This week’s penguin: A really great place to play. Sort of.

This week’s penguin is in loving memory of my dad, Jack Beaven, who passed away recently. He was a lifelong fan of Dixieland jazz, a vice he passed on to me. He particularly liked the way penguins play it.

I guess it depends on what you mean by “refined.”

The Herringbone Stompers are looking for new members

Musical instrument? Weapon? …to-MAY-to, to-MAH-to…

A good job for failed ‘Penguin Idol’ contestants.

A versatile enough musician can get work just about anywhere.

cartoon, chainsaw, Dixieland, double-belled euphonium, jazz, music, OKOM, penguin, penguins, crows, scarecrow

A really long wait for a great song.

This is actually mostly true – NASA is really beaming the Beatles song “Across the Universe” across the, well, galaxy anyway.

As for the RIAA – I’m just guessing.

cartoon, music, penguin, penguins, Beatles, NASA, Polaris, North Star, Across the Universe, RIAA

Yes, it IS possible to sing THAT badly…

cartoon, music, penguin, penguins, karaoke

It’s never too late to start a new tradition, anyway.

cartoon, chainsaw, Dixieland, double-belled euphonium, jazz, music, OKOM, penguin, penguins, silly, accordion

getting rich from jazz

(or at least getting herrings…)

Dixieland, OKOM, cartoon, double-belled euphonium, herrings, jazz, music, penguin, penguins, beer