In the early 19th century, there was a group of crazy performer/entrepreneur/scientist wackos called balloonists, who took early versions of hot air and/or hydrogen balloons up in the air (usually not too far up) and tried to do silly crap like cross the English channel. One of the most famous (and talented) British balloonists was a man named James Sadler. He got out of a number of sticky situations in his day, including putting down in stormy English seas and then managing to alight again upon realizing that the ship he was hoping to flag down wasn’t going to stop for him. His son, Windham (unfortunate name, no?) was also stricken with the ballooning bug, but he was not so lucky. He ended up getting snagged in a London chimney, hanging from his feet for several minutes, and falling to his death. This song is for him.
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I’m loving this so hard.
http://www.theburningear.com/2010/07/ace-reporter-delivers-jams-untouched-from-their-birth-and-some-even-arrived-in-top-form/
Keep up the awesomeness!!!!
Brandon — thanks for the comment and the nice post on theburningear.com. I’d be really curious to hear about any others you really like…
-Ace