Back in 1972, there was a fellow who had a novel idea for a porno flick. But when his producer objected to the movie's title, fearing no one would understand it, Gerard Damiano reassured him: "Don't worry,
"Deep Throat will become a household word." And indeed it did. Now, 36 years after the infamous and influential film's release, director
Gerard Damiano, aka
Jerry Gerard, has gone on to that deep, deep throat in the sky.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Oct 30, 2008 -
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In Mongolia, overtone singing (or hoomei, as it's known locally) is mainly a guy thing, but there are exceptions to the rule, for example, the
Hoomei Women's Group. More commonly though, women who want to sing do so in an exquisite, soaring style like
this and
this. Sometimes the men do the hoomei thing while the women do that
soaring thing. Then there are those lovely
choral arrangements. And then there are those rare moments when the YouTube poster's description of a clip just hits the nail square on the head, as with this one:
amazing.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 29, 2008 -
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