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06 May 2008

You need this guy at your church this Christmas

by Dan Phillips

"Christmas?" you say. "Isn't it a little early?"

Trust me. You'll thank me for giving you time to book this man.

(Mainly, I saw this and thought, "Oh, Phil would love this.")

Nor is that the only Yuletide tune in his repertoire:

I'm thinking that, at the Heita3 household, life must be fun, and the grocery bill high. (Obviously, I can't vouch for all the video's... especially the parts in Japanese.)

Labels: bumpable, Dan Phillips, humor

28 Comments:

Johnny Dialectic:: OK, that's 3:49 out of my life I won't get back.; 7:25 PM, May 06, 2008
DJP:: Sourpuss.; 7:27 PM, May 06, 2008
luvvom:: wow... =:^; 7:36 PM, May 06, 2008
Philip R. Gons:: I thought it was 3:49 well spent. Thanks for sharing.; 7:46 PM, May 06, 2008
wordsmith:: Melly Chlismas! And here I thought daikon was good only for sushi :); 8:13 PM, May 06, 2008
Al:: The second video sounded like a kazoo...

The Broccoli flute was kicking though!

al sends; 9:19 PM, May 06, 2008
danny2:: well,

it was fun, and it helped me feel like the time i've spent blogging isn't a total waste...

obviously, there are other things i could do with my time.

now, where are my green bean wind chimes?; 4:06 AM, May 07, 2008
Kim:: I noted some small children behind him. They should have a little orchestra.

This guy must have time on his hands.; 4:19 AM, May 07, 2008
Randy:: Obviously he never heeded his mothers admonition to not play with his vegetables.; 4:41 AM, May 07, 2008
JOYce@pfg:: If he isn't available and so as not to disappoint, noticed a vegetable orchestra video at youtube gives an interesting peek into proper selection at veggie stand along with 101 intro on making your own. Got carrots?

Stir fry fellowship in the FLC(family life center) annex immediately following performance.; 5:34 AM, May 07, 2008
DJP:: I love that! I can see the invite: "Join the Praise Team for a joyous celebration. Instruments will be consumed immediately afterwards"

:^D; 5:48 AM, May 07, 2008
JOYce@pfg:: :-)

Throw out the kazoos, bells, and chimes for what is "in" this season? Maybe the Praise Team will yield to a sneak peek of what the youth ministry is doing for competition, vacation Bible school, or the community street fair this year. In the name of audience numbers.

My bad.; 5:57 AM, May 07, 2008
donsands:: I'll never be able eat broccoli again without thinking of this guy.

Way too funny. Thanks for posting.; 6:10 AM, May 07, 2008
JOYce@pfg:: amen, donsands. Will surely smile more due to the levity in cleaning/cutting/cooking/serving veggies. ;-); 6:18 AM, May 07, 2008
candyinsierras:: I wonder what one can do with a beet?; 6:34 AM, May 07, 2008
wordsmith:: For those who share this perverse interest, the fellow has a whole series of musical fruit/vegetable vids at YouTube.

Somebody has too much time on his hands :) but it's better than going out and causing trouble.; 6:48 AM, May 07, 2008
stratagem:: Wow, this guy is cool. He should be playing for Veggie Tales! But to hit the low notes on that tuba thing like Larry the Cucumber does, he'd probably have to make an ocarina out of a whole tree instead of a broccoli spear.

-Stratagem

PS, Warning, Dan, prepare yourself: You'll probably be roundly criticized in the Christian blogosphere for having a non-Christian on your website, playing Christian music on a vegetable. You've gone relevant on us!!!; 8:26 AM, May 07, 2008
chris:: I like the little kid singing with the second song. Who needs expensive instruments like guitars for a family sing-along? Just whittle yourself one out of whatever giant radish you happen to have...; 8:56 AM, May 07, 2008
The Doulos:: Dan, Dan, Dan. Yesterday, a pithy, deep and insightful post on...well, something pithy and deep that escapes me now. And today...musical vegetables. The range of your blogging intellect is truly staggering.

BTW, I used to play 2nd cauliflower in an all-vegetable symphony. Velly velly good.; 11:58 AM, May 07, 2008
Becky, a slave of Christ:: Wow. The broccoli was pleasant, but the daikon was a bit too piercing for my ears.

I relate to this guy though, I am an artist, but do not limit myself to canvas and sketch pads.

Speaking of oriental music, go listen to this little beauty:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AR4PQ30VkBk; 1:03 PM, May 07, 2008
Lisa Nunley:: Now this guy knows what it is to truly be labeled "GREEN" for the cause of the environment... as long as he recycled his instruments and made a yummy stir-fry.; 1:20 PM, May 07, 2008
Rich Barcellos:: This (both the guy on the video playing the veggie and djp uploading it for all to see) reminds me of an old Styx song - "Too Much Time on My Hands"

:-); 5:01 AM, May 08, 2008
Lisa Nunley:: ..great... now I will have that song stuck in my head all day.; 5:48 AM, May 08, 2008
eastendjim:: Is this an example of contextualizing the gospel for vegetarians?; 6:35 AM, May 08, 2008
John Haller:: Best of the bunch.....; 6:09 PM, May 08, 2008
Jim Pemberton:: (In a looser sense of the word:)

Fruit flutes for pagan vegans.; 6:03 AM, May 12, 2008
DJP:: I love that, Jim. It makes me think, very tangentially, "Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts."; 6:18 AM, May 12, 2008
Marie4thtimemom:: That's talent. My two-year-old is fascinated. Her eyes are the size of her sippy-cup.; 4:16 PM, May 12, 2008

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You need this guy at your church this Christmas

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