Na’ Bodach Popularity Exposed

A sudden rise in popularity of the Irish-Scots band Na’ Bodach has up until now gone largely unexplained.  In a recent finding by the Human Behavior Engineering Department of Wankersburg Omniteknik University (located in Grunnie, Wankersburg) it was found out that the Band has been practicing mind control on it’s audience.   Unknown to the band Glen “Glenzo” Owens, electric guitar and mandolin wizard has found an ancient Celtic text in his basement.  Glenzo apparently was able to translate this text after years of hard work at midnight by the light of a well-used betty lamp.  It seems that Glenzo then spent the next 3 years studying the text and practicing the lessons contained there in. “For more than two years now I’ve been having the other band members do things they would have never thought of” said Glenzo. “I have made Bud and George dance, I can even make Professor Jones move from time to time but I have a terrible time with Andy, I just can’t seem to break through”.  “ It so happens that the Fir Bolgs did develop this method to defend themselves but could never make it work. You see they didn’t have electric guitars and you just can’t do it with a penny whistle.  I first noticed I could control minds when I played a very loud Dmaj7 while staring at my cat. The cat suddenly jumped up and ironed my shirt then gave birth to a Siberian hamster. You can imagine how stunned I was!”  Glenzo has now turned his attention toward the audience.  With just the “eye” and the right sound from his guitar he can instantly mesmerize the audience into total acceptance.  “It’s really cool,” exclaimed Glenzo “I just make eye contact and hit the right chord, the next thing you know they are hooked for life!”  When asked just what do you intend to do with your new powers?  Glenzo replied that he only intends to do good deeds and that he was working on the right chords to be able to “talk” cats down from tall trees.  Glenzo also informed me that he now wishes to known as “Glenzo the Mind Boggler”.

            When asked for comment the other band members replied that they felt Glen was slipping his grip.  “Glenzo has always been slightly delusional,” commented fiddle player George “for crying out loud he wears a skirt when we play”.  Andy made no comment and Professor Jones just shook his head.

Na’Bodach Band Member Held in Feline Fashion FauxPas

(Reuters) Caywood (Casey) Jones, piper and mid-tenor vocalist for the Celtic band, Na’Bodach, is being held by the Wankersburg Police in connection with a string of domestic cat tail cuttings. Several angry cat owners have been complaining of their pet’s severed appendages being snipped to within an inch of their rumps. Wankersburg Veterinarian, Dr. Mel Tzonkas remarked, “The tails are snipped clean and hygienically. No apparent harm in the way of pain has been visited on any pet that I have examined”. This reporter has learned that, as Jones was being served, he began ranting, “They will all be Manx maugies!” We have since learned Mr. Jones is an avid follower of the mystic Celtic prophet, Angus MacPelroy, who asserts that, although there may be no snakes in Ireland, the Welsh Griffin is, indeed, a real creature and that the Isle of Man needs a replenishment of Manx cats.

In an unrelated story, “Cat Tail Sporrans” are becoming the rage in The Outer Hebrides.