Howling at sundown

Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:32 pm

Hey was it correct to howl when the sun went below the mountain, or when the moon came up?

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:34 pm

Hey was it correct to howl when the sun went below the mountain, or when the moon came up?

If ya have to ask...

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:36 pm

Discosybil wrote:Hey was it correct to howl when the sun went below the mountain, or when the moon came up?

You mean there was a reason we were howling? I thought it was just after the straight shots of whiskey that burned the whole way down. Who needs a reason. In fact I think it is time to go howl at my crackhead neighbors.

Jason

Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:40 pm

Oh, I had my share of howling too. But there was a certain time when there was howling that started at 10:00 and ended up at 2:00 like the wave.

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:41 pm

Discosybil wrote:Oh, I had my share of howling too. But there was a certain time when there was howling that started at 10:00 and ended up at 2:00 like the wave.

The wave of howls was a gorgeous sound and about brought me to tears the first night I was on the playa.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:13 pm

I'm saying anything is correct or not, however since it was a full moon it would make sense to do it when the moon rises.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:16 pm

did anyone see the infamous "green flash" ( an atmospheric phenomenon, not a comic book hero) at sunset?

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:25 pm

cowboyangel wrote:did anyone see the infamous "green flash" ( an atmospheric phenomenon, not a comic book hero) at sunset?

I saw lots of flashes but they were due to the shear amount of alcohol I ingested. I was pretty blurry eyed on the playa.

Jason

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:06 pm

Sandwichman...you are an encyclopedia for bar menus...do you ever run out of recipes?

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:46 pm

I'll howl anytime, anywhere, for whatever reason, partly because it's part of my schtick and partly because I love doing it.

A couple weeks ago at Market, a fire truck went by a block away, siren wailing. A wolf-dog in a nearby truck stuck his head out the window and howled in answer, and I came back with a howl of my own. In classic wolf-style, head up, different note scale.

Out on the Playa, however, I was howling because I was in the Werewolf game, and I was in character. I have to admit, though, my in-character howls were rather...frightening, because I was playing a high-ranking Ahroun and that was her moon out there. In the game, when a character first sees the moon at night, they get a point of Rage back, and if it's either a full moon or their auspice moon they get tanked up with Rage. So here's this badass Ahroun (born on the full moon — the warriors of the race), and she's getting her whole Rage rating of 5 (out of 10) tanked up in one shot. Naturally she's going to sound mightily pissed off as well as stoked. So my howls were mixed with a good few vigourous and angry snarling sharp notes and accompanied by some rather ferocious and brutal body language.

Next year should be a little gentler, on account of it being a dark moon. Not sure of the exact phases, I'll have to check my moon phase calculator.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:49 pm

did anyone see the infamous "green flash" ( an atmospheric phenomenon, not a comic book hero) at sunset?

Nope. Nor did you.

At least not the physical phenom. Not possible to see in the Black Rock desert under any circumstances.

I did see St. Elmo's fire out there once.

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:54 pm

Yeah. It's gonna be a dark moon all week, all the way up to Temple Burn Night when it's an ascending fingernail moon.

Bring your telescopes and strong binocs, folks, there's gonna be some sweet stargazing opps next year

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:09 pm

I saw some crazy colors over the hill on my drive in at sunset on Monday night - green, blue, red...and I can prove it, too, if i ever get my camera back from my lazy-ass campmates who packed it up with their stuff and haven't unpacked yet!

i thought st. elmo's fire had to be around water? or is it just lots of electricity in the air and something tall...?

dana · Post by **dana** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:31 am

Badger wrote:
I did see St. Elmo's fire out there once.

No shit. What did it look like? I live for that kind of stuff. I came so close to being on the side of Mt Ranier for the last big St Helens blast - I still kick myself for missing it, that and for Katie, April, Marie...... sorry I digress

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:50 am

haven't howled recently... sounds like a decent enough idea... must take spouse with me on moonlit evening and give it a whirl

<writes it down on things to do list>

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:28 am

That was when I knew I was someplace completely different from my world. Like my campmates and others that got early admission on Saturday, everybody looked to be in full set-up mode with a gnawing realization that our sunlight was about to go away. I was mentally preparing to curse under my breath when the sun retreated and then it happened.

