[78-L] Catching up

[buster]

"From the northwest corner of a brand new crescent moon...while  
crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune...terrapin station"


On Nov 30, 2008, at 7:07 PM, "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>  
wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> DECCA 27080 THE CRICKETS JOSEF MARAIS & MIRANDA
>> plus all them Buddy Holly singles.
>>
> Which, IIRC, appeared under "Buddy Holly" on Decca...and "The  
> Crickets"
> on Brunswick...!
>
> Sadly, Oshawa, Ont'o. is too thoroughly "suburbanized" to hear insect
> serenades at night...
>
> All I (occasionally) hear are Cicadas...and Canuck cicadas DON'T
> have the same "dialect" as do their Illinois relatives! IIRC, ours  
> join
> in one single "WHUZZ!" in unison for several seconds, then go
> silent (listening for replies?!)...whereas U S Of A (at least  
> Illinois)
> cicadas repeat short "whuzzes" about once/second or so, with
> the same silent breaks...?!