Amy Guskin wrote:

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> Billy West was talking.
> Someone asked him about a recent CGI Popeye thing he'd done, and he was
> describing how every voice guy has their own take on how to 'do' Popeye. 
> He
> said that he based his version on the practice of throat singing.  Then, 
> he
> must have realized that few people would know what he was talking about, 
> so
> he broke out of the story for a moment to ask the audience -- "you know 
> what
> I mean?  Anyone ever heard those Tuvan throat singers?"  Now, this was a
> _big ballroom.  Every seat filled.  And a sole hand went up.  Mine.  So
> Billy turned to me, kind of astonished, and said, "How do you know about
> Tuvan throat singers?"  And I answered, "I'm into a lot of
weird shit."

Respect, Amy. Tuvan throat singing is simply amazing. If you haven't heard 
the album 'gone with the wind' by Altai-Hangai you should see whether you 
can get hold of a copy. I bought mine behind the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, 
where the group was performing in the park... Stunning stuff.

(I first heard throat singing on a flexidisk bound into the back of Ralph 
Leighton's book 'Tuva or Bust!' about another hero of mine, Richard Feynman. 
It's not actually that hard to do with practice, but controlling it is a 
swine.)

Bruce
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