Tonight, at last, after several months of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations between Brandl Sänger’s agents and the SDA consortium, the Austrian group has composed a bespoke message for readers of this blog.
Translated from Österreichisches Standard-Deutsch,

We hereby summon all SDA readers
to furnish interesting Reader Tips
Not just for the edification of our own tribe,
but for those who dwell in yonder valley as well

The comments are now officially open.

From Robert Dutesco’s 2008 documentary Chasing Wild Horses, here’s the short video Sable Island.
h/t.
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the tips proto-punk rocker Iggy Pop and sultry jazz singer Miss Peggy Lee are tossed into a sonic blender to whip up a musical concoction called I Say Passenger La La Fever.
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In 1982 the late Klaus Nomi appeared on French television to sing the Nomi Song. To this day, no one outside of Germany knows why.
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Rock ‘n’ roll wildman Little Richard turned 82 today, so we’re going to hip-check you into the comments with his 1958 single Good Golly Miss Molly.
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In tonight’s musical entertainment en route to the tips Welsh vocal group Trio Canig pull off that rarest of musical accomplishments: a not excessively scenery-chewing rendition of the old standby Danny Boy. Wait a few seconds for the lovely harmonies to kick in.
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I was looking to post the late Susannah McCorkle’s lovely cover version of Só Danço Samba from Antônio “Tom” Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim’s 1963 debut album, but since it’s only available in this truncated version as the soundtrack to a British comedy clip, here’s Jobim’s original version.
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So, do you think they’ll be able to get this 100-year-old four-cylinder 28.5 litre engine started? (h/t)
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In tonight’s musical entertainment en route to the Tips, filmed at the Taj Mahal, the late Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka (singer Norah Jones is his other daughter) pay musical tribute to 17th Century Emperor Shah Jahan, under whose reign the Taj Mahal was built, and his wife Mumatz Mahal.
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Tonight, a soaring perspective of some very lovely country: here’s A Pilot’s View: Queenstown, New Zealand.
h/t E.M.
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Tonight’s musical selection en route to the tips will have you reaching for your shillelaghs, as Dublin-born uilleann piper Sean McKeown prepares you for a pitched battle with those smelly, cross-eyed invaders scrambling over yonder hill with a medley of The Wild Geese & The Strawberry Blossom.
Don’t be fooled by the pastoral sounding titles.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips the Traveling Wilburys offer up a sort of musical absolution for plain old regular folks: here’s End Of The Line.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Turnstiles.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Johnnie Ray, the undisputed king of ever-so-slightly gay-sounding histrionics, sings (Here Am I) Brokenhearted.
On the plus side, it only cost him a dime.
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Tonight, as a special treat for all you long-neglected yodelling fans, we deliver the yodelliest song of them all: the Dirndl aus Bayern Jodel, mit vielen bunten fotos.
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the tips the Coon Creek Girls wonder How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?
As a general rule of thumb, I can eat as many as I can carry with both hands.
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In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Parisian singer Françoise Hardy sings a musically inventive and pleasing-to-the-ear interpretation of Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.
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We got volleyball and ping-pong, and a lot of dandy games. What ain’t we got? We ain’t got dames!
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In tonight’s hockey-themed amusement en route to the tips, Fox Sports’ Patrick O’Neal interviews someone other than goaltender Ben Scrivens.
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In tonight’s bouncy entertainment en route to the tips “Whoopie” John Wilfahrt invites you to Come Wet Your Mustache with him.
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