Episode eighty-seven is up now! Today's song is Grand Canyon by The Magnetic Fields.
I discuss the limited but complex lyrics, and the strange story of Paul Bunyan.
https://youtu.be/MOysFL8-t58?si=YtjGymE6cJoLvkuK
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Good Morning #Canada
Today is Paul Bunyan Day, and it is a great day to remind everyone that this legendary #lumberjack has Canadian roots. It really should not be a surprise that this larger-than-life character, who created the Grand Canyon and the Great Lakes, would have first walked the northern wilderness and headed south to help out those smaller Americans. Now you know why a plaid wool coat is a Canadian tuxedo.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BabeTheBlueOx
https://www.history.com/news/was-paul-bunyan-a-real-person
As the legend goes, it took five huge storks to deliver the infant (already gigantic) Paul Bunyan to his parents in Bangor, Maine. When he grew older, one drag of the mighty lumberjack’s massive ax created the Grand Canyon, while the giant footprints of his trusty companion, Babe the Blue Ox, filled with water and […]
Babe the Blue Ox was the pet and closest companion of Paul Bunyan, the lumberjack giant of American folklore. Giant statues of the legendary duo can be seen across the United States, including this historic roadside attraction in Bemidji, Minnesota. #FolkloreSunday
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#Folklore #PaulBunyan #BabeTheBlueOx #AmericanFolklore #TallTales #Giant #RoadsideAttraction #Minnesota
Mistigram: today AdeptApril celebrates the colossal lumberjack of American folklore, #PaulBunyan, pictured here in #ANSIart with his steadfast companion #BabeTheBlueOx against a backdrop of a stand of old-growth lumber they were presumably about to turn into toothpicks and toilet paper.
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@BrevetBlanc2017 @doctorow @nikodimov @igbayram @clmerle @paulkidd @beanjammin @hey_leia we got some friends for him out here in California... #PaulBunyan #BabeTheBlueOx hahah
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