2. There's Only One Channel On Klingon Radio
There must be more than one type of Klingon music, but to this day, I haven't heard any on any of the episodes. I remember Worf playing some on one episode and then after that, it was all every Klingon played. There's no Klingon classic rock, synth-pop or country; just an absence of rhythm or melody. Kah'less didn't do no achy-breaky heart and his momma didn't let him grow up to be a cowboy. Can you imagine living with someone who constantly listened to this bowel-clenching, seizure-starting, semi-musical dystrophy all the time? This is the type of stuff that would make you want to stab your partner with a pain-stick in the two moons of Klin'zhai! I get into enough trouble changing the radio station in the car with my wife. She likes contemporary pop I like classic rock. Neither style complements each other, so we wind up compromising. She gets to play her music when she's driving and I get mine when I get the keys. I always get the keys first. But a Klingon partner wouldn't compromise. A Klingon goes for the kill in all deals. Can you imagine the conversation that would bring up? "Honey it's Boston. It's a classic tune!" "I will hear The Sons of Kah'less, you worthless pata'kh!" ... And then the next trip we'd make is to the hospital where I'd be extricating a d'k tagh from between my ribs.
John K Kirk
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John Kirk is a Teacher-Librarian and currently a History/English Teacher with the Toronto District School Board.
But mostly, John teaches Geek.
Comics, Sci-Fi (Notably Star Trek), Fantasy and Role-Playing and table-top games all make up part of John’s repertoire, There is a whole generation of nerds-in-embryo who rely on him to make sense of it all, to teach that with great power comes great responsibility, that the force will be with us always and that a towel IS the most useful thing to have in one’s possession.
When John isn’t in the classroom, he can be found in his basement writing comic reviews for www.popmythology.com and features for Roddenberry Entertainment's www.1701news.com.
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