[Dynagroove] The real story of Thanksgiving

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This is what I will be telling my son about Thanksgiving:
 
"Years ago, the Turkey Dance was the most popular dance at  weddings.  This 
remained true until November 24, 1988 when the Turkeys  suddenly and without 
warning quit en masse.  (This unexpected  defection led to the ascention of the 
massively annoying  Chicken Dance...but that's another bedtime story).  The 
extraordinary  exodus  was initiated by a small group of wild turkeys, calling  
themselves the Pecking Tribe.  The Tribe rebelled  against the artificial 
limitation of having to perform the  same song and dance over and over and only at 
human  weddings.  That year, in an act of supreme defiance,  they conceived 
of, and prepared for, a large feast of a party out in  the desert, something no 
one had ever thought possible before, and a  strange but wonderful dance 
music called HOUSE was on the  menu!  They then sent out the now famed universal 
call of  Hen-hood "come one come all...and BYOB!!".  The legendary GOBBLE @ THE 
MOON  parties were thus born.  The gathering was truly MASSIVE. Turkeys  of 
all walks of life marvelled at the intoxicating sense of communal  belonging 
they felt at these yearly gathering of fowl.  But most of  all it was the music 
that astounded the exquisitely rotund  birds.  Turkeys all around the world 
took to HOUSE music like a  baby to a mother's breast.  Humanoid in its origin, 
house music was played  on vinyl.  It was thus perfectly suited for expert 
manipulation by  the peckers' feathery handles. The scene later exploded and the  
rest is now, as they say, history.  Numerous legends of the decks owe  their 
present fame and fortune to their turns at the Gobble @ The Moon  decks 
including  DJ Drumstix, MC Jive, Free Range, Grand Master  Flashy Fowl and of 
course, Zack Hill (tehehehe...i love ya buddy, just  kidding of course).  And now, 
thanks to the brave and courageous Turkey  bird, we humans have rediscovered 
that House music is a spiritual  thing, a body thing, a soul thing.  
 
House music being a human invention, of origin not exactly known and still  
debated (some say it's an Italian composer who wrote a sexy dance song for an  
African American diva while others claim it was all invented by 4 very  weird 
German dudes), it was only a matter of time before the human race took  over 
the scene.  And because these parties lasted late into the night and  the early 
morning, people got hungry.  So they caught, killed, cooked and  ate the poor 
Turkeys to satisfy their hunger, and all trace and evidence of the  Gobble @ 
The Moon parties were erased in no time.   But like  a hidden force that could 
not be deterred, every year since then, people  continued to gather around on 
Nov. 24 to eat Turkey and give thanks.  But  they did not know exactly for 
what, and they were scared.  So,  history had to be re-written and some story 
about Indians and Pilgrims was  cooked up to make people feel better about  the 
Thanksgiving Holiday.  The story is SO unbelievable I won't  even consider 
telling it to you.
 
But you and I know better, my son.  Every year, on Thanksgiving, what  we're 
really doing is thanking the Turkeys for that fateful day when they  walked 
out on weddings all around the country, and for  the special gift of 
re-discovering House Music.  And after eating the  delicious bird, and after oh about 3 
hour of napping, maybe some football  watching on the telly (not likely), we 
get up and head down to the local  disco to dance, sometimes with our thumbs in 
our armpits...flapping the night  away to the wonderfully repetitive House 
Beats..."
 
What do you all think?  You think he'll buy it?   =)
 
Moral of the story:  There is no work Friday.  Go out and  celebrate!  
Tonight @ The Blend with Morgan Page would be a good  start.  Tomorrow, after the 
holiday dinner, the Good Life is  postponed.  Yet, you have other great options 
too, like Dirty  Dishes w/Justin Martin, Sammy D and Nikola Baytala OR the 
BRICK Thursdays,  a weekly night by the "gravy" joes (how appropriate for 
thanksgiving,  no?).  Have an awesome Thanksgiving everyone.   Take care
 
love
 
imad
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