A great thanks to Dr. Nokes at Unlocked Wordhoard for finding this (maybe not quite safe for work) anachronistic public service announcement of what to do if you need an Emergency Codpiece Substitute.
Get ready for the innuendos, for they come fast and trippingly off the tongue...
HuzZAH! Bring back the codpiece!
I've never really watched much Canadian TV, but what I have seen is strange and funny. I managed to catch a few episodes of History Bites once on a local PBS membership drive, and I laughed through the whole thing. Canadians, like the British, enjoy a bit 'different' humor than Americans, which can seem pretty controversial to the more sensitive types. It's rare when jokes or subject matter shocks me, but I appreciate that in my entertainment.
It's really too bad that History Bites doesn't offer their collection on DVD yet. There are scant few clips on YouTube (none of which I'd seen yet) but this one shows that even in the 16th century, there was too much violence on TV.
Also from Canada is the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts, here on YouTube with their great web-commercial. Now that's selling a lifestyle!
There is just too much coolness in Canada. I think we should invade and take their sense of humor.
Within the first few years of joining the SCA, I found myself in the company of friends who had both interest in, and talent for, singing 'period' music. They convinced me that I should sing again ( after experiencing crippling stage fright a few years earlier ) and the rest is history. I would not be singing today if not for them.
Most of the music we chose to perform had some...uh....bawdy connotations. Which of course made them fun to sing and appreciated around a campfire. One of those songs was 'Come again' by John Dowland.
I haven't heard that song in around 10 years. In this video, Sting is performing it on the Today Show.
I think he may have changed it a bit, but the thought that he has just released an album of 16th century lute music makes me pretty happy indeed.
Check out the very informative reviews and listen to song samples at Amazon:
