Nargipoo on stage! Will the songs that have influenced him be as good as what he's been posting in his column so far? (The debatable word here is "good"). Let's find out next week!

Cheers!