Wednesday, October 20, 2004
My brother has a blog
He finally made a journal, and I can't figure what the name is now so I can't link to it. As soon as I remember it I will. He's had aspirations of being a writer, so you'd think with my past proddings he would have done this sooner. His first post is about meeting George Carlin. I've seen Carlin live three times, which of course he's much funnier that way than he would be if he were dead. One of those times was with Dickie (aforementioned brother who would rather be known as Richard now, but he used to call me Bubba, so I'll never change what I call him) while in Richmond. I grew up in Richmond but escaped after school. I would have known the old way to get us back home after the concert, but he mentioned there was this new expressway that would be much faster. Two hours later still being in downtown Richmond having not found the entrance to this new expressway he was talking about, I finally took the route home I knew. I don't think I have ever been in a car where a male claimed they knew a shortcut, and it actually was. At best you add an hour or two, at worse you wind up calling a tow truck to pull you back to the paved road.
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Hi Rob!
You and "Dickie" might like www.laugh.com. Lots of great Carlin stuff there. Growing up, Carlin's comedy albums were a mainstay in our family's entertainment selections. He's gotten better with age (like the rest of us!).
Glad to see you posting more frequently since that the T'chick has migrated south for the winter. Love your witty (warped) outlook on life's humorous moments. :D
You and "Dickie" might like www.laugh.com. Lots of great Carlin stuff there. Growing up, Carlin's comedy albums were a mainstay in our family's entertainment selections. He's gotten better with age (like the rest of us!).
Glad to see you posting more frequently since that the T'chick has migrated south for the winter. Love your witty (warped) outlook on life's humorous moments. :D
By the way, I wanted to respond to your experience at the symphony you had written about in your other blog. Now that I have the opportunity, I'll take advantage of it. Thought you'd enjoy this...
SCHUBERT'S COST-CONTAINED UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
Under the Symphony's new cost-containment program, the attendance of the orchestra conductor will be unnecessary for public performances. The orchestra musicians obviously are required to practice. They have the conductor's prior authorization to play the symphony at a predetermined cadence and at an expected level of quality. Considerable money will be saved by merely having the conductor critique the orchestra's performance during a retrospective peer review meeting.
For considerable periods, the four oboe players have nothing to do. Reducing their numbers and spreading their work over the whole orchestra will eliminate peaks and valleys of activity.
Dispensing with either the snare drums or the kettle drums will eliminate an obvious redundancy and still produce the needed cadence for the musicians.
All twelve violin players produce identical notes with identical motions, an unnecessary duplication. The violin section will be drastically cut, resulting in substantial savings. Electronic amplification, with its high reproductive quality, may be used if more sound volume is desirable.
Much effort is expended by the musicians playing 16th notes, or semi-quavers, an excessive refinement. Most listeners can't distinguish such rapid playing. All notes will be rounded up to the nearest 8th. When this is done, it will be possible to use trainee musicians without loss of quality.
No useful purpose is served by repeating with horns, the same passage already been played by the strings. Elimination of all redundant passages, as determined by a cost-containment committee, will reduce the concert from two hours to twenty minutes. A great savings in salaries and overhead will be achieved. In fact, if Schubert had attended to these matters on a cost-containment basis, he probably would have been able to finish his symphony.
SCHUBERT'S COST-CONTAINED UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
Under the Symphony's new cost-containment program, the attendance of the orchestra conductor will be unnecessary for public performances. The orchestra musicians obviously are required to practice. They have the conductor's prior authorization to play the symphony at a predetermined cadence and at an expected level of quality. Considerable money will be saved by merely having the conductor critique the orchestra's performance during a retrospective peer review meeting.
For considerable periods, the four oboe players have nothing to do. Reducing their numbers and spreading their work over the whole orchestra will eliminate peaks and valleys of activity.
Dispensing with either the snare drums or the kettle drums will eliminate an obvious redundancy and still produce the needed cadence for the musicians.
All twelve violin players produce identical notes with identical motions, an unnecessary duplication. The violin section will be drastically cut, resulting in substantial savings. Electronic amplification, with its high reproductive quality, may be used if more sound volume is desirable.
Much effort is expended by the musicians playing 16th notes, or semi-quavers, an excessive refinement. Most listeners can't distinguish such rapid playing. All notes will be rounded up to the nearest 8th. When this is done, it will be possible to use trainee musicians without loss of quality.
No useful purpose is served by repeating with horns, the same passage already been played by the strings. Elimination of all redundant passages, as determined by a cost-containment committee, will reduce the concert from two hours to twenty minutes. A great savings in salaries and overhead will be achieved. In fact, if Schubert had attended to these matters on a cost-containment basis, he probably would have been able to finish his symphony.
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