Things to Do with a Spoon: Play a Guitar with It!

Happy New Year Spoon-Swappers!  

Hey, if 2014 finds you with a spoon, a guitar, and a lot of time to practice:

Things to Do with a Spoon: Play It!

A single spoon doesn't make too much noise, but if you have a buddy spoon-swapper you can take turns playing them!  David Holt makes it look easy:

Things to Do with a Spoon: Balance it on Your Nose!

Here is an excellent tutorial on a skill that every spoon-swapper should possess:

 

"How to Hang a Spoon on your Nose" via wikiHow.

Oneida: The Band

Hey, did you know there's a band out there called Oneida?  You probably did because you are more hip than I!  Yes, it was maybe a year ago that I stumbled into a local record store, and among the other cards with band names that I have ignored or not noticed countless times, there is was: Oneida!  "Ah, a spoon band!" I thought to myself, and promptly looked them up when I got home.  I am pleased to announce that Oneida the band produce beautiful noise:

And live too!

The Spoon: A Poem

Some days I think I need nothing
more in life than a spoon.
With a spoon I can eat oatmeal
or take the medicine doctors prescribe.
I can swat a fly sleeping on the sill
or pound the table to get attention.
I can point accusingly at God
or stab the empty air repeatedly.
Looking into the spoon's mirror,
I can study my face in its shiny bowl,
or cover one eye to make half the world
disappear.  With a spoon
I can dig a tunnel to freedom
spoonful by spoonful of dirt,
or waste life catching moonlight
and flinging it into the blackest night.

- Richard Jones