New Londinium - Episode 33 - The Grass is Greenest on My Side of the Fence

0:00 Intro

3:26 Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho

19:28 January 7th

28:48 Cucumbers

34:27 Why the World Seems Weird

46:58 Where Have All the Bad Guys Gone?

While talking about my plans to have groves of various trees, I mentioned the Biomes o’ Plenty mod.
As I was talking about modded Minecraft, I made some comparisons between Minecraft and Lego. Lego blocks have been around since 1949.
This led to a discussion of companies understanding their customers and designing their products and services accordingly… and during that talk, I mentioned Microsoft, Blackberry, and Apple. I also mentioned Excel.
While talking about the significance of January 7th, I mentioned the Gregorian and Julian calendars, Christmas, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
I mentioned that one of my kids is taking karate lessons.
I used the English idiom “smoke and mirrors“.
While talking about how and why things are the way they are even when that no longer makes sense, I mentioned Daylight Savings Time.
After trying to determine whether being in a place for a long time will encourage or discourage mob spawns, I mentioned TerraFirmaCraft.

Ever since I watched The Sting as a child, I have loved Ragtime music. However, I am not a musician, composer, or even a particularly knowledgeable fan of music. I enjoy what I enjoy and that includes many different genres of music. However, Ragtime is the soundtrack for the era I am simulating and this may the first time that modern listeners may be exposed to it. So I am including some general Ragtime links and whatever information I can find on the particular tracks I used in this episode.

More Information on Ragtime music

Alabama Shuffle (1910) Roy Barton – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Broadway Rag (1922) James Sylvester Scott – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Cataract Rag (1914) Robert William Hampton – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910) Lewis F Muir – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Cotton States Rag (1910) Annie Ford McKnight Wight – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Doc Browns Cake Walk (1899) Charles Leslie Johnson – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Efficiency Rag (1917) James Sylvester Scott – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Eugenia (1906) Scott Joplin – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

Fire Cracker Rag (1911) William P. Held – Ragnar Hellspong – RagsRag

In the Saloon (2022) Piano Music – Pixabay

Mandy’s Broadway Stroll (1898) Thomas E Broady – Gragnar Hellspong – RagsRag