weather magazine vol. 123
'rain or shine, it's always fine!
in this issue
sunny! tells us about the sounds of the city a playlist for all kinds of weather
ready to start a band? make a DIY shoebox guitar and some great shakers
windy & friends
A Weather Playlist We asked Sunny to make us a weather playlist: windy days The Beach Boys— Windy Chimes
sunny days The Beach Boys— Summer In The City
snowy days Galaxie 500 Listen, The Snow Is Falling
foggy days Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong— A Foggy Day
cloudy days Simon and Garfunkel— Cloudy
rainy days The Temptations— I Wish It Would Rain Find this playlist on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/WindyandFriends
To hear Sunny’s original music visit: windyandfriends.com/music/ or at soundcloud.com/WindyandFriends
Sunny’s Dark Night
sunny! Q + A with
by Welly Mudd
Sunny greets me at the door of his City apartment with a quiet, “hey,”. He’s wearing jeans, and blackand-white striped t-shirt, but glancing at his feet I notice bright yellow socks. He offers me a bowl of cereal (Rice Krispies — he likes the sounds they make) and we make our way to his room, where some Bach is playing on the record player. We sit on bean bags, eat our cereal and I begin the interview. Q Sunny, what’s your favourite season? A [quietly] Summer. Q OK.... Let’s say you were stranded on a desert island. What 5 things would you bring? A My guitar, a Rolland JR-808 drum machine, my records, my record player and... [more quietly] Windy. Q What do you do on a Sunday morning? A I like to lie in bed for awhile and listen to all the sounds of the city. You can tell what the weather is like and what time it is, just by listening. Like...the garbage truck always rumbles through the alley at 7:30. And if it’s rainy, everything sounds muffled. If it’s snowy, everything sounds quiet. Q What if it’s a sunny day? A [smiling] Then all the noises are extra loud. And it’s a great day. *
Sunny in “Sunny’s Dark Night” : a dark & stormy night turns into into a cozy adventure with Sunny’s pal Windy.
We made this photo into wallpaper for you, find it at: www.windyandfriends.com/sunny-wallpaper/
“I like to lie in bed and listen to all the sounds of the city. You can tell what the weather is like and what time it is, just by listening.”
On set in “Spring’s Easter Egg Hunt”
Sunny dressed in his Halloween costume — inspired by his love of Daft Punk from “Foggy’s Big Fright”
make a
box guitar materials:
Small cardboard box, such as a shoebox of giftbox 3 or 4 rubber bands Scissors or X-acto knife A pencil Ruler or straws Tape A grown-up will need to help you with the cutting. Let’s get to work!
1. Cut a hole in the top of the box.
3. Slip a pencil or straw under the rubber bands just about here:
2. Wrap 3 or 4 rubber bands around the box like this.
4. Tape the ruler or straws to the back side of the
then 5. Decorate it like crazy with glitter or stickers or drawings and strum away...
it looks like this on the back
are you ready to
start a band? you could be a:
singer
clapper
dancer
drummer
whistler
xylophonist
guitarist
shaker
easy
cup shaker 1. plastic cup
2. fill part way with dried beans or lentils
3. decorate, then seal with lid or paper + tape
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