I’ll be damned. Here’s a screen shot of season 3, epsisode 1 of Whale Wars. It’s from about 3:30 (streamed from Netflix). Tell me this is not a drum kit, or part of one. Haven’t seen all the episodes yet, but I did a google search and I didn’t see any mention of a band on board. It’s right after the SI collided with one of the Japanese ships and one of the hippies ran down to check the damage. Anyone else catch this? Does this come out in later episodes? (Mods, since there really is no point to speak of, if this fits better in The Cornfield, please move, but I figured since it was about a show, then The Maze iz the plaze).
Upon review, this might be the Bob Barker, not the Steve Irwin. Anyway, there’s a damn drum kit on the ship.
It’s really not surprising, whenever a number of people are restricted to a small area like a ship for any extended amount of time recreation becomes an important concern. Bands are good since not only can the people in them enjoy themselves, but other crew members can enjoy listening to them. I know that the Cousteau documentaries mentioned that there were three or four different bands on board to help keep everyone entertained.
I really hope the ship is big enough that there are places where you can’t hear the drums. Because I’d guess someone would get tired enough of never being to escape some crappy hippie music that they’d toss all the instruments overboard one midwatch.
Of course, being the Sea Shepherds, the guy doing the tossing would probably get his leg caught in an amp cable and go over with them, at which point they’d have to decide between saving him and saving some whales. That’s 2 episodes right there.
GuanoLad, I’m not that excited about it, more amused. I was just so focused on what a complete bunch of knobs the Sea Shepherds are that it took me by surprise, and I had to start thinking about which one of the knobs was the drummer*, and whether or not they had a p.a. down there too, or if they just plugged 1/4" mike cables into a guitar amp for vocals, or whether they couldn’t mike the vocals at all because they used up all their prop foulers and had to tie up all the 20’ XLRs end-to-end so they’d have one more shot at it and…
*Come to think of it, I think they introduced one of the deck-hands/knobs as having been in a band before. I’m just imagining him getting to the ship before setting off, not knowing anyone, really, having a carload of drums and stands and cymbals that he has to carry 150 yards from the parking lot, nobody but his pissed off girlfriend to help, and when he gets to the ship, everybody’s busy prepping the ship, but he does have to ask someone “um, where can I put these?” Geez, I gotta stop. Your’re right muldoonthief, there could be enough material here for quite a few episodes.
