Some contemporary Maine culture for yah.
Missing my home state in this hot LA weather; I have started looking up media related to Maine. There are so many TV shows and movies set there; but very few are shot in Maine and few of the actors talk like real Mainers. I feel as if people are missing an important aspect of the character of Maine; the real accents and ways of the people that will be lost as invaders come up from the south and eat all the locals.
Looking around on youtube; I found some gems. The first one; "Temp Tales" is a hilarious series of animated cartoons based on the lives of "caretakers" in Midcoast Maine. The word play and situations are hilarious and engaging; full of the harsh but witty banter I remember from my childhood from family and friends. It is done in a style resembly "South Park" and "Family Guy"; but was actually based on an old anime the main animator, Hanji O'chang is a fan of. It is written and voice by her husband, Atom; and the characters and atmosphere are spot on.
"Temp Tales" also has a great soundtack; with a lot of music by the "Mallet Brothers" band; also from Maine. They compose country rock tunes and gorgeous rewrites of old Maine folk songs like this one below "The Falling of the Pine"
On a playlist they were on I found some other great Maine musicians. Like " The Ghosts of Paul Revere" and their "Holler Folk".
I also found Aborea's beautiful ethereal music
This reminded me of a great band I saw in Maine a few times live, Phantom Buffalo. Below is a bandcamp link to one of my favorite songs of all time.
https://phantombuffalo.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-grass-and-pines
Looking for youtube videos for Phantom Buffalo I found "The Entertainment Experiment" which features "Ragged Isle" and "O'chang Comics" among other creators. I am going to pop some popcorn and have a viewing party later.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHpV2yeIygHNWIfH8mJaFNQ
Back on youtube; I was looking for Maine tv shows and found this great promo for "Down East Dickering"
Going to buy that show sometime; I miss that witty banter. You would think there would be more comedians from Maine with all the jokes people spit out. Speaking of which; my brother recently told me about this Maine comedian "Bob Marly"
You can also see an echo of Maine's comedic bent in the "alternative" news site "NewMaineNews" ; link
Not sure if anyone will even look at this; but I am thinking there will definately be a part 2 as it was so much fun to research. Take care steemit; hope you make your way to Maine someday.
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Oh you remind me of the old good days. Especially the Mallet... The country side musicians.
The last image looks like pirate ship.
A Spanish Galleon for one of the "Tall Ships" festivals. I think some pirates became lobsterman; lol.
I cured my homesickness by moving back to Vienna, Austria, after over 40 years in Canada (and I DEFINITELY do not miss the Canadian Winters!).
I cured my homesickness by moving back to Maine...do not miss the winters of my home state, lol! Seriously though; if the winters were just a little shorter or I had more money I might be able to deal.
I know - long winters, lol. I liked the summers in Western Canada, and having at times 3 vehicles, no problem getting around, but now that I am in Austria, with top-notch public transport, I realize how underdeveloped the Canadians are in this regard. Heck, even in Mexico I was able to catch a community bus regularly. But service in Canada got worse rather than better. When I went to visit again in 2016, I found to my dismay that Greyhound reduced service drastically, only one bus where they used to have 5 servicing my area. Just getting from Calgary (airport) to Lethbridge I have to rely on friends picking me up.
btw - I sent you a email after seeing your msg on bescouted (1 month late, lol).
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