When the first voices howled my immediate reaction was "Fucking yahoos, don't they have important shit to errect like me?" That sentiment immediately washed away when every body, including me, droping their tools as we gave ourselves over to a grand, deep howl. I was reaching out with and to them and they me. Welcome home, to the Island of Misfit Toys.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:01 am

cowboyangel wrote:did anyone see the infamous "green flash" ( an atmospheric phenomenon, not a comic book hero) at sunset?

ok, so my mind just went elsewhere.

in bed, right in the middle of things, i see this white light flash across my closed eyes.
i'm sitting here going, holy shit, this is incredible, i've lost circulation this way before but never seen visions.

in the morning it is discovered that the overhead light was malfunctioning....

he he he...

ok, back to your howling....

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:04 am

my block didn't howl this year, and i missed it. but one night, as we were halfway through erecting the trashistan dome, two of us climbed up on top of it, howled at the rising full moon, and mooned black rock city.

oh, sweetness.

_________________

last night as i was walking up olive i saw inscribed in the cement:

raven
black
rock

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:00 pm

I don't howl. The wolf in the pic just looks at me like I've got a really shitty accent.

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:46 am

Alpha wrote:I don't howl. The wolf in the pic just looks at me like I've got a really shitty accent.

Dude! Where the fuck did you learn to howl like that? From a fucking dachshund at the dog pound? or maybe it was a Chihuahua? Wait, wait! Now I've got it! You sound like a Basset Hound! Yeah, that's it! A really, really old and tired Basset Hound! Hah hah hah hah!

Now, step aside son. Let a real wolf show you how it's done:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/lonesome.html
[Quicktime - 3.3Mb]

http://video.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/wgbh/n ... omeisdn.rm
[RealPlayer - 3.3 Mb]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/images/lonesome.avi
[AVI - 3.3 Mb]

Now, don't let me ever hear you howl that Basset Hound shit around me again! You got that?! Alright then, let's go kill something for lunch!

dman · Post by **dman** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:25 am

Damn! Thanks Ring! Memories of Fairbanks '91 flooding back in. Smiles.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:41 pm

A link to probably one of the best books ever written on the subject of wolves.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ct-details Of Wolves and Men is the title BTW.[/i]

dman · Post by **dman** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:31 pm

Yep, good stuff, and Jon Van Zyle seems worth a mention here. From my den <g>.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:29 pm

Funny, I've read Of Wolves and Men and although it's standard reading for our little group of wolf walkers, I found it a little over the top. In the final analysis I don't really believe wolves are any more spiritual than people or, say, lemmings. YMMV.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:37 pm

You are all watching "Wolf's Rain" Saturday nights, right? (starts actually Sunday 12:30 AM PST 2 hours from now) Strange and wild anime series on Cartoon's Adult Swim that's nearing the finale.

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:47 pm

Nope. Don't have a TV. Looks cool, though.

You have seen Princess Mononoke, haven't you?

skagg · Post by **skagg** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:13 pm

Howlin...? Yeah. Scratchin behind my ear with my foot and biting tires on passing cars too.

Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:54 pm

The lunar eclipse is tonight the 27th.

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:01 pm

AIIIIGGGGGHHH!!

It's CLOUDY!

Not so much as a sucker-hole!!!

I can't see it!

shitmouse · Post by **shitmouse** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:04 pm

i grew up with wolves. they lived till just about a year ago then they finally had to be put down. -(they lived to be 16! amazing in wuf' years).

Tundra was a black timber, and Tonosha was a eastern grey. they only took after my mother and father, mom being the alpha. everyone else got the "your a dumb-ass" look from them. watching my step father walk them was hilarious. it was everything a large 400lb mountain man could do to not get pulled forward on his face. serious strength they have.

we had an agreement with the county sheriff to let us know when they ran across fresh road-kill -(deer/elk), then dad would go pick it up for fresh food for them. they have the power to rip huge chunks out of the rear honches of a deer.

nothnig sounds like those howls.
-b

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