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Look who was guarding the ol’ apartment this morning. Looming on the railing, this wrong-colored mantis was sunning itself. I thought they were green? But, tt made for a good outdoor photoshoot. Then, norbs had to go and add a monkeywrench wth this comment on Flickr:

You need a song to accompany the photo Mick. Great stuff

-norbography

This was a tough gauntlet to pick up! I’m a music guy. I love picking songs for photos! But, at first glance this seemed to be the exact sort of photo that resisted music. Forced to pick, what could I possibly choose? Didn’t want to just go with “mantis” in the title. I struggled even titling the photo. Insect humor isn’t my thing. So instead of the funny-ha-ha choice, I decided to think of the mantis itself and the movement of it.

And, that made me think of the tuba. For some reason, I needed tuba for this. The slow mechanism of this wily bug matched the low plodding buoyancy of the “king of the brass.” But, definitely not in an oompah-oompah polka sort of way. In this photo, the mantis reigns over the scene from above, watchful and in control. It couldn’t be menacing, there’s a blue sky. The more I thought about it, the more I realized exactly the vibe I wanted.  This wasn’t going to be a funny punchline song. So, norbs, here’s my soundrack for this photo, an obscure post-rock instrumental by the band Drums and Tuba. It’s kinda spooky, kinda chill. And, it has cool tuba:

Play: “Brain Liaters” - Drums and Tuba

What do you think of this?